2018 Triple Parade
ACJ Director, Rebecca Skeels recently attended the 2018 Triple Parade event (see image). Here’s what she has to say about the event and a few pictures too.
Muriel Wilson RIP
Sad news of the death of Muriel, 8 June 2018
She was a Founder Member and for 15 years was Editor of our Findings magazine
Self-confessed "aspiring collector of contemporary jewellery and passionate devotee of beautiful things in all media", she will be much missed by many, especially her friends in ACJ.
ACJ Choice! Summer
The New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham hosts our 2018 members' selling show. Open 9 June to 21 July
2018 ACJ Student Award Scheme prize winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the new ACJ student award scheme
Image: Morley College winners Leana Kasapis and Olympia Dumbuya
Mark Fenn Award 2018
The winner of the Mark Fenn Award 2018 is Ailsa Morrant
Image: Left to right - Sarah Burns, Ailsa Morrant, Terry Hunt, Melanie Eddy.
49th Annual SNAG conference
Last month, ACJ Chair Terry Hunt and Director Anastasia Young attended the 49th annual Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) conference in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Image: Kim Harrell, Terry Hunt, Anastasia Young, and Janice Derrick at the ACJ’s display at the Adorned Spaces exhibition.
Adorned Spaces 2018 ACJ display
Our display at the SNAG 2018 conference, the Adorned Spaces Salon
Jewellery: Wearable Glass London
Glass jewellery made through exciting collaborations between glass artists and jewellers.
Originated by the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, this exibition may now be seen at Studio Fusion Gallery, London until 26 May 2018. Details here
image: John Moore, courtesy of the National Glass Centre
Dunedin NZ Artist Residencies
Dunedin School of Art in New Zealand offers Artist-in-Residence opportunities, with excellent facilities. These are offered by invitation. For more information see this link
Colouring titanium
Dr Lynne Bartlett explains how to colour titanium
To accompany our exhibition, a screening & handling session explaining how to use heat or anodisation for great effects with titanium was arranged at the Crafts Study Centre.
The videos may be seen on ACJ's YouTube channel
Narrative Jewellery book
ACJ member Mark Fenn's new book "Narrative Jewelry: tales from the toolbox”
available to order from www.markfenn.co.uk
Our 20th anniversary exhibition 20:20 Visions toured to six venues from January to December 2017