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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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This lovely cast & enameled ring was made by Steven in Oz Bender's Art After Dark Metals class.
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The lovely Alicia Goodwin of linguanigra told me one of my favorite bits advice during our time at Pentaclum, and it has stuck with me and truly become an integral part of my practice - Save your scraps because they can always be something!
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I did just that with this piece. The entire front of this piece is made of scrap cut outs of other parts. Yes, it is individually soldered of over 60 pieces and then domed on stump and with a plastic mallet.
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The juicy bb has a cutie back that is v sweet âšđđ
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#sulobee #sulobeemakin
#sulobeejewelry #metalsmithsociety #snagmember
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#americancraftcouncil #emergingartist #nonbinaryfashion #newpaltzmetal #sunynewpaltzart #sunynewpaltzalumni #txstmetals #internationaljewellery #queerjewelry
Healing in the present is connected across and through time and space. Opening in any given moment to the ancestors, their presence and their stories, which exist in our physical and psychical landscape, informs an ethical responsibility to a multidimensional relational, co-creative process. The stories and experiences of my ancestors inform the nature of what is out of balance and in need of restorative action in my experience of the effects of trauma in the present. Standing in the present, my ancestors before me making the trail, the path opens and a new foward is co-created.
-Sandra Easter
the eternal question
silver, copper, 24k, steel, vitreous enamel, Madagascar sapphires
Made for the exhibition Heirlooms of the Future mobiliagallery
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DECO BUG #pendantnecklace #onmybench seemed like a good match for the DECO chain #chainmaking #resinjewelry #insectjewelry #wearwhatyoulove #oneofakindjewelry #detailsmatter #jewelryaddict #contemporaryjewelry #makeastatement #maker #slowmade #snagmember #etsymetalteam #metalsmithsociety #craftsmanship #handmadeisbetter #etsyshop #metalobjects . fun . simple . #modernjewelry
Connie Tsosie-Gaussoin, a nationally renowned jewelry artist, descends from two families of respected Navajo (Dineâ) and Picuris Pueblo artists. She grew up watching her uncle Tom Tsosie make tufa-cast jewelry and her mother and aunts embroider monkâs cloth and weave traditional Navajo rugs.
Deeply appreciative of her cultural roots and tribal histories, Tsosie-Gaussoin encouraged her own four children to pursue artistic endeavors, building on and adding to their Indigenous cultural narrative.
In the latest issue of âMetalsmith,â writer RoseMary Diaz details Tsosie-Gaussoin and her familyâs innovative and original contributions to their heritage despite pushback from conservative gatekeepers of Navajo jewelry.
To read more, check out âMetalsmithâ magazine Vol. 42 No. 2. Look for the article titled âPassing the Torch: A Family Tradition of Indidgenous Creativity,â written by RoseMary Diaz.
âMetalsmithâ is available both online and in print. Click the link in our bio to learn more.
@tsosiegaussoin (Connie Tsosie-Gaussoin)
#JerryGaussoin
cowaah@gmail.com (DavidGaussoin)
@TazGaussoin (Tazbah Gaussoin)
@silverinjun (Wayne Nez Gaussoin)
#RoseMaryDiaz
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Jerry E. Gaussoin Jr.
Ancient Ruins, 2020
Sterling Silver, Natural Kingman Turquoise
1.5 x 5.75 in.
Photo courtesy of the artist
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David Gaussoin
Weapon of Mass Collar, 2015
Aluminum
1 x 3 x 3 in.
Photo: Wayne Nez Gaussoin
Model: Tazbah Gaussoin
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Connie Tsosie-Gaussoin
Casino Loot Bag, 2012
Sterling silver, turquoise
6.5 x 6 x 4 in.
Photo: Carolyn Wright
#metalsmithmagazine #snagmetalsmith #snagmember #indigenousart #indigenousartist #indigenousjewelry #wearableart #adornment #contemporaryjewelry #contemporarysculpture
Thank you also for being part of the romanianjewelryweek community, Arielle!
Posted withregram âą ariellenbrackett Working on my display for romanianjewelryweek which is happening the first week of October. I so wish I could be there in person to see the work. I really like how the display is going and will definitely be incorporating similar elements into my regular display. I hope all the work arrives safely! Iâll share more information when the event gets a little bit closer. Thank you romanianjewelryweek for the opportunity to show work at your event.
#contemporaryart #contempraryjewelry #contemporaryartist #contemporaryjewellery #internationalartexhibition #snagmember #snagmetalsmith
Posted withregram âą jewelryopencalls Deadline September 16th! Apply for the Verdant Bodies exhibition at armory_jewelrymetals armoryartcenter
Posted withregram âą armory_jewelrymetals #REPOST armoryartcenter đđŁïžđOpen call for art jewelry and metal work at the Armory Art Center! Verdant Bodies is a juried exhibition open to any artist working in art jewelry, adornment, and functional metalsmithing formats. This exhibition will offer insight as to how makers of the art jewelry and metalsmithing field interpret their environments. Considerations of environment include, but are not limited to, physical ânaturalâ or curated spaces, sociopolitical environments, and spaces within which various relationships occur. The intent of Verdant Bodies is to raise topics such as ecology, evolution, species relationships, botanical, and cultural implications. This in-person exhibition will be juried by contemporary jewelry artist, Diane Falkenhagen.â
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Applications are now open and are due by September 16th at midnight. Verdant Bodies will be on view October 27-November 18 at the Armory Art Center. For more information, visit our link in bio!â
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Peach Harvest ::: August, 2019
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"As I watchâd the ploughman ploughing,
Or the sower sowing in the fieldsâor the harvester harvesting,
I saw there too, O life and death, your analogies:
(Life, life is the tillage, and Death is the harvest according.)"
--Walt Whitman
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A heavy harvest of peachy gem and wing, like an August harvest of fragrant fruit.
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Sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, enameled copper, acrylic, heliodor crystal specimen, rose cut peach moonstone cabochon, vintage turquoise cabochon, Pecos "diamond" quartz crystal specimen found around Roswell, NM, peach flower petal found in an ABQ garden, Io moth wing found in on a beach in Mexico.
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While I was away, the peaches ripened. The birds got some of the first to sweeten. I was only gone a few days, but by the time I got back, the biggest ones were beak-marked, and crawling with jewel beetles. In the corner under the iris blades, a group softened into a vinagery pile. I picked what was left--a few lush enough to eat out of hand, the rest for baking or jam. The branches have sprung up in relief. They no longer drag along the ground. A few beetles remain, buzzing in the leaves, and finishing what the birds have left.
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đ§ Thinkinâ differently. đ Lookinâ at things differently.
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Cogitating on branch pendants in the works.
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Flowers, buds, and leaves in silver, bronze, copper, holly wood and ebony. Branch Pendants in process.
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Kaiwerx store: Kaiwerxstudio.bigcartel.com
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Biomorphic Adornment; bold, sensuous, organic, modern primitive statement jewelry, for women and men in search of unique style and personal expression with an appreciation for handcrafted contemporary jewelry.
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