Organizers Astrid Berens and Maarten Bodt created SIERAAD Art Fair in the hopes of democratizing the sales process and increasing the popularity of jewelry. It began ten years ago on an indoor tennis court in Enschede, a city about two hours by train from Amsterdam. It has been housed by various locations over the years, […]
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The London Design Festival (LDF) that took place in September 2011 is London’s annual celebration of design in the broadest possible sense, ranging from large architectural installations to precious gems under glass, the work of students in pop-up galleries to luxury furniture stores on Brompton Road. This year, the organizers latched on to the words
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There are a small number of fairs – the SOFA shows in the United States and COLLECT in London – that actively show contemporary jewelry. Until now, those were the only market venues for high-end jewelry galleries. Entrance, Design Miami Basel COLLECT began in London in 2004. It was started and is still run by
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Kiff Slemmons, Pride of Paper exhibition, Suyama Peterson Deguchi Architects Kiff Slemmons, Pride of Paper exhibition, Suyama Peterson Deguchi Architects. Photo: Mike Holmes It was not only the notion of tradition or the installation of the work in such a grand austere space that was notable, but also the precious nature of the work. Meticulously
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‘Affective Objects: Art, Design and the Image of Craft’ was a lecture by Glenn Adamson in which an unfailing theorist animated his well-published philosophies in a new and entertaining way. Adamson’s keynote presentation, on May 27, 2011, kicked off three days of lectures at the Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference (SNAG). Adamson, the deputy
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I have a habit of making calendars, almost obsessively – in my sketchbook, by the computer and pinned up in my studio. So I know that it’s only been a month since I returned from Seattle and the SNAG conference, but it feels like a full season has passed. Somehow I’m still scrambling to avoid
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Opening night at SOFA NY The Park Avenue Armory is much as the name suggests: a building completed in 1881 for the Seventh Regiment of the National Guard. SOFA NY (April 14-17, 2011) is held in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall, a huge space of about 200 by 300 feet with a barrel-vaulted roof spanned
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Conferences stimulate the development of critical discourse in the craft world. In the United States, the American Craft Council, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths all organize craft-specific gatherings that fuel ideas and provide face-to-face networking. Craft is a small fish in a big pond at
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SOFA Chicago. (Or, everyone boards the Titanic.) It would be disingenuous for me to pretend that I don’t have fun at SOFA Chicago. There are great things to be found, but you have to sift a lot of chaff to find it. My assumption has always been that a large volume of the traffic at
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Fossicking around the internet for information about SOFA Chicago, the big American applied arts fair held on November 5–7, 2010, I came across this report by Lauren Viera in the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
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Douglas Harling, Licorice Bee, 22k gold, black coral, ruby, diamond, pearl, ¾ x 1 x ½ inches Natalya Pinchuck, Brooch, wool, copper, enamel, leather, plastic, waxed thread, stainless steel, 14 ¼ X 3 X 2 inches Deb Karash & Lisa Clague, Brooch, Party of three, sterling silver, copper, brass, steel cable, prismacolor, graphite, gesso, 4
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Silver Line happening in Legnica It is quite a phenomenon, this Legnica Silver Festival. Now in its thirtieth year, it takes place each May and June just as the gloom of late winter and spring explode into early summer. The historic silver-mining town of Legnica in southwest Poland seems to bloom itself as it becomes,
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