Jivan Astfalck's Posts - crafthaus2024-03-28T20:43:57ZJivan Astfalckhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/JivanAstfalckhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/357614760?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://crafthaus.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=22c9vf3m6khng&xn_auth=noOscillations Exhibition Birmingham School of Jewellery MA Class of 2018tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2018-09-13:2104389:BlogPost:5804642018-09-13T15:30:00.000ZJivan Astfalckhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/JivanAstfalck
<h4 class="item-description-title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Presenting Oscillations as part of Polyphonous at Munich Jewellery Week 2019</strong></span></h4>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Yanyu Chen, Chun Cheng, Naomi Clarke, Yahan Fan, Spam Glam, Yuexin He, Chloe Henderson, Yasi Hu, Dantong Huang, Ningjue Ji, Qixuan Jin, Prim Li, Ji-Ru Lin, Yi…</strong></span></p>
<h4 class="item-description-title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Presenting Oscillations as part of Polyphonous at Munich Jewellery Week 2019</strong></span></h4>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Yanyu Chen, Chun Cheng, Naomi Clarke, Yahan Fan, Spam Glam, Yuexin He, Chloe Henderson, Yasi Hu, Dantong Huang, Ningjue Ji, Qixuan Jin, Prim Li, Ji-Ru Lin, Yi Mu, Yiji Pan, Haochen Shih, Jingyao Sun, Mengjing Tian, Yichen Wang, Yueshan Wang, Xingxing Yu, Bingchan Yuan, Jiaqi Zhang, Zihan Zhou</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">For the artists exhibiting here, these ideas are imbued with cultural resonances, often informed by the distances travelled – personally, as well as geographically. Yearning for the familiar has led some to search out materials that bear poetic traces of home – autumnal leaves, flawed concrete, reflective acrylic – whereas others have used their practice to prise open and probe the rupture in their lives created by the migrations that they have made. They have been taking in soundings, contemplating jewellery’s capacity to carry narrative, to communicate their ideas and challenge thinking. And yet, amongst all this variation and divergence, can we see evidence of a central value around which jewellery oscillates?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Throughout, there is a focus on play, and the wear and use of jewellery. Having coaxed their works into life, the artists have followed the process through, exploring the role jewellery plays once it leaves the jeweller’s bench and makes its own way in the world. They celebrate the fact that, in use, jewellery becomes a vehicle to bring wearers and viewers together, sharing a moment of appreciation or fun. It is created to be worn, experienced and – above all – enjoyed.</span><br />
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<div class="description"></div>Less than 24 Hours left to support our Kickstarter Campaign for JUNK: rubbish to goldtag:crafthaus.ning.com,2015-07-10:2104389:BlogPost:5172712015-07-10T16:30:00.000ZJivan Astfalckhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/JivanAstfalck
<p>I must say, this is one of my favourite photos of our project so far!!</p>
<p>We are so very very delighted that we have managed to raise 105% of our target funds for our <strong>JUNK: rubbish to gold project</strong>. To date we have had 60 people pledge donations and our videos have been viewed by over 460 people. But there is still time to be part of it all! There is still just over 23 hours left to pledge your support, and to get an amazing book, wonderful jewellery and many other…</p>
<p>I must say, this is one of my favourite photos of our project so far!!</p>
<p>We are so very very delighted that we have managed to raise 105% of our target funds for our <strong>JUNK: rubbish to gold project</strong>. To date we have had 60 people pledge donations and our videos have been viewed by over 460 people. But there is still time to be part of it all! There is still just over 23 hours left to pledge your support, and to get an amazing book, wonderful jewellery and many other goodies.</p>
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<p>Please come and support us, support art Jewellery and support a fantastic project that has HEART! Big hugs and thanks to all of those who have supported us :)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold?ref=nav_search" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold?ref=nav_search</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold?ref=nav_search" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398880913?profile=original" class="align-left" width="245"></a></p>
<p><a href="//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a></p>Ten days left for the 'JUNK: rubbish to gold' Kickstarter Campaign and we still need your help!tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2015-07-06:2104389:BlogPost:5170362015-07-06T19:30:00.000ZJivan Astfalckhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/JivanAstfalck
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398876399?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" height="393" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398876399?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a></p>
<p>One of the things we are most proud about with <strong>JUNK: rubbish to gold</strong> is all the connections we have made with all our various partners.</p>
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<p>We have partnered with ten Charities based in the UK and Ireland, who in return for all of their <strong>JUNK</strong> jewellery for our project, we will be donating a share of all…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398876399?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398876399?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-center" height="393" width="750"></a></p>
<p>One of the things we are most proud about with <strong>JUNK: rubbish to gold</strong> is all the connections we have made with all our various partners.</p>
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<p>We have partnered with ten Charities based in the UK and Ireland, who in return for all of their <strong>JUNK</strong> jewellery for our project, we will be donating a share of all our profits back to. These charities include a number of wonderful children's hospices, animal charities, an air ambulance charity as well as with education and Birmingham based family support Trusts.</p>
