Jewellery For Scholarship

As a young child, I often transformed my grandma's dwelling into my own personal canvas. Fueled by morning cartoons, I would concoct detailed illustrations of the oddities in my imagination and intricate pictures of my family and surrounding. It was evident I had been blessed. I was never discouraged from my routine doodling either, just encouraged to channel that creativity on to anything but our walls. When I started public schooling some years later I was introduced to the scope of what art really was. Painting, drawing, photography-It was a world unknown to me then. The way we experimented with every medium early on was perfect for my inquisitive nature. For years I invested in what I now consider to be my craft, with the guidance of numerous

Creativity and art have been a significant parts of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was little and we visited my Grandma Carol in the summers, my favorite thing to do with her was make art. She taught me about so many different media, such as: acrylics, oil pastels, and the ink press. Sometimes, I would bring my sketchbook from home and she would help me set up art shows around her house. I would sell my art for a few dollars each, and then use the little bit of money I earned to buy more art supplies. As she introduced me to more artistic styles and mediums in the

From my personal understanding, the artifacts, archaeology, museums, pictures and such that I will be exposed to, shares a story. A story of various moments of time that convey how life was back then, and how it relates, presently. Not only does this course theme pique my curiosity, but it will enable me to alter my perception, with a new set of lenses. This course will be immensely didactic by having me develop a better understanding of artifacts, archeology, museums, and all through inspection, questioning of rightful possession, value, and lastly its purpose. This will correlate with how I will think and write to improve my writing skills. In other words, this course will be the pillars to the temple of my writing and thoughts. Never had I perceived everyday objects as an artifact before, until I got a taste of this course. This indicates that taking this course will expand my mind further, along with a plentiful amount to write

This posed a display problem to exhibitors including the British Museum as they tried to fit them into the ethnological museum to explain the emergence of ‘civilisation from prehistory’ (Loftus, 2008). The predominating attitude towards the Benin artwork was that it was the exception and lost treasure from an ancient, African civilisation. This resulted in the display of the Benin bronze plaques in the British Museum as a ‘collective wall decoration, halfway up the main stairs, one more element in the eclectic mosaic of artefacts’ (Wood, 2008, p72). The rest of the display of various antiquities of art and functional items like weapons and transport displayed jumbled together in glass cabinets with little or no detail as to the function or cultural value of the artefacts often misrepresenting ideas about primitive life.

One of the most memorable aesthetic experiences I had was at Archie Bray in Montana on May 2013. While visiting Montana had the opportunity to go to the Archie Bray Foundation. Artists like “Rudy Autio and Peter Voulkos who were the first resident managers of the Bray. The volume and quality of their work drew attention to the new program and attracted many talented and ambitious potters” (sic) (. Archie Bray foundation). These potters came together to create a standard in the ceramic world. Also, it is a place for residencies of other known and unknown ceramic artists to be able to take the time to make a body of work. While I was there looking at the artists and what they were working on, I came across a piece

Pottery illustrations are existent to provide information about historical vessels in comparison to other findings of history. They also lay foundations of visual evidence for future readings of the vessels. It is incredible to recognise the amount of information that a vessel or a sherd can inform you about history. In this technology fuelled day and age it could be argued that it is not a powerful form of reference, however illustrations can define shape much more effectively and also

“With greater intelligence came imagination and the ability to create images in both painting and sculpture”, Carol Strickland discussed in her book “The Annotated Mona Lisa” (2). Over time, people break out and discover additional information and ways to create objects. Objects that is created may become an artifact over time. An artifact is an item created by humans, that usually has cultural and/or historical interest attached to the item. Some artifacts have been discovered, were created decades ago. Throughout the centuries, there have been very meaningful artifacts discovered, that could have helped inform society of the past. Two artifacts, I found interesting were the Lascaux and the Stonehenge. The Lascaux was painting on walls of caves, while the Stonehenge was an astronomical calendar. Since someone has

Because of their participation in the silk trade, China has saved many old skills from across the globe that are endangered of being forgotten. Thus, this trip is a fundamental resource for any arts student. Not only are these traditions still intact, but are upheld to high level of skill. The United States is secluded, land locked an ocean away from most of the world's ancient cultures. To China antiques are 700 years old or more, the United States under this definition is vintage. Going to China will propel my motivation within metal arts to new heights. I am a jewelry design student, but as an owner of a Maoi apprentice’s repousse, I know my skill level is still maturing.

Hi there! I'm Alexandria (also known as Artzyfartzy on Youtube & Instagram). For as long as I can remember I have loved to create things. I remember as far back as 6 years old, I would look around outside looking for interesting finds that I could add to my little craft stash of supplies. I've also been drawing for as long as I could hold a pencil. I loved to draw as a child. Throughout my twenties I focused mostly on scrapbooking. As time went on I have tried just about every craft imaginable! I crochet, sew, make jewelry and love bookbinding arts. During my early 30's I started my own crafty consignment shop online called Fashion Compassion. This was way before Etsy even exisited! :)

I’ve continued to pursue this not only in my education but now in my career. I’ve been a Gallery Assistant at Uno Langmann Limited since June 2017, a highly recognized antique art gallery which specializes in appraising paintings, objects, furniture, and artifacts. The gallery focuses on multiple religions, periods of time, and numerous areas across the world. I’ve been working with Mr. Langmann and his colleagues to acquire skill in assessing, writing about and sell objects such as Emily Carr artifacts, Chief carvings from across Canada and both of The Group of

At the end of the long massive granite hall lined with intricately carved marble panels telling stories of gods, myths and stories reside the British Museum’s infamous classical Greek sculpture collection, Elgin Marbles. Even before the word “archeology” was coined the removal of artifacts from their original context or location have been occurring. From Egyptian mummies, to imperial treasures of China, to the Elgin Marbles from Greece, objects have been taken from countries to be sold for profit, saved for private collections or put in museums for most of society’s existence. However, in the past few decades, governments have taken action in asking for such objects to be returned to their indigenous culture. Unfortunately, museums like the

Jewellery has been around since the stone age, after the Neanderthals had gained the knowledge of cutting and molding, accordingly the origin of jewellery box can be traced for over the centuries, however the exact reference to the first ever made jewellery box is not easily available. Throughout history a jewellery box was at times considered as a casket and also treated as miniature treasure chests. People would typically craft them from the high quality and exceptional materials. They were once regarded as a symbol of wealth and luxury and hence were originally designed for royalty and priests, who could afford to own valuables and were designed by local craftsmen and artisans.

Although mainly associated with painting, Michael Canning also works in the mediums of drawing, printmaking and object making. It might be more appropriate to refer to him as “an artist” rather than “a painter”, but according to him, he is first and foremost “a sculptor”, that is, “interested in the history of materials as much as the history of art” (Canning 2011, 4).

I am a mature student currently studying foundation Level 3 Art & Design. Being back in education is a challenge but i am enjoying being challenged. Making myself look deeper into the things i create and why i create them. I have enjoyed experimenting with

studied various art mediums to explore creative talents. In my junior year, I decided to