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Reading a review of a book is not the same as reading the book. or Why weren’t you at the Symposium? Everyone else was!By Julia Heineccius

If you didn’t come to this year’s bustling and extraordinary Symposium, please kick yourself.

You missed being in a lecture hall full of people simultaneously thinking about self touch, thanks to the lecture of Susan Ramljak.

You missed learning what cosmetic assists in the reading of maps while on pilgrimage from Lori Talcott.

You missed Stephen Fliegel’s tips on the two best ways to get a suit of armor. (Arrange to be born rich and powerful in the 14th century, or find a way to mortally unseat a member of the 1% in your same size, and hope that you can get their steel outfit off before rigor sets in.)

You missed Rock Hushka’s beautiful and overwhelming remem-brance of the amazing Seymour Rabinovitch, who himself is sincerely missed by the entire community.

You missed seeing rare “B-side” images of the astounding creative process behind the masterful work of Myra Mimlitsch-Gray.

You missed learning why Cleveland rocks even harder than you thought (tip: it’s Todd Pownell and his diamonds).

You missed Vivian Beer coursing through your veins like a hot cup of coffee at the end of a full day, entrancing you with images and video of how she makes her benches that race around curves and never get pulled over.

You missed seeing several fantastic shows at the Tacoma Art Museum, after snacking on tiny crunchy round snacks brought to you by kind and well coordinated actors-between-projects.

You missed out, and we missed you. Come next year and you won’t be sorry and I won’t have to make you sorry.

To give flesh to this verbal view of the Symposium scene, I invited the input of several metalsmiths emerging from, or plunging into, various community and matriculated educational programs.

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What’s Happening in 2015?Hopefully - A LOT!

The SMG Board has a great responsibility in attempting to serve all of our members; amateurs and professionals, jewelers, blacksmiths, sculptors and metal artists at large, those looking for professional guidance and resumé boosters and those looking for cool people to have a beer with. We take this responsibility very seriously and would like to increase our offerings to appeal to the many different segments of our membership. After all, we really do want you to “get something” for your membership other than this scintillating newsletter!

We hope that with more volunteers, we can offer more lectures, more exhibitions and more workshops. So stay tuned! Even more good things are coming to the SMG membership!

President’s LetterIt was fantastic! Wasn’t it? It was my first time attending an SMG Symposium and I have to admit I was BLOWN AWAY by the caliber of our speakers and their insightful and inspiring pre-sentations, the humor of our emcee, Andy Cooperman, the rich and vibrant community of metalsmiths and metal workers that attended and, of course, the very hard work done by our Sympo-sium committee, our committee chair, Abby Frank, our numer-ous volunteers and our SMG Board and all of our Symposium partners: Carissa Hussong and The Metal Museum, Rock Hushka and Stephanie Stebich of the Tacoma Art Museum and the very accommodating staff at the Washington State History Museum. We are so very fortunate to belong to this great organization in this great city and I hope through our programs we continue to enrich this amazing community! In other words, Bring On 2015!

In my last letter, I mentioned our upcoming board retreat where we focus on evaluation and planning. This took place in September and we had a spirited gathering where we discussed what we should be offering our community going forward. The discus-sions were vibrant, considered, thoughtful and enthusiastic. Many exciting ideas came to the fore and yet, sadly, we realized that the main reason many of them will not be brought to fruition is not due to lack of interest or participation, but due to the lack of volunteers! Many of our members just saw first hand how hard we work and the quality of the events we put forth. Those same volunteers will start this month planning Symposium 2015! I am not sure how much more I can ask of them! Which means if we want new programs or more of the existing programs, we need more volunteers! Please consider signing up as we have a range of short term and long term opportunities! We even have two new internships. You can find out more and sign up, here: http://www.seattlemetalsguild.org/membership/volunteer-now/

Remember this PDF is interactive, so email and web addresses, plus any other blue, bold, italicized text are all hyperlinks.