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<p>All of these are worthy causes, that we look forward to work with, but without your help we will not be able to achieve all the things we wish!</p>
<p>We have devised a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> fund as a means to help us with all the boring administrative jobs- such as the collecting, sorting and storing of all of this JUNK as well as to help us to help all of the participating Jewellers and Makers who will come to the School of Jewellery in November to transform the donated JUNK into new fantastic works-of-art, ready to be exhibited here on Crafthaus and then sold via auction.</p>
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<p><strong>So, please, help us raise the funds we need</strong>, we have already raised 2/3's of our needed funds and are so close.... and in exchange we have a whole booty of goodies for you. There is a special book, you can only order through Kickstarter, some really, really beautiful pieces of jewellery made by the JUNK team (Jivan, Rachel and Laura) and many more things.</p>
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<p align="center"><b>JUNK: rubbish to gold</b>, is a co-creation and collaboration between jewellers <b>Prof. Jivan Astfalck, Laura Bradshaw-Heap</b> and <b>Rachel Darbourne</b>. It is a participatory design project that aims to make visible and begin conversations through the use of mass-produced fashion jewellery, issues around material consumption, recycling, waste, disposal, up-cycling and value.</p>
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<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kickstarter Campaign: runs until the 17<sup>th</sup> July.</font></b><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Go to: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold</a></font></b></p>
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<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Performance: 9<sup>th</sup>-13<sup>th</sup> November (to be live streamed)</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Exhibition: 16<sup>th</sup>-27<sup>th</sup> November, </font></b><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Silent Auction: 16<sup>th</sup>-27<sup>th</sup> November</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">At the School of Jewellery, Birmingham, UK and online with <a href="http://crafthaus.ing.org/" target="_blank">Crafthaus.ing.org</a></font></b></p>
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<p align="center"><b><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398877495?profile=original" target="_self"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398877495?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-center" height="407" width="750"></font></a></b></p>
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<p><a href="//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a></p>We can't do it without your help; two weeks of crowd funding campaign left, please support us now :)tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2015-06-24:2104389:BlogPost:5168302015-06-24T08:00:00.000ZJivan Astfalckhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/JivanAstfalck
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398857146?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398857146?profile=original" width="680"></img></a></p>
<p>SO, why should you donate to <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">JUNK: rubbish to gold</a>?</p>
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<p>Not only are we offering beautiful rewards hand picked and made by Jivan, Rachel and Laura, but our project has heart too..…</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398857146?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398857146?profile=original" width="680"></a></p>
<p>SO, why should you donate to <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">JUNK: rubbish to gold</a>?</p>
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<p>Not only are we offering beautiful rewards hand picked and made by Jivan, Rachel and Laura, but our project has heart too..</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">JUNK: rubbish to gold</a>’s aims to make craft visible. We strongly believe that creativity does not come from expensive or ‘high-tech’ materials and tools, but rather from the ability to work with a material and transform it through design.</p>
<p>By putting on display the processes that go into the creation of finely crafted objects,<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">JUNK: rubbish to gold</a><b> </b>shows that it is the time and skills of the maker that creatively transform this JUNK into objects of desire, demonstrating that value is to be found in the creative processes of creating craft rather than the monetary value of materials alone. </p>
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<p>And we have had lots of support, over 10 charities are donating their broken, unserviceable jewellery to us, many businesses has sponsored us materials and equipment for the performance and we even are teaming up with the Crafts Council of England in support of their Education Manifesto, because we do believe in the importance of promoting world-class higher education and research in craft.</p>
<p>And with your help, that is what this project will do!</p>
<p>so click this link and help us achieve our aims! <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398857311?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398857311?profile=RESIZE_480x480" class="align-full" width="350"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398858208?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398858208?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full" height="524" width="750"></a></p>
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<p><a href="//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a></p>Our Kickstarter Campaign - We can't do it without your help!tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2015-06-22:2104389:BlogPost:5163422015-06-22T20:30:00.000ZJivan Astfalckhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/JivanAstfalck
