Exhibitions Archive - metal

Different Tempers: Jewelry and Blacksmithing

Although jewelry and blacksmithing are both grounded in common materials, their practitioners are typically divided into two distinct fields. Curated by Suzanne Ramljak, Different Tempers bridges the distance between the jeweler's bench and the blacksmith's forge, highlighting their distinct properties and commonalities.

5/02/2010 - 28/03/2010

National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Filigree - Tradition & Innovation - An Exhibition of Handmade Maltese Filigree

The exhibition includes varied pieces of handmade Maltese filigree in both the traditional styles and in the more audacious and innovative forms. The aim of this public showcase of filigree is to highlight the flexibility of this Maltese form of silversmithing, as well as to reveal the more artistic aspect of filigree design. In fact, during the period of the exhibition, filigree jewellery designer Kevin Attard will be collaborating with a number of established and upcoming Maltese artists to develop a jewellery creation - pendant or earrings to their artistic design. Visitors to this exhibition may meet filigree makers and ask questions about the jewellery, observe filigree being made, meet an artist and eventually see each artist's design on display as the days go by.

08/10/2009 – 13/11/2009

Palazzo Castellania, Valletta, Malta

Faszination Damaszenerstahl - Klingen, Schmuck, Skulpturen

Travelling exhibition of over 150 pieces of damascene work by 34 artists from 8 European countries.

4/04/09 – 1/06/09

Bergbaumuseum des Kreises Altenkirchen, Herdorf-Sassenroth, Germany

By metal

Realizing the Neo-Palatial

This exhibition brings Metalsmith magazine’s annual Exhibition in Print to life at the Metal Museum. The printed exhibition was curated by celebrated author Garth Clark, who offered a guided tour of the palatial mode in contemporary metalsmithing and art. The Museum’s exhibition is drawn from the pages of the magazine, featuring opulent and lavish objects that share the splendor of the past but with timely twists and new materials. Metalsmith is a publication of The Society of North American Goldsmiths.

5/11/2010 - 9/01/2011

National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Gold

GOLD

One of the most comprehensive exhibitions ever organized on this valued mineral, GOLD features a dramatic array of extraordinary geological specimens and cultural objects from around the world and presents the intriguing scientific and cultural story behind this cherished mineral. From ancient times to the modern age, this highly admired metal has been used in apparel, religious artifacts and adornment. Decorative items from around the world include a hammered-gold Chavin stirrup spout bottle (900-200 BCE), animal-shaped gold earrings from Greece (500-300 BCE), and a pair of chief's leather sandals with decorated gold floral ornaments from Ghana (early 1900s). Contemporary pieces include a necklace made of gold coins from the jeweler Bulgari, a brooch designed by Paloma Picasso for Tiffany and Company, and a gold and diamond necklace with palmette clip brooches by Cartier of Paris.

26/09/2009 – 3/01/2010

Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA, USA

26/09/2009 – 3/01/2010

The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA

Silver

The Eloquent Silver Curve: The Jewelry of Flora Book

Flora Book has combined her passion for elegant jewelry with her love of silver and life-long study of textiles. Unlike many other Northwest jewelry artists who favor narrative content and use found objects, Book has focused almost exclusively on the expressive possibilities offered by meticulous strands of slender silver beads.
Throughout her career, she has focused on constructing refined compositions that evoke the traditional functions of jewelry but also drape and flow with the wearer’s movements. Book describes her work as an effort to transform the hard metal beads into something soft and flexible, like a piece of fabric. Through her techniques, Book realized her vision to create jewelry that both shimmers like water and drapes like fabric—most eloquently seen in a work such as Cascade, on view in this gallery.
For most of the last decade, Book’s work has evolved into other textile processes such as knitting and machine stitching. These works continue her exploration of the contrast between soft and hard while embracing an aesthetic that is more relaxed and expressive. Her use of reclaimed Mylar from potato chip bags or knitted silver chain allows the forms to be less rigid than her earlier works. Yet, even with these less structured forms, Book cultivates her signature elegant style through the eloquent silver curve.

30/07/2011 to 5/02/2012

Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA

Silverstruck

Silverstruck celebrates the current strength of contemporary silversmithing in the UK, reflecting new directions realised by traditional and cutting-edge techniques. Recently acquired pieces from the permanent collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales and the P&O Makower commissions housed with the museum are complemented by an exciting selection of new work by established and emerging makers.

12/02/2011 – 27/03/2011

Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, UK

Schoonhoven Silver Award

Schoonhoven in South Holland is well-known for its silversmiths and silver industry. No less than 55 artists from 12 countries participate in the fourth international design competition organized by the Silverart Foundation, to which the Schoonhoven Silver Award 2009 is connected. The theme of the competition is “Poetry in Silver”. The participating silversmiths, designers and artists will submit their work by mid-January 2009, after which the jury will appoint the Award winner in February of 2009. In the summer of 2009 the 55 objects will be on display in Design museum Gent. In collaboration with the Schoonhoven Silver Centre

04/07/09 – 13/09/09

Design museum, Ghent, Netherlands

Contemporary Silver: The Bishopsland Fellowship 1979 - 2009

A celebration of 30 years of collaberation between the V&A and the Bishopsland Educational Trust of the work and achievements of Fellows and Gang. This exciting display will include pieces by makers who have been through the Trust or those who have become affiliated with it through tutoring, commissions or as guest Fellows. Makers participating include Malcolm Appleby, Rod Kelly, Hiroshi Suzuki, Jane Short, Ndidi Ekubia and Lin Cheung to name but a few.

24/7/2009 – 19/9/2009

V&A Whiteley Silver Galleries, London, UK

Shona Marsh Bicentenary Silver Commission

This special exhibition commemorates the bicentenary of Matthew Boulton's death. The centrepiece of the exhibition will be a piece of contemporary silver created by silversmith Shona Marsh, commissioned by the Birmingham Assay Office. The exhibition will be on display in the new Temporary Exhibition Gallery at the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.

28/03/2009 - 6/09/2009

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, UK

Vergeten generatie Nederlands zilver

New generation of Dutch silver

22/5/08 – 23/11/08

Nederlands Goud-, Zilver- en Klokkenmuseum, Schoonhoven, Netherlands

Other

Precious Titanium: technology and ornament

The exhibition will present the many applications of titanium. In the "Jewels" section, titanium and the technologies used for its production design become an opportunity for reflection by 33 masters and young designers of jewellery, a confrontation material played on the edge of experimentation and research. The works on display will show the techniques of metal processing technology in forming and finishing (Direct Manufacturing, Casting, Hot Stamping, Metal Injection Moulding, laser cutting, sanding, sand blasting, tumbling, Electro-sweet) and coloring ( Anodic Oxidation, Anodic Spark Deposition, Physical Vapor Deposition). Technological choices that affect the design and aesthetic features that are innovating in the field.

18/06/2010 – 1/08/2010

Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy

Best in Platinum

This exhibit showcases 17 award-winning pieces selected from a variety of platinum jewelry collections. The exhibit was assembled by Platinum Guild International (PGI), and is being shown together for the first time in the U.S.

1/12/2009 – 30/04/2010

The GIA Museum, Carlsbad CA, USA