Membership
SNAG membership offers exclusive benefits and fulfilling connections for anyone interested in the art and craft of jewelry, adornment and metalsmithing.
SNAG Conference
This gathering convenes our diverse community to engage with speakers, exhibitions, events, and each other.
Magazine
Metalsmith magazine gives you a front row seat to the world of studio art and design in contemporary jewelry and metalsmithing.
September 29 - 30
Tides & Waves: West Africa
Join SNAG for our second iteration of Tides & Waves, a symposium series that explores the deep and continual flow of international ideas in contemporary jewelry & metalsmithing.
This 2-day participatory Virtual Symposium is filled with speakers, demonstrations, break-out discussions, practical tips, socilaizing and more. Recordings available with registration.
Sept - Oct
Workshopping With
A new virtual programming series led by SNAG members on a variety of topics. Each workshop will last approximately an hour, with an interactive Q&A session.
Join us for the inaugural workshops offered by SNAG Co-Presidents Kerianne Quick and Seth Papac, and Board members Demi Thomloudis and April Wood to raise money for SNAG.
Sept 2023 - Sept 2024
WE ARE SNAG: Anthology Ed. 3
A virtual catalog of SNAG membership, created as a visual resource for fellow members, educators, retail shoppers, collectors, galleries, and museums.
Image: Kat Cole, Line & Edge #1
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Metalsmith Magazine
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.
OUR PURPOSE
We are an inclusive community committed to advancing the multifaceted field of metalsmithing and adornment by inspiring innovative creativity and furthering education and opportunities.
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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All the curly Coily brooches. Had to put a pin on it.
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Flamestitch Fordite slab ready to be cut into cabs. Always fun cutting this material. You never know what you’re gonna get.
We're just one week away from Tides & Waves: West Africa, and we can't wait for you all to join us for two days of presentations, demos, discussions, and socializing!
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Get to know interdisciplinary artist and Fresh Focus presenter Atinuke Adeleke. Atinuke’s work has been shown at numerous galleries and institutions such as the African American Museum in Dallas, Craighead Green Gallery Dallas, Touchstone Gallery Washington D.C., Atlantic Gallery NYC, and Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery NC.
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Her presentation will focus on how traditional and modern-day techniques such as Electroplating, CNC routing, and 3D printing can reinvent and push the boundaries of materials.
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To purchase your ticket and read more about Adeleke and all of our presenters, head to the link in our bio!
Busy making sterling silver “stones” for my sticks and stones series. #etsymetal #makingjewelry #artjewelry #snagmember #brynmorganpress
What to wear for a date with a vampire?🧛♀️🦇 Bat earrings! 🦇🧛♀️Shown here worn by my favorite model. The earrings are 4.5 inches long, made with sterling and fine silver with 24k gold Keum Boo, fused silver dust, the awesome sugilite pair by azurz , and two pretty-pretty amethysts by wonderfulgemstone .
☀️Also, this is the last day to shop the Fall Equinox Sale ☀️
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Studio Cat #1 has expressed interest in my crochet wire project… and not in a good way…. Lol. www.emilywiser.com #jewelry #jewellery #crochetwire #crochet #art #artes #catsofinstagram #emilywiser #snagmetalsmith #snagmember #goldsmith #silversmith #artjewelry #artjewellery #americancraft #sculpture #inthestudiotoday #inspiration #workinprogress #artistatwork #blackcat #artistoninstagram #artstudio #studiolife #cat
The sweet emails continue. I helped this couple fabricate their wedding rings right before they jetted off to India for days of wedding festivities. “Hi Wendy, We got our wedding photos…..share a couple of them with you. Thank you so much for the amazing ring making experience.” You know I’m smiling!! #weddingrings #weddingringfabrication #iloveteaching #theseringshaveastory
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What to wear for a date with a vampire?🧛♀️🦇 Bat earrings! It took me five years to figure out a design for these unique and beautiful (and very pricey) sugilite trillion cabs made by azurz . The earrings are 4.5 inches long, made with sterling and fine silver with 24k gold Keum Boo, fused silver dust, the awesome sugilite pair, and two pretty-pretty amethysts by wonderfulgemstone .
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#sugilite #amethyst #bats #vampires #batearrings #shoulderdusters #longearrings #silverdust #keumboo #artjewelry #jewelryartist #jewelrydesign #metalsmith #metalartist #wearableart #oneofakindjewelry #ooakjewelry #riojeweler #snagmember #opthandmade
I staged this lil photo shoot in my studio a few weeks ago while working on some French hooks and a few enamels. Why was I trying to take headshots of myself in my studio? I needed some to accompany my jewelry parachute.gallery for the relaunch of their space as a retail craft gallery. Come check out the my work along the other fabulous artists in the space next Thursday, details on the second slide.
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