Conferences
Information about ACJ conferences:
2017 20:20 Visions
2010 Crossings: papers are available to logged in members
2006 Carry the Can
2000 A Sense of Wonder
Seeding the Cloud
Seeding the Cloud project: a hands on, practical session based around a walk where people collected waste plastic.
Pin swap
Delegates brought one pin, on the theme of 'Totems for our Times', and these were swapped by drawing lots.
Conference Report
ACJ Member Poppy Porter wrote the following conference report on her blog. Thank you, Poppy!
Conference July 2017 overview
ACJ's 20:20 Visions Conference was held on 7 - 9 July in Sheffield
Speakers included Boris Bally (USA), Elizabeth Shaw (Australia), Melissa Cameron (USA), Johanna Zellmer (NZ / Germany) Simon Fraser (UK) and many more!
Conference Speakers
Keynote speakers were Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins.
Full reports of presentations are available to logged-in members.
Conference 2017 20:20 Visions Article Count: 7
ACJ's 2017 conference in Sheffield, 7 - 9 July
Our sixth international contemporary jewellery conference
Crossings 2010 archive Article Count: 13
Programme Article Count: 0
Programme, speakers, reception, pin swap, party and events
Presentation & workshop reports Article Count: 9
More details of presentations and workshops for logged-in members.
A Sense of Wonder 2000 Article Count: 0
ACJ second conference, held 19 - 22 July 2000, hosted by the University of Central England in Birmingham.
Delegates came mainly from the UK ACJ membership, joined by delegates from Europe, the USA and even Australia.
A full and enjoyable programme, together with a great deal of networking, forging & strengthening contacts.
Frances Julie Whitelaw compiled this set of papers from the various sessions. 
Topics covered:
Beauty in Science Dr Jean Futrell
Feed the Fury: Art meets Science - Pamela Martin & Peter Chatwin
Firestain resistant alloys : Germanium - Peter Johns & Richard Fox
Beyond the Physical: the Reachin Haptic Interface - David Poston
The Jeweller who mistook herself for a Doctor - Laura Potter
Mokume Gane - Ian Ferguson
Lasers: a Tool for our Craft? - Richard Ball, Anne Marie Carey & Sarah Silve
Design is Mentality - Gijs Bakker
Science & Beauty in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery - Mike Pinder
Jewellery: between Art & Science - Nora Fok
Pharmacopoeia - Susie Freeman & Dr Liz Lee
A Creative Process - Marianne Forrest, watch & clock designer
The Weird & the Wonderful - Sigurd Bronger
Work of Thorns - Vivienne Farmer
Grow Your Own - Anglogenetic Body Adornment Norman Cherry