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[Ganoksin] [Issue #139] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench
The Ganoksin Project
S i n c e 1 9 9 6 Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Techniques http://www.ganoksin.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition: 1. The Jewelry of Michael Zobel 2. Gemsone Engravings Over the Passage of Time 3. Opinion - Is There a Jewelry Avant-garde? 4. Juried Shows - Putting Your Best Foot Forward 5. 950 Palladium: Fabricating Custom Earrings 6. Conversion of Dental Tools Into Wax Engraving Tools 7. Studio Visit - Daniel Jocz 8. Book Review - Art Jewelry Today ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition of Tips From The Jeweler's Bench http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. I Paint With Metal and Precious Stones - The Jewelry of Michael Zobel By Christel Trimborn What he wanted to be was a painter, although he was also thinking about being a graphic artist or book illustrator. But, because his father thought that things like that were too bohemian and wanted his son to learn a proper trade, Michael Zobel became a goldsmith. Although he's 61 years old today, he never regretted taking this step in his long career as an internationally recognized jewelry designer.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/michael-zobel.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Gemsone Engravings Over the Passage of Time By Peter Henselder The art of gem cutting (glyptics in Greek) is one of the oldest testimonies to how installed, fascinating miniatures can transform gemstones into tiny works of art with immense charisma and magical significance. Decoration, symbols and magic formulae that still fascinate and have given gemstone engraving a special place in the cultural history of mankind.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ng-history.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Opinion - Is There a Jewelry Avant-garde? By Bruce Metcalf The term "avant-garde" is freighted with baggage from its source in military language. Consider the implications of applying the idea of an armed vanguard to the arts: The term assumes a condition in which a smaller group leads the way for a larger one, which in turn presupposes an overall unity to a field, whether it's painting, dance, literature, or crafts. It assumes that a field moves forward all at once, all in the same direction, just like an army. It implies resistance and struggle, and eventual defeat to a countervailing idea. And it suggests a "rear-guard," a reactionary group that desperately hangs on to an obsolete idea. A complex narrative of winners and losers, and organized victory over an outmoded idea is compressed into a single phrase.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...de-jewelry.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Juried Shows - Putting Your Best Foot Forward By Andy Cooperman There is nothing that will block the path towards "acceptance" in a juried situation more quickly than a poor quality or unintelligible image -- be it digital or film. The goal is to convey as much information about the piece pictured as possible without ambiguity or confusion. Relying on the jurors' having any time or desire to puzzle out what is going on in an image will result in an irritated jury indisposed to accepting the entry. A poor image may indicate to a jury that the artist doesn't take their work seriously enough to find a way to document it well. When the competition is stiff (the amount of quality images/entries is high) this can definitely affect an artist's chances of making the cut. There are certainly instances when a piece is so strong that it can shine through a screen of poor photography. But relying on that is faith misplaced. If the only true acquaintance a juror -- be they an exhibition juror, book or magazine editor or gallery director -- has with a piece is the image taken of it, then that image had better make a positive first impression.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/jury.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. 950 Palladium: Fabricating Custom Earrings By Mark and Lainie Mann This article examines manufacturing procedures used to hand fabricate 950 palladium earrings. These custom earrings designed by Lainie Mann feature cultured mabe pearls and pink sapphires set into hand formed and fabricated 950 palladium. The materials used in this project include.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...m-earrings.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Conversion of Dental Tools Into Wax Engraving Tools By Lee Epperson This paper describes the conversion of dental tools into wax engraving tools, how they are held and how they are used. Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/dental-tools.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Studio Visit - Daniel Jocz By J.E. Paterak Upon reaching the porch of Daniel Jocz's Cambridge studio and home, I recalled having been there briefly for a party during one of Mass Art's successful symposiums more than seven years earlier. Jocz and I met again at Haystack's New Works workshop last September. For five days the school becomes for former faculty what it is to students, a place to explore and experiment, or simply work without the everyday interruptions of business or teaching. Jocz was exiled from the metals shop because he brought a new series of aluminum bracelets to be worked on. Aluminum is a contaminant to silver/goldsmithing studios and it was my job, as the studio tech, to boot him out.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/daniel-jocz.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Book Review - Art Jewelry Today, Dona Z. Meilach By Toni Greenbaum The very term "art jewelry" has been bandied about so much within the past few decades that one must endeavor to apply the designation correctly, and, when attempting a book of this scope, fairly comprehensively. It would be impossible to include every artist jeweler working at this moment in time; therefore, the author should have chosen more carefully or qualified her objectives. It would have been preferable to narrow the boundaries and cover only one aspect of the movement, for example.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...elry-today.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put an Orchid on your Bench Join the most popular online community for jewelery makers, The Orchid forums at http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ganoksin Project (http://www.ganoksin.com) is the largest virtual single information source for searchable archived content for jewelry and metals in the world. Its 5,500 Orchid members foster sharing, support community, enhance productivity and encourage studio safety, by promoting education in the jewelry and metal arts worldwide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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