Library Guide

The link to our very own, especially created for us, library guide is below:

Library Guide

Use and enjoy! And be sure to thank the librarians for all their help and dedication.

Thursday's Artist

The artist from Thursday's warm-up was Laurie Hall. You can find images of her work on the Facere Gallery website: www.facerejewelryart.com.

A few of the artists in the Rivet Lecture that you might want to check out are:

• Anika Smulovitz
• Roberta and David Williamson
• Joanna Gollberg
• Nanz Aulund
• Ruth Avra
• E. Douglas Wunder

From the Pattern Lecture:

• Owen Jones
• Kent Bloomer
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Hild und K Architects
  

Some Useful Links

One of my favorite blogs on Contemporary Metalwork is Mar de Color Rosa.
Mar de Color Rosa

A great resource for finding galleries and museums with metalwork is the list on the SNAG website. You can link to many of the institutions from the SNAG pages and view some of the work online.
Galleries and Museums

Also, be sure to check out Crafthaus. Lots of metal artists are members and show their work on the site. There are also interesting discussion boards and lots of other cool features (including calls for entry).
Crafthaus

Hope you find lots of inspiration and gain a deeper understanding of the state of contemporary metalwork.

Tuesday's Artist

On Tuesday we looked at a piece by Anika Smulovitz. Her work is featured as part of the "Exhibition in Print: Neo-Palatial", curated by Garth Clark, in Metalsmith Magazine, Volume 30, Number 4.
You can link to her website here: Anika Smulovitz and look at other images of her work, as well as read a bit about the different series.
Enjoy!

Thursday's Artist

For warm-up on Thursday, we looked at some of the paintings of

• Kasimir Malevich

for inspiration in expressing spatial and emotional experiences with a limited formal palette. Be sure to look at more of his work and the manner in which he uses of simple shapes to convey complex ideas.

Tuesday's Artists

These are the contemporary metalsmiths and jewelry artsists whose work we looked at on Tuesday, August 24.

• Jill Baker Gower
• Anika Smulovitz
• Jesse Mathes
• Sergey Jivetin
• Jeffrey Clancy
• Sharon Massey

You can do a quick Google image search to find more images online. I suggest checking out the artitsts' own websites and blog articles written about the artists and their work. Perhaps you will discover someone new!

Hello and Welcome

Fall 2010
The semester has begun! If you are new to the Art Metals and Jewelry course, I would like to point out some of the more useful features on this blog.

First of all, to the right, and a little bit down, of this post, you will find links in the Metalworking Supplies and Materials list. Those links will take you directly to the websites of the various suppliers where you can either place orders or get maps, etc. Use it! Secondly, if you are burning with curiosity about prior projects, scroll down to earlier posts to see slide shows of some excellent student work.

There are also some old posts with illustrated how-tos in the posts below. Keep following the blog for lists of artists we talk about in class and updates on what is going on in the world of metal.

Remember, you can follow this blog. I look forward to getting to know all of you.