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June 1–4, 2022 | Providence, RI
SNAG Conference 2022
Join SNAG June 1-4, 2022 in Providence, RI, The Creative Capital, for our 50th Annual Conference. Explore the exciting and invigorating ways regional contemporary jewelers and metalsmiths recognize the past to create hope and innovation for the future through all of our conference programs.
Come to SNAG’s conference to gain new creative inspiration and foster lifelong bonds of collaboration and friendship within the jewelry and metals community.
Opens July 1, 2022 | online
WE ARE SNAG: Anthology 2022
WE ARE SNAG: Anthology 2022 is a virtual catalog of SNAG membership, created as a visual resource for fellow members, educators, retail shoppers, collectors, galleries, and museums. It will include one image from each participant, presented in a searchable web format. Select images will be highlighted in a 2022 issue of Metalsmith magazine and on social media. Open to all SNAG members. Only $20 to participate. Deadline: June 15, 2022.
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Metalsmith magazine, published by SNAG, gives you a front row seat to the world of contemporary jewelry and metalsmithing.
It is smart, beautiful and provocative, and guaranteed to inspire and invigorate. Coverage spans established and emerging contemporary makers, artists in their studios, artist-made production jewelry, cutting-edge adornment, design, fashion, hollowware, furniture, and much more. For 41 years and counting Metalsmith has brought you the best in the field.
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SNAG celebrates the rich diversity and history of the jewelry and metalsmithing field while valuing a variety of viewpoints through supportive, respectful and ethical interactions that nourish education and inspire innovative creativity.
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Intro scale shift projects are always so exciting! First time soldering, definitely not the last time making something incredible. And check out that heat patina!
#introtometals #scaleshiftproject #soldering #snagmember #jewelry #metals #copper #ecmetals #earlhamcollegemetals #earlhammetals
This week’s new YouTube video is short overview of my “Ultimate” Compilation of Soldering references PDF for students and teachers. It’s available for download on the Resources page of http://www.jamesthurman.com/ Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! https://youtu.be/NkoqXIW7mO4
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Definitely NOT panicking about the abundance of free time I suddenly have...
"scream beads no. 4: just peachy!!!"
Plant-based resin, alcohol ink, acrylic paint, drilled aventurine beads, sterling silver, silk cord
#anycubicmono #3dprintedjewelry
#artjewelry #ladysmith #silversmith #snag #snagmember #anycubicphoton #aventurine #everythingisfine #3dprinted #handpainted #contemporaryjewelry #zbrush #zbrushsculpt #pixelogic #turbosquid #jewelryart #3dmodeling #3dsculpt anycubicofficial
Back at it again. Bezel-set synthetic sapphires in a modified found object assemblage with CAD-designed and laser cut hexagonal grid plate. Not bad for a lazy morning with coffee and a new audiobook.
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#metalsmith #artmetal #artjewelry #artjewellery #contemporaryjewelry #contemporaryjewellery #brutalist #brutalism #foundobject #foundobjectjewelry #brutalistjewellery #klimt02 #klimt02member #bjioux #schmuck #snag #snagmember #contemporaryjewelry #contemporaryjewellery
Slow but steady on the third level of the shell!
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#shell#mollusk#filigree#contemporaryfiligree#naturesculpture#nature#natureinspired#natureinspiredjewelry#natureinspiredart#sculpture#snagmember#metalsmith#metalsmithjewelry#ooak#oneofakind#metalsmithing#atx#atxjewelry
Hi!!! It’s been a minute! I’m here with this little hotdog, Remy, to wish you a Happy Asian+ Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Did you know that May is also Mental Health Awareness Month?! Well, you do now. 🙂
As a human that embodies a multitude of intersecting identities, I happen to belong to both of these communities. As a multi-racial, Filipinx kid living in Virginia for the first six years of my life, I came into awareness of my own racial identity in the context of anti-black racism. I distinctly remember over-hearing white folks using racial slurs & wondering if they applied to me, my dad or my siblings. After my family relocated to the Seattle area, one of my first memories as a new student was of a classmate calling me the ‘N’ word. I was barely 7. It was like a gut punch. I wasn’t white. I wasn’t black. But I knew for sure I was different.
I was 5 or 6 the first time I remember experiencing suicidal ideation, something, that as a trans, CSA survivor, I’ve battled with on & off for most of my life. Thankfully, I’ve done a ton of healing work & I’m happy to say that when those heavy feelings start to creep in, they no longer have the power they once did. I know that thinking a thought does not make it true & I’m usually able to override those old neural pathways in favor of some self-compassion, positive self-talk, & when all else fails, ICE CREAM.
I’m sharing because there is still so much stigma associated with these identities & experiences. It’s my hope that we can keep making moves in the right direction by raising awareness & making space to celebrate our collective resilience!
Speaking of celebrating... I’ve got some vv exciting news to announce: I’ll be dropping some new offerings in my shop THIS WEEK, including ✨SOLID GOLD✨ septum rings. Quantities will be extremely limited, so sign up for my email list to get first dibs! Link in Bio.
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#MentalHealthAwareness #AAPIHeritageMonth #APIHeritageMonth #AsianPacificIslander #QTPOCArtist #FilipinoArt #QueerArtistsOfInstagram #NonBinaryFashion #TransFashion #GoldBodyJewelry #SeptumJewelry #SNAGMember #BCArts #FineCrafts #SlowFashion #Filipinx #Goldsmith #SamonteCruzStudios
Wowsers...spring is here and summer is around the corner! I just realized I haven't posted very much content on what is going on in the studio.
Here is a fun video...it is personal as it is a piece of jewelry of my own that I transformed a ring into a pendant.
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Back story. 8th grade graduation at my school was a pretty big deal and I recieved a very special ring for the occasion from my parents. I am very...very sentimental and wore it often. I adored it. Over the years it had worn thin, I didn't wear the ring very often but it still meant alot to me so I decided to use the gold and gemstones to create a pendant that I would wear everyday.
The ring brings back memories...melting the gold did choke me up but now I have a piece of jewelry that I wear almost everyday.
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People are very sentimental about their jewelry when they leave it with me in my care for repair or remodeling....I get you.
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#elementsjewelrydesign #elementsbyk #jewelrymakeover #mnjeweler #mnjagofficial #snagmember #customjewelry #yellowgold #recycledgold #sentimentaljewelry #graduationgift
Music. Afterthought by Dan Hyde
Posted withregram • gruenertamara Brooch: Dark Peripteros
Chalcedony, silicium, historical metal pieces and silver - blackened, glass, plastic, steel
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Stack them if you’ve got’em. This set found it’s home and hoping to make some more in the same family soon.
#jewelryisart #statementjewelry #metalsmithing #contemporaryjewelry #bijoux #studiojewelry #artisanmade #artjewelry #artjewellery #sculpturetowear #sculpturaljewelry #artbyhand #wearableart #alternativebling
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