Thank you

RMIT G&S would like to thank guest speaker Eva for her excellent talk on her school last Thursday. Eva has been on exchange in our department and will be heading off soon back to her school in Germany.

Anna Davern Thursday Lecture - 14.05.09

Anna Davern

Lunchtime Lecture

12:30 – 1:30

Thursday 14^th May,
2009

RMIT G&S Tutorial Room

Current Competitions - don't miss out!

Click on the links to get the info and download entry forms:

The 6th Cheongju International Craft Competition

and

New Traditional Jewellery

Info and BIG news

●       Schmuck Exhibition - RMIT Gallery has contacted Handwerkskammer

to have Schmuck tour to Melbourne. @ RMIT Gallery 5th June – 18th

July.

You should be able to find a schmuck link on klimt02 for the blog

●       Melbourne Hollowware Exhibition, touring to SOA Gallery  9th

June – 19th June 2009 alongside Schmuck.

Catch-up's and Thank-you's

Thursday lectures series are back on, well, have been on for a little while now, so lets catch up and revise...

RMIT G&S would like to thank the following people for their

Lectures so far this Semester:

NICOLE POLENTAS

KATHERINE BRUNACCI

CHRISTOPHER MILBOURNE

MEL MILLER

And most recently, we would like to thank Andrew Tetzlaff from SOA

Gallery RMIT and Blindside ARI and Jodie Lawson from First Site Gallery

RMIT for their Lunchtime Lecture on Thursday 30th April on Exhibition

Application Writing for RMIT art spaces and ARI.

For more info on applying for these spaces please:

www.blindside.org.au

For First Site applications go to:

http://www.union.rmit.edu.au/visualarts.html

Black and Night

In conjunction with her Master Class at RMIT, Bettina Speckner will be giving a free public lecture at 6pm, Wednesday January the 14. 

Venue:  RMIT Bowen Street- Casey Plaza lecture theatre, RMIT Building 10, Level 4.

All welcome.

Artist, Bettina Speckner will address various aspects of "black" and "night" as a

subject matter for creating art jewellery that bears a relationship to the wearer.

On the basis of how Bettina Speckner approaches her work, she will explore

notions of black as a colour, black as a statement, black as a feeling, night as a

state of transition, night as a special moment, as having a different ambience,

and as a context for participants to make contemporary art jewellery that has a

personal reference.

Kit and Caboodle

Take a look and join. It's the beginning of what appears to be a great international network of contemporary jewellers. 

Kit and Caboodle is an online network of contemporary jewellery makers, galleries, bloggers, teachers, students, outlets. join, network and show your work. A place to build contacts, share and source information and a message board for events, competitions, artist profiles and much more. Well worth your while to sign on and keep track of.

http://kitandcaboodle.ning.com/

Ethical Metalsmiths

Have a read of this website.

"Jewelry traditions are woven into our culture. Jewelry-making is our livelihood and we love our craft. We care about the traditions, integrity and future of metal arts. Ethical Metalsmiths was created for people who want their materials to be consistent with their values. We are demanding that the mining industry adopt more ethical practices. We invite our colleagues in the metals community; artists, metalsmiths, goldsmiths, jewelers, educators and students, galleries and collectors, retailers and suppliers to become advocates for responsibly sourced materials."

http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/index.html

OH9

Welcome back!

After a bit of a slow start getting this blog off the ground last year, 09 promises to be on the ball and up to date with events, information and inspiration and all things G&S.

Linda Hughes on ABC's Sunday Arts

Sensational statement!...

Ok, so i added this clip in for a few reasons. One, i was teaching myself how to embed clips into the blog as it might be useful for future posts, and two, well, watch and learn people! Mmm Hmmmmm!

Dates to Remember

A heads up on up-coming events to jot down in your calandar...

Exhibitions:

FEBRUARY

W.E McMillan Collection: Selected Gold and Silversmithing work form 1961-2007

Project Space Gallery, Cardigan street.

11th Feb - 7th March, Opening night 12th Feb 5.00-7.00pm

APRIL

Wondernamels

RMIT Gold and Silversmithing enameling showcase

RMIT Union Gallery, 344 Swanston street.

15th - 26th April

AUGUST

Metrosideros Robusta

Karl Fritsch

Project Space Gallery, Cardigan street.

5th - 15th Aug, Opening 5th Aug 5.00-7.00pm

It's Got Legs

RMIT Gold and Silversmithing Postgraduate and Alumni Award Exhibition 2008.

RMIT School of Art Gallery.

