_Showcases [+] | 
Object Rotterdam presents the most current developments in Dutch and international design. Galerie Louise Smit will be represented at the fair showing the work of 22 jewellers.
Galerie Louise Smit at Object Rotterdam 2012
Place: Las Palmas LP2
(Rotterdam, Netherlands)
09.Feb.2012 - 12.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
(...) 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
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 20th.
Sex, Drugs & Rock’n Roll……vices or lifestyle?
Place: Italy/Germany
(Modena, Italy)
01.Oct.2012 - 10.Nov.2012
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_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
ART MEETS JEWELLERY offers a review of international one-off jewellery from the last twenty years and conveys the incomparable esprit of the special institution that is Galerie Slavik.
Art meets Jewellery 20 Years of Galerie Slavik, Vienna
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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 [+] | 
Welcome to the show mirrors and candles', curated by M. van Duyn.
mirrors and candles
Place: Galerie Sofie Lachaert
(Tielrode, Belgium)
05.Feb.2012 - 08.Apr.2012
 (...) This special exhibit will show tableware created by young designers from renowned European schools and universities. Visit us if you want to experience something extraordinary. (...)
Silber-Sommer-Galerie 2012: The Walking Table
Place: Handwerk & Design at Internationale Handwerksmesse (IHM), Munich Fair Ground
(Munich, Germany)
14.Mar.2012 - 20.Mar.2012
 Men should allow themselves to be convinced by the variety of jewelry designed for them. Galerie Elsa Vanier would like to see them leave the exhibition with two jewels, a gift to give and a piece to wear!
Beau et fort, bijou pour l’homme
Place: Galerie Elsa Vanier
(Paris, France)
16.Mar.2012 - 28.Apr.2012
 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
 (...) 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 [+] | 
New member of Klimt02.
(...) My subjects are scenes, stories or events represented in a descriptive and literal way, sometimes ludic, sometimes graphic but always concrete. (...)
New member of Klimt02.
(...) Tricia Tang’s jewellery practice reflects the intimate relationship, individual identities and cultural permutations that have resulted from her experience. (...)
Member of Klimt02.
Before Darkness and after Lightness, Lonely Gardener and Magic Flute are some of the titles to the latest work by the artist - take a look.
Member of Klimt02
Update of the page with images of recent work.
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_Workshops [+] | 
Member of Klimt02.
Daily life; Jewellery connection is the title of 2 weeks working in Florence, linking our work to daily situations as we define our creative process, analysis, criticism and the awareness of why do we make jewellery.
Estela Saez Vilanova: DAILY LIFE; JEWELRY CONNECTION
Place: ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewellery School in Firenze
(Florence, Italy)
06.Aug.2012 - 17.Aug.2012
(...) Rudee Tancharoen is organizing a workshop with artist Philip Sajet, to connect to your feeling about the Jewel you desire the most to have and help to remake that piece in your own way. Techniques like, Soldering of sheet and wire, Enameling, applying Niello, Stone setting, and Hammer metal forming will be taught. (...)
Philip Sajet: DESIRE and GREED
Place: Atelier Rudee | International Academy of Contemporary Jewellery in Bangkok
(Bangkok, Thailand)
06.Aug.2012 - 17.Aug.2012
Deadline: 08.Jun.2012
(...)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
Member of Klimt02.
(...) This workshop is about setting parameters. It is about working within restrictions, about creating chance and limiting choice. It is about the use of restrictions and chance in the creative process of developing original ideas and your personal work. (...)
Christoph Zellweger: Summer Workshop 2012 at Alchimia school
Place: ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewellery School in Firenze
(Florence, Italy)
21.Jul.2012 - 30.Jul.2012
Deadline: 30.May.2012
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Member of Klimt02.
In the week between February 13th and 19th, TESTA Gallery will present one of its youngest artists, working in the area of contemporary art jewellery: Victor Pavlov.
Member of Klimt02
Gallery Funaki invites you to an exhibition by Doris Betz: moments like this.
Member of Klimt02.
Galerie Elsa Vanier welcomes you to an exhibition with a variety of jewelry designed for men.
Member of Klimt02.
Galerie Pilartz is starting the new year with a group exhibition of explosive works, on show until March 17th.
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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)
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