Thank you! Natascha Bybee, President, Seattle Metals Guild

Board News

Member ProfilesWant to show off your work? Be considered for some of our new exhibitions? Use your profile as a way to drive business to your web and social media sites?

Well, if you haven’t already, I encourage you to update your member profile at: http://www.seattlemetalsguild.org/member-update/#account/dat Update your “Business Card” with your logo and a tagline or brief statement. The “Business Card” is what each person sees when they visit our Member Profiles page, so make it as compelling as possible!

Then add photographs, an artist statement, and links to your website and social media streams in your profile, so our new members get to know you and your work.

Please make sure you also update your privacy settings. When you login for the first time, use the email associated with your membership and request a password. This password can be changed later, once you login. You will also need this informa-tion to access our member only pages and take advantage of our discounted pricing for all upcoming events!

SMG EventsDate / Event PageNov 12: Metals Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Dec 13: Ornament Exchange Holiday Party . . . 11Jan 8: Lecture Series Returns!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Feb 6: SMG General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

ContentsBoard News:President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2What’s Happening in 2015? & Member Profiles. . 2

Reviews:SMG Symposium 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 3-8Portland Jewelry Symposium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Member News:Deborah Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Ron Ho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Aaron Barr & the Lecture Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Events:Metals Mixers & Holiday Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11SMG Biennial Exhibition & General Meeting . . . 11

Exhibitions, Workshops & Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . .12SMG Emerging Artist & Opportunities . . . . . . . . .13Membership Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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Lori Talcott // What Would You Take into the Dark?By Catherine Chandler

Lori Talcott’s talk at the 2014 Northwest Metals Symposium was exquisite. Her vast family history in the industry has given her a different lens through which to view and compare contemporary jewelry. Talcott’s fascination with what jewelry is doing in the performative sense is derived from a truth that we all know, whether we have found the words or not: “Jewelry has the capac-ity to surpass all other forms of communication.” Through this provocation, Talcott took us through a quick journey exploring the ability of jewelry to interact with space, clothing, and a person’s audience, as well as to allow the inside of one’s self to live on the outside.

Talcott’s own inspirations come from a variety of sources—from Queen Elizabeth’s jewelry, to the clothing of a living child goddess in Nepal, as well as ideas of amulets, subversive acts, and the role of jewelry in our lives. Notably, during a fellowship in Europe, she embraced her status as stranger and hiked a 400 mile pilgrimage, bringing only what she needed, and learning the value of

essential things. Talcott’s work reflects her own experiences, such as grieving practices, which is reflected in Night Corsage.

Her current body of work involves inves-tigating magic in the modern world. Looking back to that fascination with jewelry in the performative sense, Talcott has embarked on a social experiment of sorts—interacting with the public, listening to the stories of strangers, building relationships, and making amulets with fragments brought to her by the partici-pants. Which begs the question, “where does jewelry end and some-thing else begin?”

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Suzanne Ramljak // All is Fair in Love and War: Ornament as Lure and DefenseBy Beth Karolle

Suzanne Ramljak, editor of Metalsmith magazine and curator of Tacoma Art Museum’s current exhibition, Protective Ornament: Contemporary Armor to Amulets presented All is Fair in Love and War: Ornament as Lure and Defense, an expansive overview of the history of sex and struggle and its modern interpretation in wearable metalwork.

We started our adventure with Darwin’s Theory of Sexual Selec-tion, dabbled briefly in neuroscience and French philosophy, and eventually lingered in pop culture’s treatises on How to Willfully Cultivate a Seductive Manner. Jewelry facilitates courtship through its wearable and tactile properties as well as behavioral aspects of self-touch, exposure, the fondling of cylindrical objects, and gift giving. Strategies of war introduced the contri-butions of Sun Tzu and Napoleon and their modern interpreta-tions through the ever present self-help book and illustrated by contemporary metalwork.

