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Voting is now closed for the Student Exhibition. I would like to thank everyone for participating by submitting work as well as voting. First Place goes to Alexis Smith for her Industrial Gear Pendant. Second Place goes to Kate Psaltis for her Bangle with Fossil. Congratulations everyone and we look forward to seeing what everyone makes next!
2012 Student Exhibition Take a browse through our 2nd Annual Student Exhibition
here at Jewel Envy. The exhibition will be running from Friday February 10th, to Monday March 5th and now immortalized here on our blog! The opening reception is this Friday February the 10th from 5-9pm and is being generously supported by Magnotta Winery. We’re excited to display our hard working students creations and are once again asking the public to vote on their favorite piece. The winner will receive free bench work time here at the studio to further develop their skills. Please join us at the opening or drop in to check out the show while it is on display. You can vote in person or through email by sending us an email with your name, phone number and number of the piece you think should win.
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| #1 “Hello my name is…” by Jay Joo |
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| #2 Ring by Jay Joo |
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| #3 “Nothing lasts forever” by Jay Joo |
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| #4 Heaven’s Tree by Chakman Chow |
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| #5 Rose bud by Chakman Chow |
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| #6 Two finger ring by Padrin Kwok |
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| #7 Ring by Padrin Kwok |
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| #8 Rogue wave – two finger ring by Padrin Kwok |
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| #9 Gasing Earrings by Joe Han Lee |
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| #10 Malaysian Living in Canada by Joe Han Lee |
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| #11 Kinetic Ring by Joe Han Lee |
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| #12 Origami Pendant by Monika Weber |
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| #13 Black Night by Chris Le Page |
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| #14 Saturn by Chris Le Page |
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| #15 Bangle by Kate Psaltis |
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| #16 Bracelet by Kate Psaltis |
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| #17 Pendant by Kate Psaltis |
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| #18 Fallen Leaf by Candice Fraser |
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| #19 Cameo Pendant by Alexis Smith |
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| #20 Gears in Motion by Alexis Smith |
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| #21 Industrial Gear Pendant by Alexis Smith |
Voting is now Closed for the Student Exhibition. Thank you to everyone who participated!
-March 1/11
The Jewel Envy Student Exhibition is on display from Friday February 4th, 2011- Monday February 28th, 2011. To vote on your favorite piece in the show view the images below and send us an email to info@jewelenvy.ca with your name, contact info (email and phone number) and the number of the piece you think should win! The artist whose piece receives the most votes will be awarded with free bench time to further develop their skills!
Padrin Kwok
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Alexis Smith
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Amanda Delacruz
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Chakman Chow
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E. B. Clutter
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Emma Delgado Perrier
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Gabriela Wilson
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Jay Joo
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Kate Psaltis
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Marjaneh Yassini Amin
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Monika Weber
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Orest Dtwidiuk
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Penny Cook
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Savita Patkar
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Congratulation to Nicole and Robert that they are getting marry soon! They spent two Sundays and made wedding bands for each others. Without any jewellery making experience, they did such fantastic job on carving and finishing.
More pictures of student work coming your way!
This is my first time teaching the 8 week Enamel class and I am excited about all the samples and finished pieces my students have been creating. I am looking forward to seeing what they are going to be making for their final project, which they will be starting soon and completing in a couple of weeks. I’ll be sure to post the finished creations!
– Alexis
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| Stencil samples by Cheryl Koller |
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| Cloisonne project by Cheryl Koller |
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| Stencil samples and cloisonne by Colleen Wheeler |
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| Stencil samples by Lisa Soch |
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| by Kate Psaltis |
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| Cloisonne by Kate Psaltis |
I have spent the last couple months mulling over the idea of superstitions and how to represent them in jewellery for Zilberschmucks annual jewellery competition and exhibition. When I really started to think about them I realized just how integrated they are in our daily lives and although we may rationally know they are not true we often take precautionary steps just in case our small actions can effect our future.
I thought about the superstitions I subscribe to and if could protect myself what would be the one I wish my actions could actually affect. This lead me to think about the heart and how to protect it from failure of both the literal and figurative kind. From here it seemed natural to design a piece of armor to protect the heart. Stay tuned for an image of my interpretation of heart protection.
About 4 years ago, I was a student in my second year at George Brown College. I needed broken pieces of jewellery to fix in my repair class I was taking. My mother handed over a bag full of jewellery, mostly pearls to restring, some things that actually just couldn’t be fixed, and a 10ky gold ring with a broken shank at the bottom and a missing stone (an amethyst she tells me). It was much too big for her as a child when she got it. She told me she used to pinch the bottom of the ring to make it fit. At .5mm thick, it’s no surprise it cracked! In a timid attempt, I filed the broken edges flat and poorly soldered it back together. I was so unimpressed I just never gave it back to her.
During that epic room clean I did a couple months back, I actually found the bag of broken jewellery, ring and all! I thought to myself, wouldn’t this be a lovely birthday present to surprise mom with? I knew that I would have to cut it open and redo the soldering job so I figured I should make it an adult size at the same time. I also found a tiny little amethyst to bring it all back together. This time, I was still terrified of ruining it but I took my time and ended up pretty happy with the results.
Plus my mom was happy and totally surprised!
-L
The opening night to our Second Student Show was a huge success, with lots of great food,conversation, and of course the
beautiful jewellery.
