Adornment (Re-Use & Re-Imagine)
Group exhibition: 6th August - 16th September 2022
Adornment (Re-Use & Re-Imagine)
The ACJSNI Re-Use + Re-Imagine Adornment Project is a collaborative venture between artist / makers related to the linen heritage of R-Space Gallery. The project highlights the distinct characteristics of 3-Dimensional research in Silversmith, Jewellery and Textile Art practices. The three craft areas see frequent overlaps in scale, materials, and methods of construction which, when combined, create potential for dynamic statements that push beyond traditional boundaries.
The artists present work that has explored a cross-over of sensitivities towards the human experience of making, and developed their specialisms creating unexpected synergies and directions, in materials and narratives. The diversity of approaches has been documented throughout the project spanning June and July. The visuals, videos and recordings of processes will form part of the Exhibition supporting the finished pieces and providing contexts that enrich understanding.
Artist talks will take place in the gallery on 20th August and 3rd September.
ACJSNI will be running a Lace-making workshop with National & International award winning lace designer and maker Theresa Kelly in the gallery on 27th August.
Title: Carrickmacross Lace Workshop - 3D Carrickmacross Lace Flax Flower.
More details to follow
In Conversation 1 - Making- an insight into the careers and different approaches to navigating research & materials;
A Conversation with Sarah Cathers & Shannon McShane
About ACJSNI:
The Association for Contemporary Jewellery & Silversmiths N.I is a regional group of The Association for Contemporary Jewellery, whose aims are to support and develop the voice, audience and understanding of contemporary Jewellery and Silversmiths in Northern Ireland.
Membership brings together ACJ, AJN and WeAre Jewellery groups under one constitution as a regional body of ACJ, whose members are International.
Our objectives support those of ACJ; to advance public education by promoting understanding of contemporary jewellery, to foster communication between practitioner and interested others, and to represent ACJ members within the region of Northern Ireland.
Further information: www.acjsni.org
Image courtesy of ACJSNI