I was drawn to her talk by my own sense of uniform as body armor in my prior life as a physician in an aggressive male dominated specialty. I would take comfort in the safety of my

protective layer of a heavily starched white coat as I prepared for the battles of the day. I found her talk overwhelming as to the breadth, which speaks to the vastness of the topic and the duration of time she has been playing with different aspects of it throughout her career as curator.

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Symposium Review

Apothecary

Escapulario

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Myra Mimlitsch-Gray // Circle: RoundBy Colin Kippen

I’m a big fan of Myra Mimlitsch-Gray’s work and have been since my first forming class 12 years ago. Her in-depth talk showing the evolution of her approach to the metals field resonated with me as I continue to study and scrutinize metalsmithing traditions as an MFA in Craft student at Oregon College of Art and Craft.

She shared some great pictures from her residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Konstfack Ädel-lab and the John Michael Kohler residency. Important places to know about.

During the lecture I couldn’t help but think that she’s not only burdened by the “historical albatross” of the metals tradition but also by the weight and expectation set up by her own oeuvre. Her most recent studies in enamelware exhibit some of the same playful freedom of previous cast cardboard pieces. I look forward to seeing what is made when Mimlitsch-Gray doodles in metal, when she stages some more chaos in her practice, when she uses her incredible skills for jazz instead of classical...

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Stephen Fliegel //The Technology of Art: Arms & Armor of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceBy Dustin Wylie

I was excited to see the lecture on armor because armor is the reason I got into metal. I enjoyed hearing Stephen Fliegel’s discussion of the evolution from leather, to chain mail, to plate, and various styles of plate. I was surprised to learn that the plate armor could be made of over 200 individual pieces, and some cities had inspectors for armor similar to modern safety inspec-tors. Smithing armor seems similar to making hollowware for the body: both techniques require a wide variety of stakes and hammers and are intensive, multi-step processes.

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Vivian Beer // Practical and Preposterous MakingBy Madeleine Soich

Beer was humorous and a great speaker, with a well organized presentation and fantastic process videos. I immediately saw a correlation between her influences (nature and mainstream culture) and design. I had been very interested prior to her talk in how she made her steel and concrete furniture (the Infrastruc-ture series), as I also work with these materials and enjoy the aesthetic. She covered a lot of ground in an engaging manner: the progression and growth in her work, her color theory and use of car paints, and the departure she took with her desert series. It was an informative and continuously captivating lecture.

All photos courtesy of the artists.

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Todd Pownell // Live/Work: Finding our Studio’s StrideBy Julia Heineccius

I rarely tire of origin stories and Todd Pownell’s was an excep-tional convergence of the technical, conceptual and personal. Finding metalsmithing through an well equipped high school program, Pownell continued to learn the craft through old school technical instruction, including filing a cube by hand. Let’s all now go to our benches and attempt that...

This background in technical craft and GIA training was en-riched by his collaboration and partnership with Debra Rosen, who came with the perspective of studying with Peter Skubic and Dorothea Pruhl, EU masters of contemporary jewelry. In the newest work emerging from their studio in Cleveland, diamonds are drilled and sewed to surfaces like glorious buttons - the result of contemporary thought applied to commercial, covetable adornment.

Symposium Review, cont.

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We had the pleasure of speaking with many of the Symposium attendees and their comments clearly tell us that the Symposium is important to them, for the lectures from national- ‐level makers and for the personal connections and camaraderie available. Thank you to the attendees who talked to us on Saturday and thank you to the Symposium Committee for putting on a great Symposium!

