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Make it Chain!
To my lovely locavore jewellery aficionados, You are invited to my annual open studio event. This year Iām dedicating a spot in the studio to a chain-making station. Everyone (especially any smaller associates) is welcome to don an apron and make some recycled metal chain, in steel or copper, and with some plastic thrown in.…
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MC and HO meet BKK at AG
In between appearing at conferences – IOTA 24 in September and JMGA in October – (more on those soonish!) I went to Thailand for the first time, thanks to an invitation to exhibit at Atta Gallery in one of IOTA‘s first international exhibits. Handily, ceramic artist Holly O’Meehan and I managed to earn a grant,…
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Bilk adjacent friends!
For those of y’all close to the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people, near Yanununbeyan National Park, you are in for a treat! Our friends at Bilk open their latest exhibition, Power Brooch (what a name, btw) this Saturday. Sources tell me: Power BroochOpening this Saturday 16 November 2024 11.00 am – 5.00 pm Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Julie…
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Banner + Badge – New Website!
The decade-long wait for new content on my main website is over! There are not enough emoji to convey the effort expended, and the gratitude and relief to have it up and out in the world. https://www.melissacameron.net/exhibition/banner_and_badge/ You just gotta see it for yourself š Before I get into that, and the show, I need…
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Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium!
It’s been a while since I posted about this metals meet-up, but the current Seattle Metals Guild president Christen Coomer reached out, and it was too fun not to cross-promote this alongside the JMGA National Conference, as they both are happening ON THE SAME DAY!! Obviously there’s a few technicalities of time difference which mean…
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Banner and Badge
Please come to my solo exhibition! 5 October – 11 October Mon ā Sun: 10am ā 4pm Exhibition Opening: 4 October, 6pm ā 8pm Talk with Kaori Juzu (JPN/DK): 6 October, 2.30pm ā 3.30pm PS Art Space 22 Pakenham StreetFremantle, Western Australia 6160 A solo exhibition by jeweller and public artist Melissa Cameron, presenting her…
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Lost in Translation
IOTA is off to Bangkok – Jude, Holly and I will see you at Atta gallery on the 8th of September!! Lost in Translation A Group Exhibition by 18 Artists from the Indian Ocean Region Curated by by Haisang Javanalikhikara and Atty Tantivit 29 August ā 20 October 2024 Opening Reception on 8 September 2024;…
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IOTA Conference
IOTA Conference Signup At next week’s IOTA:24 conference I will be doing something different on each of the main days – 2, 3 and 4: Day 2 – Pecha Kucha6 Australian IOTA alumni artists speak for 6 minutes with 6 slides about their work.Moderator: Carola Akindele-Obe Day 3 – Drop-in Workshop: With Melissa Cameron rapidyclosingwindow…
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JMGA Conference 2024 – registrations are open!
book online now! Announcing the 19th Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Conference Saturday October 5th, 2024WA Maritime Museum,Victoria Quay Road, Walyalup/Fremantle The JMGA Conference Committee are pleased to announce the details of the upcoming biennial Conference. Taking place at the WA Maritime Museum, just outside of Boorloo/Perth, in Walyalup/Fremantle, this famed biennial event returns…
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… is this thing on?
If you’re in touch with the complaints department, please tell them this year is going too fast, and explain that I’ve been a little more on the d/l of late due to illness/injury, and I’d like both of these conditions rectified asap. OK? In more interesting news, I can heartily recommend an article from the…