Q&A with Olivia Shu-Chun Yao: ARTS THREAD talent at MOKSPACE East meets West:...
More than Flowers, Olivia Shu-Chun Yao Birmingham Institute of Art & Design graduate Olivia Shu-Chun Yao will be joining ARTS THREAD at Mokspace this month for our East Meets West: Art & Design...
View ArticleMilan12: Designersblock – Pglassfactory
Pglassfactory This April at Designersblock in Milan sees the debut of Pglassfactory, with wonderful plexiglass jewellery designed by Chiara Scarpitti. The jewellery is inspired by the mathematical...
View ArticlePrivate View: East Meets West: Art & Design Now! at Mokspace
East Meets West: Art & Design Now!, Mokspace; Yenz Lin explaining her Perceptions installation ARTS THREAD went along to the private view last night of East Meets West: Art & Design Now!...
View ArticleCOLLECT 2012, Saatchi Gallery – Jewellery
Elise Hatlø/Anna Talbot The quality of craftsmanship and level of innovation at COLLECT never fails to inspire us here at ARTS THREAD, and this year’s show was no different. The four-day event held at...
View ArticleNew Designers 2012: Part 1 Winners
Noeleen Logue, National College of Art and Design (NCAD) Read about the winners of the New Designers Goldsmiths’ Company Awards and Pulse Award. Noeleen Logue of The National College of Art and Design...
View ArticleNew Designers 2012: BDC New Designer and Runner up of the Year Award Part 1
Joseph Hartley, Manchester School of Art The BDC New Designer of the Year Award 2012 has gone to….Joseph Hartley, a graduate in 3D Design from Manchester School of Art. Joseph has created a passionate...
View ArticleNew Designers 2012: Jewellery
Deme Wolfe-Power, Edinburgh College of Art / Suzi Plunkett, DJCAD, University of Dundee As the first busy week of New Designers draws to a close, ARTS THREAD picks out the highlights from this year’s...
View ArticleRCA 2012: Jewellery
Nina Khazani Human hair, jawbones and the queen’s nose were just some of the unusual materials this year’s RCA Jewellery, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing and Metalwork graduates were experimenting with....
View ArticleShenkar College of Engineering, Art & Design: Jewellery graduates 2012
Precious Little, Mulika Nir ARTS THREAD takes a look at the some of the graduates from the always-directional jewellery course at Shenkar College of Engineering, Art & Design. Precious Little by...
View ArticleTraces 2012 Preview
Merel Bekking/ Rebecca Onyett For four days in August, Traces will exhibit the works of new, emerging artists in a secret location somewhere in London. In the run-up to the event, Traces is sending out...
View ArticleOut The Blue, Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery
Above: Francesca Flynn, ‘Formation Brooch’ and ‘Fusion Formation Brooch’ The work of nine new BA and MA graduates from schools across the UK will go on display at the upcoming Out The Blue exhibition...
View ArticleBeautiful Objects, The Aram Gallery
Katy Hackney, ‘Necklace’/ Zoe Arnold, ‘Emotions Brooch’ and ‘Opinion’ The Aram Gallery will unveil it’s first ever jewellery exhibition next month, opening on November 22 2012. The show, titled...
View ArticleUnexpected Pleasures
Above: ‘Lauren Kalman, ‘Hard Wear’/ Camilla Prasch, ‘Mega’/ Felieke van der Leest, ‘Yellow Kelly’ The Design Museum London will present some of the world’s must surprising and unusual works of...
View ArticleUnfolding Landscapes, Sotheby’s London
Above: Tea Tray, Hu Yijin / Memory of Childhood, Li Bowen A blob of lacquer seeps sideways over of black jewellery box, two labour-hardened twins face each other over a barren landscape and a geometric...
View ArticleMADE12 Brighton
Above: Suet Yi Yip, ‘Birdieland’/ Kirsty Fraser, ‘Zanzibar’ Look out for MADE12 in Brighton from November 22-25 2012. The 120 makers include a fair sprinkling of ARTS THREAD members, such as Karen Fox,...
View ArticleMade in Clerkenwell Winter 2012
Above: Makiko Nakamura, ’100 Years’ The winter edition of Made in Clerkenwell kicks off this Thursday. For four days, over 100 UK designers will cram into St John’s Square and Clerkenwell Green where...
View ArticleThe Perfect Place to Grow: 175 Years of the Royal College of Art
Last chance to see The Perfect Place to Grow: 175 Years of the Royal College of Art – closing tomorrow January 03 2013. This anniversary exhibition celebrating 175 years of London’s Royal College of...
View ArticleDesign Indaba: Emerging Creatives
Above: Vonk Light / T Table, Woltemade Running March 01-03 2013, Design Indaba Expo includes an exciting section entitled Emerging Creatives. ARTS THREAD previews a selection of designers to look out...
View ArticleOBJECT Rotterdam: Multiplay, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Above: Brooch in a Cup, Ditte Jensen Students from the jewellery department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam are currently showing a project entitled Multiplay at this year’s OBJECT Rotterdam...
View ArticleJameel Prize 3 shortlist announced
Above: Concrete Carpet, Nada Debs / Istanbul Contrast, Dice Kayek Coinciding with Design Days Dubai running March 17-21, the shortlist of artists and designers for the Jameel Prize 3 has been...
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