Spring Has Sprung
The Perfect Spring Ring By Janel Laza
Made from sterling silver and moss.
To see more of her work, visit her photo page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janellaza/page3/
Archive for April 13th, 2011
Spring Has Sprung
Posted by learntobead on April 13, 2011
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Three Artists at SOFA NY April 2011
Posted by learntobead on April 13, 2011
Ornamentum
Three Jewelry Artists at SOFA NY
http://www.ornamentumgallery.com/gallery/index.php
http://www.sofaexpo.com/
SOFA stands for Sculpture Objects and Functional Art. Their exhibits at various locales in the US and throughout the year, showcase outstanding contemporary “sculptural” objects, including jewelry. I always like to check in on the artists they elect to showcase. There is so much you can learn from each artist’s ideas and approaches.
Their current NY exhibition runs through 5/1/2011.
Jennifer Trask
http://www.jennifertrask.com/Site/Home.html
What do we carry with us in our bones? Literally, and metaphorically?
Used to express definitive physical sensation and emotional sentiment (e.g. ‘bone weary’), bone is considered the absolute reductive essence of our physical selves. Bones linger, incorporating evidence of what we ate, how we worked, injuries, illnesses, and environmental conditions during a given lifetime. Lead, copper and iron, among other metals, bind to our bones as obscure mementos of our experiences.
What if those amalgams were to flourish and grow?
What would we see if we could view concepts and ideals, not just the verifiable physicality?
My process is a strange dance between the factual, or scientifically based research and the associative, or intuitive and non-verbal. As I move between the two places, factual and intuitive, internal and external, the results are cross-species hybrids that embody a peculiar romanticized vision of the natural world that betray a very human concept of separateness, of dominion over nature.
Looking deeper still, we see a measure of the unanticipated, in traces of internalized abstract experiences and ideals.
Implicit and explicit.
Internal and external.
Jiro Kamata
http://www.artaurea.com/jewelries/101-jiro-kamata
Jiro Kamata’s enthusiasm for the lenses of old reflex cameras developed into a long-lasting design concept. Kamata believes that the lenses capture and keep special moments like secrets and thinks that this could spark the jewelry wearers’ imagination.
Sergey Jivetin
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/SergeyJivetin
Jiventin takes an engineering eye, an intuitive understanding of mechanical physics, and the properties of unusual materials, like watch hands, human hair, fishing hooks, eggs, porcelain handles and syringe needles, to create very alive pieces of jewelry.
He sees his jewelry as helping the wearer make the connection between a person’s sense of self and humanity, and that person’s relationship to the work or industrial setting around her.
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Bracelets in 3-D Print
Posted by learntobead on April 13, 2011
Bracelets in 3-D Print
Beate Eismann
www.beate-eismann.de
I am so very fascinated by the design possibilities new 3-D copy machines allow. These machines allow more intricate dimensionality and integration than you might be able to achieve the “old-fashioned” way.
Some people use these new machines to fashion machine parts. Others for creating artificial human organs, like bladders and veins. And now jewelry artists are using these machines to expand their horizons.
Beate Eismann is one such artist.
She uses her skills in computerized CNC production, such as lathing, milling or rapid prototyping, to make jeweelry that she then works up using convenstional goldsmithing techniques.
With these new computerized programs and 3-D print machines, artists can actually generate forms, shape and create. The artist creates the computerized sketch. The machine produces the components of the piece. The artist combines these components using traditional techniques and does some final finishing.
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Erotic Watches Auctioned Off
Posted by learntobead on April 13, 2011
Erotic Watches Auctioned Off
By Antiquorum, The Leading Watch Auctioneer
http://amazingcentral.com/swiss-collector-puts-up-a-rare-collection-of-erotic-pocket-watches-on-sale/
http://www.antiquorum.com/home/
A unique collection of more than 30 erotic watches and system objects are among the timepieces Antiquorum offered on March 27 here as part of its “Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces” auction. The highlight of this collection was a repeating musical watch with four actions and a concealed erotic automaton. Dubbed “Musique d’Amour” and made in 1810, the watch is believed to be the work of Genevan watchmaker Henry Capt, and which was expected to fetch around $90,000.
A Google search of images under the keywords “erotic watches” turned up 4,500,000 images. So I guess, given this large number of images, erotic watches are very popular and here to stay. And probably good investments.
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