Joyeros Argentinos

New Traditional Jewellery®

Lugar: WesterGasfabriek
(Amsterdam, Holanda)
Organización: Astrid Berens
06.Nov.2008 - 09.Nov.2008
Fecha tope: 01.Jun.2008

Sitio Web: www.newtraditionaljewellery.com
mail: info@newtraditionaljewellery.com

Presentation

This year as well a contest will be organized under the heading NEW TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY, its theme being: INTIMACY

New Traditional Jewellery 2008: international design contest and exhibition

The technical jury of New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) has selected the theme “Intimacy” for the 2008 design contest and exhibition.

In 2006 the theme of our contest was: ‘a new vision of historical ornaments that are part of traditional costumes’.
In 2007 the theme was: ‘Symbols of Faith’, a socially relevant theme all over the world, in which jewellery artists were invited and challenged to give shape to their visions of individual faith and/or institutionalized religions.

This year, in 2008, the jury has opted for a theme that is, once again, a highly personal one: ‘Intimacy’.

Intimacy and jewellery design have, for centuries, been inextricably bound up with each other.
· Wearing a piece of jewellery on the bare skin may be a gesture of intimacy in itself.
· Intimacy may be found in the styling of the ornament.
· The material chosen may be intimate; after all, some mineral and organic gemstones have explicitly intimate and even erotic significance.
· Intimacy may be found in the historical starting point of/inspiration for the ornament.
· Intimacy may be found in the spot where the ornament is worn.
· An ornament is not always visible, but it is tangible and present.

To the jury, intimacy stands for affectionate, intimate, confidential and mysterious.
As previous contests had the themes mentioned above, the themes of mourning, loss and death will be outside the scope of the 2008 contest.
Eroticism and sexuality, however, will be within the scope of the 2008 theme.

For entries for Íntimacy, New Traditional Jewellery 2008’ the following conditions should be met:
· The ornament should be wearable
· It should be based on a source of inspiration in the tradition of the ornament
· There should be an explanation of the underlying idea, a photograph of the source of inspiration, as well as an account of the process of arriving at the new ornament
· The ornament should add a new chapter to an ancient story.
· The preconditions of this contest (new shapes that originate from existing, threatened and/or lost traditions) do not mean that a figuration is called for. On the contrary, the jury would like to emphasize that the inspiration, so not necessarily the interpretation, should be retraceable to a past.
· The terms and conditions of submitting an entry should be complied with.

Although the technical jury gives a number of examples of historical backgrounds to intimate jewellery they want to stress that the examples given are not representative of their expectations.

In the discussions the members of the technical jury have had among themselves about the potential wealth of the subject ‘Intimacy’ as theme for NTJ 2008, a number of aspects came to the fore, such as: chastity-belts, friendship rings, piercings, inscriptions, locket shapes and ornaments made of human hair; the ancient Japanese tradition of inro, netsuke and ojimé; doubled-sided Indian necklaces and pendants of the maharajahs; the silk worn on the skin contained precious illustrations and texts; the ‘love letters’ (beadwork brooches and pendants in code) of the South African Xhosa and Zulu.
The history of the ornament is brimful of all kinds of wearable small containers (both in rings and on chains) for personally precious notes and suchlike. Ornaments by way of underwear, or underwear by way of ornaments. Penis gourds belong in this list, as well as antique gentlemen’s fob watches with hidden erotic pictures.

The technical jury advises contestants to visit museums and to consult reference books. Immerse yourselves in the past and come up with something new!! SURPRISE US!!

On behalf of the jury, the executive committee of the jury and NTJ would like to wish all the contestants a lot of inspiration and success.

Conditions

Objective

The preservation of worldwide cultural heritage, the reassessment of symbol bearers, the creation of new traditions,
the revival of old traditions in a new form.
These last two years inspiration was to be found in jewellery from traditional costume traditions (2006)
and symbols of faith (2007).
This year (200 participants are invited to design a piece of jewellery based on a new theme: Intimacy

Terms and Conditions

The group of potential contestants is distinguished into two categories:

Category A : established jewellery artists and silver designers
Category B : final-year and advanced students of all art academies and fourth-level students of the gold
and/or silversmith disciplines of training colleges, or comparable levels of part time education
or evening classes