4th - 15th Aug, Opening 5th Aug 5.00-7.00pm

Seminars:

AUGUST

6th Aug.

Annual Ceramic and Gold and Silversmithing Seminar, presentation by students and alumni

RMIT Storey Hall Lecture Theatre

10.00am-12.30pm

...................................

The Jewellery of Karl Fritsch Seminar

Panel Discussion

RMIT Storey Hall Lecture Theatre

1.30-3.30

2007 AWARDS

Just taking a moment to back track...

here is a list of the awards and their respective recipients announced at the opening of the G&S graduate show, Topos Nochos, late last year at Gallery 45 Downstairs. 

Many thanks to the donors of these awards and all those who continue to show their support to the G&S program and community.

RMIT GOLD AND SILVERSMITHING AWARDS FOR 2007

NON ACQUISITIVE AWARDS

Koodak Award for Top Student in First Year

Claire McArdle

Koodak Award for Top Student in Second Year

Michaela Bruton

Koodak Award for Top Student in Third Year

Penelope Pollard

 

ACQUISITIVE AWARDS

Klepner Award for Limited Series Jewellery

Katherine Brunacci

Kathlyn (Kate) Harris Fashion Jewellery Award

Natalia Milosz-Piekarska

Ernst Fries Silversmithing Award in Second year

Rodrigo Lauthier

Don Begbie Award for Excellence in Gold and Silversmithing.

Christopher Earl Milbourne

Wolf Wennrich Award for Gold and Silversmithing (Two awards this year)

Katherine Wheeler

Karla Way

Emily Hope Prize for Figurative Work (Two awards this year)

Penelope Pollard

David Scully

Flickr is worth a flick through...

I've just discovered another fantastic source of visual inspiration on Fickr. Jan Suchodolski, a contemporary jeweller from Poland has been documenting works by contemporary jewellers around the world on his flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/suchodolski. 

Definitely worth a peruse. 

Pictured: neckpieces by Mikiko Minewaki

Well 2007 has flown by and 2008 has kicked in with the calendar already filling up with exhibitions, events, forums, competitions and much much more. 

To start with, there is the start of what will hopefully be a continuing series of casual open forums on contemporary jewellery, the first commencing on the 23rd of Jan at Riverland, 7pm.  

I will endeavor to keep this blog up to date and well informed throughout this year, please feel free to assist me in this by sending me any information you think would be of interest to the community. You can do this by clicking on the profile button on this blog where the email link can be found. 

Here's to another exciting year in gold and silversmithing...

The Crit Sessions.

The beginning of what hopefully will be a series of casual forums inviting critical dialogue surrounding the field of contemporary jewellery. First session starts 23rd Jan at Riverland 7pm. Open to all interested. Register your interest at thecritsessions@gmail.com

Diamonds to Die For...

Robert Baines discussed Damien Hirst's 'For the Love of God' (pictured), a human skull cast in platinum and covered in diamonds, on ABC's Radio National, 29.07.07. Here's a link to listen...
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/artworks/stories/2007/1990287.htm

New Auction Location...

Due to an unfortunate twist two weeks before the auction, our booked venue fell through. However, we have rescued the situation, the auction now being held across the road from Trades Hall at upstairs at the
John Curtin Hotel, 29 Lygon st, Carlton,
just around the corner from Victoria st. Same times, 6pm viewing, 7pm bidding. There are very tasty and reasonably priced pub meals downstairs, very reasonable bar prices, and of course fantastic jewellery up for auction. So come along, parking is easy to find, closest train stations are Melbourne Central or Parliament. Hope to see you there.

Flickr

Flickr is a free on line photo sharing site. It is very simple to use, has a clean simple set up, uncluttered with adds or ugly graphics, allowing you to upload, store and showcase your photos. It is a really effective means of storing and showing images of your work and can be accessed either publicly or you can chose to retain privacy on who views your site. There is also a huge community of artists, makers, and arts industry using and communicating through Flickr. As well as a place to store your images, Flickr is a great point of contact and conversation with creative minds all over the globe.
Visit
http://www.flickr.com/
to take a tour.

Upcoming Auction

An initial reminder that the annual 2007 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Auction is coming up.

It will be held at the Trades Hall Bar, crn Victoria and Lygon streets, Carlton Sth.

Viewing of items will start at 6pm, bidding will commence at 7pm.

We accept credit cards and cash. There is an eftpos machine across the road.

Proceeds go towards the graduate show and publication. Please show your support, come along, bring your friends and bid for some amazing pieces of jewellery.