Here’s what they had to say:

Meet the Metalsmiths at the Symposium

“A very well organized and enjoyable symposium. Excellent lectures. Even though I wouldn’t say history or hollowware are of a major interest to me, I thoroughly enjoyed each presentation on these topics.” - Barbara Cohen, Artist & Collector

“Great lineup of speakers. Please always include a museum person. Loved it!” - Joan Tenenbaum, Artist & Educator

“This symposium was one of the best!” - Karen Lorene, Owner of Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery

“Great speakers. I was in-spired to get into my studio and make things!” - Lisa Geertsen, Artist & Educator

“The program was meaningful in an unexpected and profound way (on an emotional level, I was not expecting that). The first two speak-ers, (Suzanne Ramljak and Lori Talcott), complemented each other and really set the tone for the whole day.” - Deborah Paul, Artist

“It was really magical! I was inspired by every lecture.” - Nicole Addison, Artist

“Great experience...first time in going, but definitely not the last! Really enjoyed Lori Talcott's talk.” - Kate Waldmann-Murphy, Artist

“Vivian Beer was awesome and Stephen Fliegel’s talk was fascinating.” - An Artist & Educator

Suzanne Ramljak starts us off in an amusing and thought provoking manner

Andy Cooperman, Our Host with the Most

The bewitching Lori Talcott has us entranced

“The speakers were informative, passionate about their subjects and amazing to listen to.” - Ruth Offen, Gallery Owner

Stephen Fliegel - Armor really does make the man!

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Meet the Metalsmiths at the Symposium

Dorin Meinhart and Barbara KnuthSome of our fantastic local educators

A touching tribute to Seymour Rabinovitch from TAM’s Rock Hushka

The exceptionally talentedTodd Pownell and Vivian Beer

Myra Mimlitsch-Gray and Maria Phillips share their luminous smiles

“Another great symposium! Great line of up speakers, really enjoyed all of them. Really enjoyed Todd’s presentation that mixed his work along with his work-life - understanding the process people go through to find their work life success and balance is a some times more powerful than just a series of images and accomplishments without personal story behind them.” - Derek Graham, Artist

“The last speaker, (Vivian Beer), was unique and remarkable.” - An Artist & Educator

“Speakers were FABULOUS. One of the best groups I've ever seen. Every single one was good.” - An Artist

“I really appreciated the broad spectrum of artists brought in. Especially in the case of Todd Pownell, I felt like it was very relevant as I am a student planning a future in fine art jewelry.” - Jeremy Irvin, Artist & Student

“This was my first symposium and it was AMAZING! I loved each and every speaker. I did not expect to be moved so emotionally. I came away from the day with a huge dose of inspiration and a whole new apprecia-tion for metal artists.” - Laney Clark, Artist

“Was inspired! I am always fascinated to see the evolution of other artists careers...I appreciate the speakers taking time & sharing their experi-ences.” - An Artist

“It was very inspiring to hear about the progres-sion of Myra’s artistic career and her barrier breaking thought process! She looks at things in an unimaginable way.” - An Artist

In closing, thank you to all our speakers who educated, inspired, moved and entertained us! Thank you to all of our attendees - we hope you had a wonderful time and we look forward to seeing you at the

Seattle Metals Guild Northwest Jewelry & Metals Symposium 2015!

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the seattle metals guild thanks all the the individual donors

who have so generously supported the

2014 symposium and auction

chris abrasscandace beardslee

kari bergermelissa cameron

dana cassarasaign charlesteinandy cooperman

bill dawsoncathy dickinson

esther ervinpatti flowers

mary lee hudeborah hughescharon kransensusan kunimatsu

nadine kariyamicki lippe

ron paschodeborah paulclaire ramsey

elizabeth sandvigjean shaffer

dana standishjessie wylie

the seattle metals guild thanks all the businesses who have so

generously supported the2014 symposium and auction

artist & craftsman supplyassociated gem & jewelry appraisal service

- christina harringtonBae Importbeadworld

blu skillet ironware - patrick maher chris’s cables/christopher a. hentz design

contenti companydanaca design studio

facere jewelry art galleryfire horse forge - david tuthill

fire mountain gems & beadsfun junk - nancy heinz

fusion beadsgarrett metals

gemological services - larry azose greco usa

james and janie washington foundationjoan tenenbaum

k. alan smith gem & jewelry salonkirk lang

lumina studio - daniel foxnaja tool & supply

ornament magazineotto frei

outcast & co.paige tools - richard paille

seattle findings & supplysnag – metalsmith magazine

streamline tavernsusan zeiss designstacoma metal arts

we urge our members to support these fine sponsors

Thank you!The Symposium Auction Committee would like to extend a well deserved thank you to all the fabulous, generous donors who made the Silent Auction and Bijoux Big Board at the 2014 Symposium a great success by giving beautiful and useful objects, books, and services.