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398853798?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" height="421" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398853798?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="420"></img></a></p>
<p align="center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The</font> <b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">JUNK: rubbish to gold</font></b> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kickstarter Campaign runs until the 17</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">th July. And we really need your help. Please click on the link and support us. And…</font></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398853798?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398853798?profile=RESIZE_480x480" class="align-center" height="421" width="420"></a></p>
<p align="center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The</font> <b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">JUNK: rubbish to gold</font></b> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kickstarter Campaign runs until the 17</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">th July. And we really need your help. Please click on the link and support us. And in return we have many really really lovely gifts for you!</font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Go to: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-...</a></font></b></p>
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<p>Here is some of the JUNK jewellery, ready to be transformed...</p>
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<p>A close up of some of the wonderful donated earrings....</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398854726?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398854726?profile=RESIZE_480x480" class="align-center" height="378" width="422"></a></p>
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<p>Tools at the ready....<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398857184?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398857184?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-center" height="381" width="750"></a></p>
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<p>A scrummy gold necklace ... one of our many Kickstarter rewards....</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398858097?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398858097?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-center" height="463" width="750"></a></p>
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<p>Which one will you get??</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398860510?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398860510?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-center" height="421" width="750"></a></p>
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<p><a href="//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a></p>JUNK: rubbish to gold, a new participatory installation, performance and exhibition at the School of Jewellery.tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2015-06-20:2104389:BlogPost:5162142015-06-20T10:52:31.000ZJivan Astfalckhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/JivanAstfalck
<p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398851385?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" height="131" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398851385?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Performance: 9<sup>th</sup>-13<sup>th</sup> November (to be live-streamed)</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Exhibition: 16<sup>th</sup>-27<sup>th</sup> November, …</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398851385?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398851385?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-center" height="131"></a></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Performance: 9<sup>th</sup>-13<sup>th</sup> November (to be live-streamed)</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Exhibition: 16<sup>th</sup>-27<sup>th</sup> November, </font></b><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Silent Auction: 16<sup>th</sup>-27<sup>th</sup> November</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">At the School of Jewellery, Birmingham, UK and online with <a href="http://crafthaus.ing.org/" target="_blank">Crafthaus.ing.org</a></font></b></p>
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<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kickstarter Campaign: runs until the 17<sup>th</sup> July.</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Go to: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubbishtogold/junk-rubbish-to-gold</a></font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b>JUNK: rubbish to gold</b>, is a co-creation and collaboration between myself <b>Prof. Jivan Astfalck, Laura Bradshaw-Heap</b> and <b>Rachel Darbourne</b>. This project aims to make visible and begin conversations through the use of mass-produced fashion jewellery, issues around material consumption, recycling, waste, disposal, up-cycling and value.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The raw material of discarded jewellery is donated by partnership charities. Curiously and interestingly, we will use that which the charity shops cannot convert into monetary value as our material to transform.</p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: left;">Reusing is often perceived as the up-cycling of one object to another, from unwanted to desired, consumer leftovers turned into new desirable luxury consumables to buy. This reuse is the cornerstone of jewellery as a discipline, with materials shifting form to adapt to the newest fashion and trend. Yet the reimagining of one object into another is infinitely more complex than it is often portrayed.</p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">By putting on display the entire process of creating the 'work-of-art' within this project; from material purchase and collection, through selection and (re)construction during the performance, then exhibition and auction, we are playfully exploring ideas of exchange, bartering, gathering, earning and giving, while shifting the focus from finished object to the processes and social interactions that create the 'work-of-art'.</font></p>
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