_Awards [+] | 
(...) The 1st annual World Championship Belt Buckle Competition is a juried online exhibition inviting all one-of-a-kind, handcrafted, wearable examples in the belt buckle format including western, modern, fashion, narrative and conceptual. (...)
(Bozeman, United States)
03.Apr.2012 - 03.Apr.2012
Deadline: 07.Mar.2012
 
(...) This year’s subject, RITUAL, is an invitation to reflect upon the present and future function of jewellery, which now more than ever before in the history of material culture needs a new justification for the purpose behind its use. (...)
(Legnica, Poland)
04.May.2012 - 30.Jun.2012
Deadline: 28.Mar.2012
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_Books [+] | 
(...) This is the publication produced as a result of the this is me Irish Traveller jewellery community project. This book explores the development of an idea it turned into a fun, fruitful and inspiring community art jewellery project. (...)
This is me
(...) This book compiles the work of more than 70 international designers through 500 images and covers the whole range of contemporary jewellery trends, shapes, materials and techniques: Jewellery Design is a sourcebook of inspiration aimed not only at designers, both professional or amateur, but also at anyone interested in one of today's more creative art fields. (...)
Jewelry Design
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_Showcases [+] | 
(...) VORMAT aims to explore how the use of joining techniques and materials from unrelated domains can lead to new (and innovative) design. Working within the VORMAT guidelines, the bachelor and master students of the Jewellery Design | Silversmithing Department created a series of exceptional ornaments and objects which establish unexpected connections between similar and/or different materials. (...)
Launch of the book VORMAT
Place: St Lucas University College of Art & Design Antwerp
(Antwerp, Belgium)
19.Jan.2012 - 19.Feb.2012
The Jewellery Unleashed! symposium is aimed specifically at professionals. Welcome to a symposium highlighting issues in the jewellery trade, the relevance of contemporary art jewellery to a wide audience and how this audience can be reached. Get your ticket now!
Symposium: Jewellery unleashed!
Place: ArtEZ Institute of the Arts
(Arnhem, Netherlands)
03.Feb.2012 - 03.Feb.2012
Le Arti Orafe (LAO) is happy to present the Annual program for the award of scholarships for Italian and foreign students for 2012 - 2013.
Le Arti Orafe: Scholarships 2012-2013
Place: Le Arti Orafe, jewellery school
(Florence, Italy)
02.Apr.2012 - 01.Jan.2013
Open call for artists. How do we think about vices in 2011? Dead line for submitting the application is February 1st.
Sex, Drugs & Rock’n Roll……vices or lifestyle?
Place: Italy/Germany
(Modena, Italy)
01.Oct.2012 - 10.Nov.2012
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_Fairs [+] | 
Object Rotterdam: Design Fair of the Netherlands - participants, price and programme
(Rotterdam, Netherlands)
09.Feb.2012 - 12.Feb.2012
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_Exhibitions [+] | 
New show at Gallery Funaki - Doris Betz: moments like this
Doris Betz: moments like this
Place: Gallery Funaki
(Melbourne, Australia)
31.Jan.2012 - 25.Feb.2012
 (...) a group exhibition based conceptually on the function of a pawnshop and serves to re-examine current systems of economy, currency and exchange. Casa de Empeño will feature a compelling and diverse array of artists from all over the world who create relatable objects through painting, drawing, film, photography, sculpture, print, editions and design (...)
Casa de Empeño
Place: Anonymous Gallery
(Ciudad de México, Mexico)
09.Feb.2012 - 31.Mar.2012
 Kiff Slemmons spent ten years collaborating with the artisans of Arte Papel in Oaxaca, Mexico. The result is a collection of paper jewelry - Gallery Loupe is pleased to exhibit
selections from this body of work.
Kiff Slemmons: HUESOS
Place: Gallery Loupe
(Montclair/ New Jersey, United States)
07.Feb.2012 - 06.Mar.2012
 Barbara works the magmatic and coloured plastics in an experimental way, recreating casual shapes around a silver ring. Visit her at Macef Milano.
Barbara Uderzo: Blob Rings at Macef
Place: Macef Milano
(Milan, Italy)
26.Jan.2012 - 29.Jan.2012
 (...) It is remarkable that in the work of Terhi Tolvanen the hand of man is always visible without causing discord. She shows that through attention and care nature and culture together can rise to a new high. (...)
