Exhibitions

2020:

'Fragile Earth'

(solo exhibition)

20th February to 24th February

The Fish Factory Arts Space,
Penryn TR10 8AG

Jewellery / Sculpture: Sculpture / Jewellery ....Stuff

I make Stuff

Stuff you can wear ....
Stuff you can hang on your wall ....
Stuff you can put on your coffee table ....
or wear to go shopping ....
or disco dancing

The individual elements dictate the final sculptural form ....
I listen to what they tell me to do through their own language ....
A language of line, texture, colour and form ....
Individual parts tell me where they want to be - who they want to be friends with and who they hate to lie beside

These parts use a language that is common to both Jewellery and Sculpture
.... there is no difference

Growth & Evolution

14th February

Royal Venus Hotel (Kunming)
China

The core purpose of planning this exhibition is to show what is happening in the jewellery society around the world, what jewellery designers and artists are doing in different countries, and then think about what we should do, not to say that others are good, It is suitable for this era

/ Chief Curator Herman Sun

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2019:

Controls/CTRL+S

20th September to 20th October

Rath Gyorgy Villa,
Budapest

Klimt02

Rules
I was not taught in the traditional jewellery rules and rules of making I work without these rules and without these limits
Rules that would control me and make my works, my creativity
and my mind conform

My creative mind is not cluttered by the rules of the right way to do things
My creative mind is not dictated to by the rules of what is precious

I experiment and play as I want.
I make as I want.

My 'jewellery' does not conform to any traditional rule but is free to evolve however it wants to evolve ....
with its own set of rules

My materials impose their own rules upon the making,
They have their own creative language.

I am happy to follow their rules,
they challenge me and they excite me.

They tell me how they want to be and I listen
They tell me where they want to go and I follow
They tie me down, they challenge me, they inhibit me ....
but ...
these rules are freedom ...
these rules are inspiration ...
these rules are felt deeply to the core of my being ...

These rules ...
unlike all the others ...
I can not and do not want to ignore

Cluster Crafts

4th to 8th September

Old Truman Brewery,
91 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1 6QR

Curated by Ema E. Marinova & Lucy Swift

Cluster Crafts

Clayhill Arts

Lunchtime Talk with Rachael Colley and Lynne Speake

8th August
(12pm to 2.30pm)

Clayhill Farm, Charlynch Lane,
Bridgwater TA5 2PH

Rachael Colley is an award winning interdisciplinary artist and senior lecturer in Jewellery and Metalwork at Sheffield Institute of Arts, Sheffield Hallam University.

Her current research brings together jewellery – created predominantly using food waste – and ambiguous artefacts for eating. She invites diners to wear these visceral jewellery pieces whilst consuming food with alternative dining tools.

Lynne Speake is the founder of Precious Collective and a Contemporary Jeweller using found objects.

Based in Cornwall, she has been exhibiting internationally and is challenging what it means to be 'Precious' in the world of Contemporary Jewellery.

Rachael Colley

Clayhill Arts

AA-collected

'Jewellery / Sculpture'

18th July to 30th September

Bacht Store,
Bauernmarkt 1010, Vienna

There is only the fine thread of wearability that separates jewellery from sculpture and art,
one made to adorn the body one made to adorn the space.
Yet on its own a piece of jewellery can present as a miniature scale sculpture only when combined with body giving an exciting new perception.

AA-collected

Not Only Decoration

'Wearing Change'

4th July to 6th October

Villa Bengel,
Wilhelmstr. 44. 55743 Idar-Oberstein.

'Not Only Decoration (NOD) is a platform for art and design projects which focus on social and environmental issues'.

'We are a collective intelligence, a not for profit organisation of individuals and we utilise our skills as jewellers, artists
and makers to create meaningful
art and design projects'.

Photo credit: Foto+collective.
Model: Millie Coiley

NOD

'What we make is about issues that seem to be falling through the cracks of society because we have voices and we
know how to use them'.

An eclectic multi disciplinary show, this exhibition will
be taking place at the historic Villa Bengel,
the gallery of the historic Jacob Bengel
Art Deco Chain Factory,
which embodies over 130 years of industrial history of
the city of Idar-Oberstein.

A very unique opportunity for exposure not only to the local makers,
but internationally as well since Villa Bengel has developed into a highly regarded venue for contemporary jewellery statements.

words sourced from NOD website
(with thanks)

Alliages

'Précieux !?'

21st June to 7th September

ART / ALLIAGES - 111, Boulevard Victor Hugo, 59000 LILLE
Curated by Lynne Speake, Management Juan Riusech

Photo credit (and thanks to)
FotoPlus Collective
Design by Alliages / Juan Riusech
Model: Millie Coiley

All exhibition photos artists own

What binds Precious members together is their ambiguous
relationship to notions of what precious is or creating in
ways that challenge traditional jewellery making through
materials, techniques or concepts.

30 members work has been chosen for this the second exhibition
from this dynamic collective.

Précieux!? is truly a celebration of Art Jewellery and what
can be interpreted as Precious.

Hours
Mo/Fri : 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm Sat: 10am to 4:30pm
(Saturday closed in July & August)

Opening
21st of June, Friday, 6 pm.