Thank you to all the fabulous bidders who purchased items and gave SMG finances a boost of nearly $5,000 to fund our programs. Thank you to all the others, especially the auction

volunteers, who helped in many ways with the auction prepara-tion, day-of tasks, set-up and take-down.

Nadine Kariya & Kari Berger

Symposium Silent Auction & Bijoux Big Board

Book SaleBijoux Big Board

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Portland Jewelry SymposiumBy Nanz Aalund

Held: Sunday evening, October 5th -to- Monday evening Octo-ber 6th, 2014At: The Sentinel Hotel and Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.Cost: $140.00 Plus lodging.

Before the cost alone makes you look away, I have to tell you that the cost includes 4 (four) wonderfully prepared, hot, buffet style meals, at which there are multiple, relaxed, opportunities to net-work with the highly successful artisanal jewelers who attend. For me the food alone was worth the registration, but it also included admission to tour the Portland Art Museum with its wonderful Rodin sculpture collection.

The Portland Jewelry Symposium is based on the Santa Fe Sym-posium model, where artistic applications of new technology in jewelry manufacture is explored and presented. The Keynote dinner on Sunday night was held at the Portland Art Museum’s Fields Ballroom and offered a complimentary wine bar. The key-note address as well as many other presentations during the day on Monday focused on ethical and ecological best practices for small jewelry shop manufactures.

Representing the metals providers, Andy Holwell of Johnson Matthey and Stewart Grice from Hoover and Strong each in turn spoke on the future outlook for precious metals and the social responsibility of choosing 100% recycled precious metals. Live technical demonstrations of gold fusion to argentium silver were presented by Ronda Coryell. Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) of platinum was explained by Teresa Frye of TechForm casting company. While bench myths were expelled by Ann Cahoon

from the North Bennett Street School, applications of Computer Aided Design using Matrix software were expounded on in depth by Adam Bewley of Gemvision.

For me one of the most compelling speakers was Claudia Kretch-mer, the orphaned daughter of Steven Kretchmer, an innovative American jewelry designer who died on July 8, 2006 in a motor-cycle accident. Ms Kretchmer graced the audience with stunning images of jewelry made with magnetized platinum and crystal-ized gold. The finale of her presentation was a TV interview her father had done discussing his influences and discoveries.

Additional presentations on business communications, market-ing, and brand building rounded out the very full day on Monday culminating with a wonderful final dinner in the relaxing atmosphere of the library at the Sentinel Hotel. All in all a great day packed with learning and sharing the technical and creative innovation of artisanal jewelry manufacture.

Reviews

Deborah Paul at the Children’s Museum TacomaDeborah is excited to be sharing Tin Art with the next generation at the Children’s Museum of Tacoma and Metal Urge through October and November! More info at: http://playtacoma.org

She is also thrilled to have her art included in this forward think-ing book, Art Without Waste, 500 Upcycled and Earth Friendly Designs. The book can be purchased at Amazon.com and is filled with photographs of international art and design.

All photos courtesy of the artist.

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Passing the

By Aaron Barr

It feels rather strange to be writing this, as usually this is the article I write to let you know about all the extraordinary speak-ers I’ve lined up for next year’s Lecture Series (2015 speakers will be announced December 1st!). Instead, after eight wonderful years, it’s time for me to pass on the mantle of Series organizer as my wife Anner and I are making a big change: starting at the end of October, we’re off on a year-long backpacking trip around the world!