Terhi Tolvanen: Introduction
Place: Galerie Rob Koudijs
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
21.Jan.2012 - 26.Feb.2012
 (...) What happens when you look at something? What if its function is not instantly clear, when purpose and beauty seem to be rivals? There might come a moment when you decide that the object is a piece of jewellery. (...)
Tobias Alm: Traces of function
Place: Galerie Rob Koudijs
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
21.Jan.2012 - 26.Feb.2012
 (...) Inspired by folk art, Karin Herwegh makes small figures based on the customs and traditions of different cultures and periods. Figures that may be viewed as objects or small sculptures, or can be worn as a pendant, travel ‘companion’ or even as an amulet. (...)
Karin Herwegh: Personal Tokens
Place: Galerie Ra
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
04.Feb.2012 - 24.Mar.2012
 (...) Lam de Wolf makes wall-mounted works, silent and without colour, inspired by the land, sea and sky of Flemish Zealand. Lam de Wolf is intrigued by language and also incorporates this in her visual works (...)
Lam de Wolf: Eindeloos hetzelfde en geen ogenblik gelijk
Place: Galerie Ra
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
04.Feb.2012 - 24.Mar.2012
 The De Patta Project was born when Velvet da Vinci purchased a large number of unset stones from the estate of Margaret De Patta. 15 jewelers have now used these stones to create pieces for an exhibition opening at the same time as the Oakland Museum De Patta retrospective.
The De Patta Project
Place: Velvet da Vinci
(San Francisco, United States)
01.Feb.2012 - 29.Feb.2012
 Myung Urso's jewelry, as an art expression, transforms itself from imagination and observations from life. It figuratively shapes itself through the use of black and white Asian calligraphy and hand stitching applications.
Myung Urso: Signature
Place: Velvet da Vinci
(San Francisco, United States)
01.Feb.2012 - 29.Feb.2012
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_Jewellers [+] | 
Member of Klimt02.
Update of past and coming exhibitions and images of new jewellery.
Member of Klimt02.
Update with images of recent work, to be exhibited in a solo show at Gallery Funaki, Australia.
Member of Klimt02.
Update of the artist page with images of new works, coming exhibitions and last publications.
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_Workshops [+] | 
(...)This is not a course about particular jewellery techniques, but more a journey of discovery using jewellery as muse. Making is, of course, fundamental to the realisation of this journey and the joy of making in all its manifestations will be celebrated and supported where possible.(...)
Lin Cheung: The social life of jewellery 2
Place: Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts
(Salzburg, Austria)
16.Jul.2012 - 04.Aug.2012
Deadline: 15.May.2012
(...) The starting point for this workshop is for the participants to choose from and gather together a small array of pictorial images which they have already had around them in their everyday surroundings. (...)
Xavier Monclús: Narrative jewelry
Place: Dterra
(St. Cugat del Vallès, Spain)
17.Mar.2012 - 25.Mar.2012
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_Galleries [+] | 
Member of Klimt02.
Gallery Loupe showcases the work of cutting edge contemporary studio jewelers. Loupe starts the new exhibition year with the show: Kiff Slemmons - HUESOS.
Member of Klimt02.
The gallery starts the year with a solo show of the Italian artist Fabrizio Tridenti. A new group of work under the title Misuse.
Member of Klimt02.
Galerie Rob Koudijs presents the exhibition Introduction showing the work of Terhi Tolvanen, and Traces of function with the work of Tobias Alm.
Member of Klimt02.
The forthcoming exhibition at Galerie Ra features jewellery and small objects by Karin Herwegh under the title Personal Tokens, and Het Vlakke Vlekkenland, a wallmounted work by Lam de Wolf. You are warmly invited to the preview of this show at Galerie Ra on Saturday, February 4, from 16 – 18.
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_Schools [+] | 
Member of Klimt02.
Update of the school page with the complete information about the courses & teachers for 2012-2013.
Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School
(Florence, Italy)
Member of Klimt02.
Update of the school page with information about the project "The Transformation of beauty, the creatures of imagination".
China Academy of Art
(Zhuan tang Town, Hang zhou, China)
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