- Each participant may submit only one finished piece of jewellery
- The ornament should be wearable
- The designs may not have been exhibited before nor seen/sold by third parties. Only ornaments made
specifically for this contest will be eligible for nomination.
- Apart from the design the participant is also expected to supply an explanation of the underlying idea,
an inspirational text (no more than 15 lines) and a photograph of the source of inspiration.
- All nominated designs will remain in the possession of the organization during all exhibitions and will not be returned for the duration (2.5 years at the most)

Submitting the design
-Fully completed registration form by email before 1 June 2008
-Payment of registration fee; before 1 June 2008
-Fully completed design form by email before 1 June 2008
-By handing in the design form the contestant assures the organization of having designed and made
the design himself/herself and that he/she has not submitted the designs to other design contests
-or offered them for sale.
-Fully completed design + registration form by regular mail together with the design to be in our possession before 1 July 2008

Registration fee € 25.00 per person payable to:
Rabobank 32 85 05 420 | IBAN: NL31RABO 03285054 20 - BIC CODE RABO NL2U

Each design submitted must be properly packed, in such a way that the packing material can also be used for the return shipment. Should you be interested in a return shipment of your entry, the name of the sender must be clearly stated on the package..

-Entries that do not reach us in time will not be accepted and there will be no restitution of the € 25.00 registration fee. If these conditions are not met the entry will not be submitted to the jury and your entry will not be returned to you.

Forwarding address:
EMB&B Art Events
NEW TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY 2008
Beumersteeg 8
7451 LM Holten
The Netherlands

Participants from non-EU countries should take into account that delivery by post may take around 5 weeks. On the parcels there should be a specification such as: design for contest, present, value below €15 or of no commercial value.

The shipping costs for the entry must be paid by the submitting party; they must also be exempt from import duties and customs charges.

Application

Submitting the design

-Fully completed registration form by email before 1 June 2008
-Payment of registration fee; before 1 June 2008
-Fully completed design form by email before 1 June 2008
-By handing in the design form the contestant assures the organization of having designed and made the design himself/herself and that he/she has not submitted the designs to other design contests
-or offered them for sale.
-Fully completed design + registration form by regular mail together with the design to be in our possession before 1 July 2008

Registration fee € 25.00 per person payable to
Rabobank 32 85 05 420 | IBAN: NL31RABO 03285054 20 - BIC CODE RABO NL2U

Each design submitted must be properly packed, in such a way that the packing material can also be used for the return shipment. Should you be interested in a return shipment of your entry, the name of the sender must be clearly stated on the package..

-Entries that do not reach us in time will not be accepted and there will be no restitution of the € 25.00 registration fee. If these conditions are not met the entry will not be submitted to the jury and your entry will not be returned to you.

Forwarding address:
EMB&B Art Events
NEW TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY 2008
Beumersteeg 8
7451 LM Holten
The Netherlands

Participants from non-EU countries should take into account that delivery by post may take around 5 weeks. On the parcels there should be a specification such as: design for contest, present, value below €15 or of no commercial value.

The shipping costs for the entry must be paid by the submitting party; they must also be exempt from import duties and customs charges.

Insurance and Liability

All entries are to be insured by the participants themselves. Participation in the contest can only effected on the express condition that the contestant himself/herself is liable for the loss and theft of or damage to his/her goods during transport and during the period up to the exhibitions at the various locations.
The designs remain the property of the designers. The objects may, however, be used by the SIERAAD organization for the purpose of publicity for the above mentioned activities. The designs remain in the possession of the organization until all exhibitions have been closed, and cannot be returned in the meantime.
The designs remain in possession of the SIERAAD organization until after the exhibitions.

When the participant submits his/her design, it is understood that he/she is aware of and accepts
all conditions stated herein.

Download all forms from : www.newtraditionaljewellery.com

Download application English form here

Additional information

Materials to be used
The choice of materials is completely free.

Criteria
The impartial technical jury will judge the designs on the basis of the following criteria:
· interpretation and concept
· innovation and development
· execution of the design

The designs will be judged on the basis of anonymity.
The results of the competition are incontestable.

Jury:
Will be published on the website a little later:
www.newtraditionaljewellery.com

Prizes
Categories A & B:
The exhibition with works nominated will be on show during SIERAAD2008; afterwards the exhibition will be shown on at least two (inter)national locations in 2009-2011. (for more information see our website)

All other prizes will be published later on the website.

New Traditional Jewellery®
WesterGasfabriek
Haarlemmerweg 8-10
1014 BE - Amsterdam
Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 5860710