While I’m unspeakably excited, it's certainly a bit bittersweet, as I've felt incredibly proud of organizing the Series and watching it grow into its own SMG yearly highlight. It’s been heartwarm-ing seeing more and more folks turn out and, particularly, stay for longer and longer each night just talking and getting better connected with our fellow Guild members. Thank you so much to everyone who’s come to the talks, given me ideas of who to speak, thanked me for my work and to all the speakers who have made me look like a genius by being such wonderful imparters of their knowledge! I particularly want to thank Todd Hughes for all the help he was in creating the spectacular postcards each year.

If you’d like to look back at those postcards and see who I’ve had speak over the last eight years, I’ve saved them all at: http://www.aaronbarr.com/LectureSeries/. For those who are curious about the behind-the-scenes workings or think you might want to be able to organize your own Series (jewelry or otherwise), there’s also a Word document there where I’ve laid out how I organized the Series. I hope those will be useful and fun for some of you!

I’m 100% sure the Series will be in good hands and I’m quite looking forward to being part of things again when I return. In the meantime, though, it's time for Anner and me to go a-traveling! We've got a LOT still to do, but our plan is to explore our way through Costa Rica, the Panama Canal, the salt flats of Bolivia, Patagonia in Chile/Argentina, SE Asia (perhaps Korea or Laos), China, Mongolia, South Africa and Tanzania/Kenya for the Great Migration. Our timing is totally open and we might find ourselves working some places, volunteering others, renting an apartment for a month…who knows? As long as we're having fun and our money holds out, we'll keep going! Can’t wait to see what kind of jewelry we find along the way…and hopefully learn some new tricks for my own work.

If you'd like to follow our trip, we're going to be writing a travel blog: www.nomaprequired.com. It's not much of a site right now as we haven't had time to create it and we're still getting familiar with WordPress, but it'll happen. We'll also post to Facebook at www.facebook.com/nomaprequired if you'd like to follow that way. Thanks for being part of my family, everyone, and we’ll see you in a year (or two)!

Cheers, Aaron

The Lecture Series continues and has been extended! Dates are: January 8, February 12, March 12, April 9 and May 14Seattle Pacific University, Otto Miller Hall, Room 109

Torch

Photos courtesy of Dana Cassara & Aaron Barr.

Ron Ho in need of Member SupportOur beloved friend, mentor and local metalsmith extraordinaire, Ron Ho has broken his hip. His hip has been replaced and he is currently in rehabilitation.

If you think you can offer some support in the form of an en-couraging message, some interesting company, a warm meal, the willingness to run some errands, clean house, etc, please call or email:

Ron Ho rontwho@yahoo.com or 206-324-0864

We are wishing him well and a very speedy recovery!

Ron Ho and Ron Pascho at Symposium 2014

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Last 2014 Metals Mixer!Come join your fellow guilders for a drink and some conversa-tion, monthly at the Metals Mixers. Members and non-members welcome! Look for the chasing hammer to find our group.

November 12, 2014 - 7pm - 10pm - Capital HillThe Pine Box Barhttp://www.pineboxbar.com/1600 Melrose Ave Seattle, WA 98112(206) 588-0375

SMG Ornament ExchangeHoliday Party

Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 6pm - 9pm Graciously hosted by Melissa Cameron and Bruce Cooper

The SMG Ornament Exchange Party has been a banner Guild event for more than 20 years! Enjoy an evening of smiles, cheer and beautiful ornaments at Melissa and Bruce’s home in Queen Anne.

How it works: All those who make an ornament for the tree will drop their names into a basket then draw the name of another artist, whose ornament they will take home. This is a great op-portunity to explore something new at your bench or share what you do your friends and colleagues. Don’t have time to make an ornament, or just not ready to show us all what you do? THAT IS OKAY - please come anyway. Really it’s okay.

This is a potluck, so bring a favorite dish. The Guild will provide the drinks.

