We would like to invite you to our studio this First Thursday (10/6/2011 5-8pm) for a Summer Recap! .
Our summer was busy, yet gratifying... at one point we had three shows
happening simultaneously! We developed new work, organized two
exhibitions, traveled to the East Coast and Germany, were written about
in blogs and magazines... however we were SO busy we could not keep our
own blog up to date! So Summer Recap! We are doing one massive
update on the blog and on Thursday opening our studio to show a
selection of work produced this summer. .
More information at our facebook invitation: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=230998493625220
The Opulent Project was honored to be sponsored by Messe Frankfurt and travel to Germany to represent jewelry design from the US. We spent a week exhibiting our work in the Talents section at Tendence trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Talents is an international platform for young, emerging designers to expose their designs and make connections with industry. Here we debuted a few new projects as well as a few additional pieces for our luxury based silhouette series!
Sienna Gallery
Lenox, Massachusetts + Online
July 4 - August 31 . COSTUME COSTUME is a collection of work made by emerging
contemporary art jewelers. It is an exploration of costume jewelry as
subject; jewelry about jewelry. .
This project started last April with Sienna Gallery at the international
exposition of Sculpture Object + Functional Art (SOFA) in New York. We
invited the public to try on our jewelry collection and step into the
Costume Costume photo booth for a souvenir photo-strip. .
Read the reviews from the SOFA NY project! What's Happening? [Part Three] by Timothy McMahon Notes on SOFA NY by Damian Skinner .
Artists involved include Sarah Abramson, Mikael Arsjö, Kate Bauman,
Michael Dale Bernard, Thyra Bessette, Allyson Bone, Jenny Bradley,
Raissa Bump, Sarah Kate Burgess, Alice Jee Chung, David Choi, Meg
Drinkwater, Anne M. Fiala, Erin Gardner, Maricha Genovese, Anna Hinkes,
Rory Hooper, Soyeon Kim, Courtney Kemp, Seohee Koh, Tara Locklear, Sarah
Loertscher, Julia Elizabeth Louise, Edgar Mosa. Jimin Park, Mary Hallam
Pearse, RT Peters, Katie Poterala, Cynthia Rohrer, Earl Ross, Leslie
Skalin, Theresa Sterner, Monika Strasser, Kristi Sword, Islay Taylor,
Melissa Tolar, Stephanie Tomczak, Ben Ulsh
Heidi Lowe Gallery
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
August 13 – September 17
to break apart, to break up.
to fragment - break or cause to break into pieces become separated into pieces or fragments
burst - break open, split, come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.
bust - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully.
smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow.
break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.
snap, crack - break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.
crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure.
Come Apart featured a selection of works by T.O.P. The work in this show explored various forms of fragmentation visually, physically and/or conceptually.
Wall Tile is the second collaborative piece produced by Meg Drinkwater and Erin Gardner that explores adornment related to the body and interior space. The viewer is invited to participate by pulling jewelry from the wall to adorn themselves while at the same time revealing a pattern in the negative space that remains.
