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| The Big Knit '08 |
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Every year innocent smoothies run a campaign
to get folks up and down the land to knit little hats for smoothie bottles.
For every behatted bottle sold, Sainsbury’s and innocent
give 50p per bottle sold to Age Concern to help keep older people warm
in winter. The money raised from The Big Knit goes towards providing hot
meals, blankets and advice to older people on how to keep their homes
warm.
Last
year they raised over £200,000 for Age Concern and this year they
are looking to raise lots more.
Check
out their website
for knitting patterns, resource packs and delivery forms.
You
have until 17th October to get all your little hats over to Fruit Towers…
So get knitting! |
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Here Are Some
Joanne Made Earlier |
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| September 2008 |
It
has been 120 years since William Morris and Walter Crane founded The Society
of Designer Craftsmen. To celebrate this special anniversary the SDC have
organised a retrospective showing work from over thirty members. You can
see Joanne’s work in this exhibition alongside other makers in the
fields of jewellery, textiles, ceramics, furniture, glass, bookbinding
and silverware. It runs from 4th September until 18th October 2008. |
| June 2008 |
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TREASURE at the Tower of London will run from 12-15
June 2008, and is destined to be ‘the’ event of Coutts London
Jewellery week.
Joanne
will be showcasing her Pipe Flower Neckpieces, utilising Treasures
from the Thames. One of Joanne’s favourite pastimes is
mudlarking. Living in London means that Joanne can take advantage of the
city’s rich social history, to collect found objects and create
hybrid pieces that mix historical treasures from the past alongside textiles.
Ravens
& Crowns. Joanne has created limited edition fabric badges
to commemorate the First London Jewellery Week and the special event,
TREASURE at The Tower of London.
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TREASURE
At The Tower Of London |
Ravens
& Crowns |
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| May 2008 |
Object
Fetish will be launching this month, and Joanne has been invited to be
part of this exciting new gallery. Based in San Francisco, the online
International Art Jewelry Gallery will be showcasing studio jewellers
from around the world, including the UK, USA, Denmark, Finland, Japan
and Spain. Check out the website and blog at www.objectfetish.com. |
| March 2008 |
Joanne
has been selected to exhibit her work at the Window Galleries in Canary
Wharf this summer. The work will be displayed in the Jubilee Gallery which
links the Canary Wharf Jubilee Station to the Mall. Running from 30th
June until 2nd August, the installation will showcase new works. |
| December 2007 |
Joanne
has been selected to show in Art of the STITCH 08/09 which will tour the
following venues from March 2008: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; Deutsches
Textilmuseum, Krefeld, Germany; Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary;
Fundación Valentín de Madariaga-MP, Seville, Spain. |
| November 2007 |
A
visit to Stockholm this autumn was a good opportunity to visit two Swedish
Jewellery Galleries. Joanne met Jenny Edlund and Åsa Skogberg at
their studio/gallery space “Platina” where they were showing
the touring exhibition “First We Quake Now We Shake”, curated
by Ela Bauer and Karin Seufert. |
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Joanne
With Jenny Edlund & Åsa Skogberg |
Joanne
With Åsa Lockner |
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Joanne
also visited “Made By”, a studio/gallery run by three makers,
Åsa Lockner, David Taylor and Agnieszka Knap. Åsa’s
work using mixed media can be seen in the UK this January at “Collect”,
V&A, London. |
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Pendants
By Åsa Lockner |
Brooch
By Åsa Lockner |
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| October 2007 |
October
saw Joanne taking part in Origin 2007. The prestigious London event, held
at Somerset House, showcased work from over three hundred makers in jewellery,
ceramics, textiles, wood, glass, basketry, metal, furniture and paper.
Joanne's work was well received by the public, galleries and press. |
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Joanne At
Origin |
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Craft2eu
Gallery, based in Hamburg, is now stocking Joanne's work. Schnuppe von
Gwinner, the director of the gallery, saw Joanne's stand whilst visiting
Origin. |
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geh&schenke
Will Run From Nov '07 To Jan '08 |
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| September 2007 |
"100
Oslo Brooches" were installed at Flow Gallery in London's Notting
Hill. Joanne produced the series of brooches after her research trip to
Oslo last year. Each brooch is hand felted with stitching drawings and
hand formed oxidised silver pins. |
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Joanne At
Flow With Her 100 Oslo Brooches |
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| August 2007 |
Joanne
recently visited the Isle of Wight on a fossil finding trip. Amongst the
petrified wood, flint-set shells and iron pyrites, Joanne also found a
pterosaur bone. The finds will influence and shape ideas for her future
work. |
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Joanne Hunting
For Fossils |
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| July 2007 |
Paula
Lindblom, Swedish jewellery artist, visited London. Joanne met with her
and they visited Flow Gallery. The meeting was a good opportunity to exchange
work and ideas. |
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Paula Wearing
Red Neckpiece |
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| June 2007 |
Joanne
will be exhibiting at Origin between 2nd and 7th October 2007. This event
will showcase the new work created since her research trip to Oslo. Visitors
will have the opportunity to see new works and meet the artist. |
| November 2006 |
Joanne
has just returned from a research trip to Norway where she met with the
Gallery Director Karianne Sands at FORMAT, Oslo. She also visited Tone
Vigeland at her home studio.
As
well as making contacts and sharing her work with others, Joanne also
visited many galleries and museums to collect research for new pieces
of work - amongst these were the Historic Museum, Viking Ship Museum,
Munch Museum and Folk Museum (see Visual Journal). |
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Joanne With
Karianne Sands |
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| May 2006 |
Joanne has attended
a week-long Blacksmithing course at West Dean, led by the Blacksmith Andrew
Smith. Joanne learnt and developed many new skills and techniques, and
eventually produced a sculptural piece based on one of her wire pendants. |
| April 2006 |
As a finalist in
the Textile Directory Design Awards, Joanne will be exhibiting with them
at the Constance Howard Research Centre in the Spring of 2007. |
| December 2005 |
Joanne has been
working on a collaborative project with the CAA Gallery. You can read
about the project here. |
| November 2005 |
Joanne has started
studying at a Blacksmith's forge run by an Artist Blacksmith at a local
farm. Working with a completely new scale and with materials with extremely
different qualities should present an interesting new field to work in.
It will inevitably influence Joanne's own work in Jewellery. |
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Joanne Using The Power
Hammer At West Dean |
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