Members Only Event - Members RSVP here for their address:http://www.seattlemetalsguild.org/calendar/#!event/2014/12/14/ornament-exchange-holiday-party

If you are not a member, join here: https://www.seattlemetals-guild.org/membership/join/#account/join

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, December 13th!

SMG Biennial Exhibition 2015

Yes, it is actually time to start thinking about the 2015 SMG Bien-nial! While final details are still being confirmed, the exhibition will run from April 2nd through June 22nd, with pieces due the beginning of March.

We are also excited to announce that, thanks to the efforts of the Biennial Exhibition Chair, Joan Hammond, next year’s Biennial will, once again, be at the Washington State Convention Center.

This is a prestigious high-visibility venue sure to give a fantastic backdrop to yet another stellar exhibition. Start planning now and watch upcoming newsletters for more details.

SMG General MeetingFriday, February 6, 2014 - 7pm - 9pm North Star Dining Room, North Seattle College

Save the Date!

Food, drinks and a general assembly of members

The SMG Board will proudly present a Lifetime Achievement Award and our second year of the Emerging Artist Award (see page 13 to apply!). We will also discuss upcoming events, Guild changes and vote in new board members.

This is the only general assembly of the year so you will not want to miss it! It’s a great opportunity to network with fellow mem-bers and catch up with new and old friends.

February is a ways off, but it will be here before you know it.

Mark your calendar!

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Oct 18 - Feb 1 - Protective Ornament: Contemporary Amulets to Armor. Tacoma Art Museum. 100 works - including helmets, brass knuckles, breastplates, aggressive or defensive jewelry, chain mail, amulets, talismans, and protective gear - designed to address issues of protection and empowerment in the face of everyday perils and social challenges. This array of contemporary works underlines the crucial safeguarding function of jewelry and other wearable ornaments. Organized by the National Orna-mental Metal Museum Foundation, Inc. The exhibition was cu-rated by Suzanne Ramljak, Editor of Metalsmith magazine. More info at: http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/Page.aspx?nid=551

Nov 6 - Dec 23 - John Marshall and Lynn Whitford. Traver Gal-lery. Receptions: Thursday, November 6 & 13, 2014, 5:00pm Join artists John Marshall and Lynn Whitford at Traver Gallery from 5-8pm on Thursday, November 13th, for a special recep-tion and exhibition walk-through. This is a unique opportunity to learn how these renowned metalsmiths create their sculptures and how they bring craft and concept together in the develop-ment of their respective bodies of work. More info at: http://www.travergallery.com/exhibitions/current_exhibitions.aspx

Nov 15 - Dec 31 - Holiday Show. Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery. Reception: Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 5:00pmThe artists of Facèré have designed new work for the Holidays. From Antique & Vintage to Contemporary selections, gold & diamonds to found objects you are sure to find a unique, one of a kind gift at Facèré. Every purchase includes exquisite gift wrap-ping free of charge. More info at: http://www.facerejewelryart.com/exhibit.php?id=65

Nov 20 - Nov 30 - 2014 Holiday Arts Sale. Pratt Fine Art Cen-ter. Reception: Thursday, November 20, 2014, 6:00pmPratt Fine Arts Center’s annual Holiday Art Sale showcases an ex-ceptional selection of art and unique gifts made by our extended community of artists working in glass, jewelry, wood, textiles, sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, and more. Free and open to the public, proceeds from this 10 day sale support both Pratt Fine Arts Center and our incredible local artists. More info at: http://www.pratt.org/event/2014_has/

Dec 5- 11th Year Anniversary Party and Teacher/Student Show. Danaca Design. Friday, December 5, 2014, 6:00pm - 10:00pm Please save the date and plan on celebrating Danaca Design’s eleven successful years and enjoy the showcase of fantastic teach-er and student work. Trust me, it’s going to be a ton of fun! More info at: http://www.danacadesign.com/index.php?p=events

