"Jewelry Study Day: Materials and Technique in Contemporary Art Jewelry Design" Open Studios, Workshop, and Discussion
Museum of Arts & Design
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Join us for a day to explore the materials, techniques and artistic expressions that are making contemporary jewelry one of today’s most excitng art forms. We will be looking at the expanded range of materials and techniques jewelers use to convey their concepts including ”recycled and found objects, high-tech materials used in computer-generated jewelry, andethically-source metals and gemstones. This study day includes a class in silver forging, demonstrations in MAD’s Open Studios, a tour of the GlassWear exhibit with curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman, and culminates in a panel discussion with some of the most innovative and celebrated studio jewelers working today.
10am–1pm: "Forged silver jewelry class" with Ed Brickman. (Tickets: $60)
11am–1pm: "Open Studio demonstrations" with Tamiko Kawata and Miriam Mirna Korolkovas.
2pm–3pm: Tour of GlassWear exhibition led by curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman, with artists Thomas Gentille, Linda MacNeil, and Jiří Šibor.
3pm-4:30pm: Panel discussion moderated by jewelry curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman, featuring presentations by Robert Ebendorf, Daniella Kerner, Susan Kingsley from Ethical Metalsmiths, and Robert Lee Morris.
[Image: Robert Ebendorf "Measure" (1999) Stone, found tape measures, cord 52 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Photo: John Bigelow Taylor.]
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September 12, 2009 from 11:00 to 16:00