Exhibitions, Workshops & Classes

Learn new techniques, improve your skills and make new friends at these exciting, local studios:

www.pratt.org/classes www.danacadesign.com

www.tacomametalarts.com www.fusionbeads.com/Seattle-Store

www.artattheranch.comcontinuinged.northseattle.edu/courses/3d-arts

northseattle.edu/programs

Flow. John Marshall Photo courtesy of Traver Gallery

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Call for Entries: SMG Emerging Artist Award 2015

The Seattle Metals Guild Board of Directors is excited to an-nounce that we will be presenting our second Emerging Artist Award to a lucky recipient at the February 2015 general meeting. The Emerging Artist Award was created to honor new talent, innovation and individual expression.

The recipient of this award will be featured on the SMG website, will give a 15 minute presentation on their work at the general meeting, and will have their own display case at the 2015 Biennial Exhibition. A jury of three metal artists will select the recipient.

Criteria: • A Seattle Metals Guild member of any age• A jeweler/metalsmith• Is at an early stage in their career• Has specialized training in metals/jewelry• Has created a body of work.

Application:• Five images of work created in the last two years. (550 x 800 pixels at 72 dpi)• biography (100 words max)• A one-page statement regarding the body of work.

Email your application materials to Dana Cassara at pastpresident@seattlemetalsguild.org NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 15, 2014.

Call for Applicants: Two SMG Internships Offered

Have you ever wanted to expand your business skill set and learn Adobe InDesign or WordPress Web Design?

If so, the Seattle Metals Guild has two six month internships available to motivated learners! We will meet up to twice a week to learn the ins and out of each program and in return you assist us with this newsletter and/or our website. We will even help you design your own postcards/ business cards or set-up your website!

If you are interested, please contact Natascha Bybee at president@seattlemetalsguild.org NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 15, 2014.

Opportunities

Please remember to search for additional opportunities at:

Artist Trust - www.artisttrust.org

4 Culture - www.4culture.org

Office of Arts & Culture - www.seattle.gov/arts/

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The Seattle Metals Guild is a non-profit organization made up of people with vary-ing interests and involvement in traditional and contemporary jewelry and metal arts.The Guild was founded in 1989 to provide for the exchange of ideas and information, as well as to offer affordable educational op-portunities to its members and the public.Our activities include: a web site, bimonthly newsletter, exhibitions and a series of aes-thetic, technical and business workshops and lectures.The skills, energy and enthusiasm of the Se-attle Metals Guild members promote and sustain its successful programs.We welcome new members and encourage participation by everyone.

The Seattle Metals Guild Newsletter is published bimonthly.Comments, announcements and ads are welcome from all SMG members.

Please contribute to your NewsletterWe encourage participation and welcome information about upcoming shows and events, articles about safety and bench

tips you would like to share. If you have comments or something to contribute, please submit your information, via the new form on our website at http://www.seattlemetalsguild.org/submissions and include photos, links or documents, if available.

Deadline for Jan/Feb issue is Dec 20. Submissions received after that date may be published in the following newsletter.

2014-2015 SMG Board of DirectorsAll addresses are suffixed with “@seattlemetalsguild.org”

President . . . . . . . . Natascha Bybee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . president@Past President . . . Dana Cassara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pastpresident@Vice President . . . Kirk Lang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vicepresident@Secretary . . . . . . . Peggy Foy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . secretary@Treasurer . . . . . . . . April Keroack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . treasurer@General Board . . . Kristen Hummel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . board1@General Board . . . Sarah Meranda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . board2@General Board . . . Claire Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . board3@General Board . . . Everett Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . board4@General Board . . . OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . board5@General Board . . . Monica Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . board6@

SMG ServicesWorkshops . . . . . . . . . .Everett Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . workshop@Symposium . . . . . . . . . .Abby Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . symposium@Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tory Herford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . librarian@Membership . . . . . . . . .Sarah Meranda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . membership@

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