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Posted on July 5, 2017November 28, 2018 by jackboglioli — Leave a comment

VIDEO: Designing for ArtsThrive 2017

Jack Boglioli featured in Artsthrive 2017

I was recently invited to come up with a piece to show in the 2017 ArtsThrive exhibition and benefit at the Albuquerque Museum. It will be my first time participating in this event, which has been occurring annually for the past twenty seven years.

ArtsThrive will begin on October 20th this fall and run for six weeks into December. Over 100 artists will be participating. In addition, a percentage of the sales of our work will be used to fund museum run educational programs for children and families.

About This ArtsThrive Video

I created this video in order to give my audience a behind the scenes look at my preparation for the exhibit. The video highlights my design process from start to finish, for one of the pieces which is now being created. I am actually creating three to four pieces total, and the best piece of the bunch will be the one displayed in the show.

Here is the video, enjoy!

As always, thank you for continuing to follow and support my work. Click the following link if you want to find out more about the 2017 ArtsThrive event:

CLICK HERE

In addition, if you would like to view the list of participating artists, click this link:

PARTICIPATING ARTIST

Also, did you like the time lapse video of my design process? Here is a link to another video you might enjoy:

Designing A Tiger’s Eye Pendant

Finally, if you have any questions or comments, leave them in the reply form below. It doesn’t matter if you love what I am doing or if you totally hate it, let me know. I always enjoy being part of the conversation.

Posted on June 13, 2017November 28, 2018 by jackboglioli — Leave a comment

Attending The 2017 Santa Fe Symposium

Jack Boglioli attends the Santa Fe Symposium

Yesterday marked the final day of the 2017 Santa Fe Symposium. Its the premier conference for jewelry makers around the world. In addition, this year was my first year attending. So I enjoyed being suddenly immersed in a sea of new information, and surrounded by the leaders of every field in the jewelry industry. There were artists, manufacturers, chemists, historians and artificial intelligence specialists. Consequently there was not a person in attendance who I could not learn something from. It was four days of pure information overload, but in a good way.

Gaining Valuable Insights at the Santa Fe Symposium

At the event, I had the opportunity to socialize with, and gain insights from, many of the attendants. This was by far the most enjoyable part of the event. As a result, it felt like being brought into a family of professionals. The experience has given me some new ideas that I will be working out over the coming months.

Jack Boglioli Jewlery at the Santa Fe Symposium watching the panel of speakers — Panel of speakers answering questions about the papers they presented.

Some Information About The Event

The Santa Fe Symposium started 31 years ago. It was designed as a place where experts in the jewelry industry could come together. Most of all a place to share their knowledge about everything jewelry related. Here is an excerpt from their website santafesymposium.org:

For three decades and counting, the Santa Fe Symposium® has pursued innovation all across the jewelry industry: technological, operational and experiential. At the Symposium, the industry’s most inquisitive minds come together to present and discuss research, to share expertise, to connect with other professionals…

To find out more about the Santa Fe Symposium, follow the link below:

CLICK HERE

In conclusion, it was a privilege to be present at the Symposium, and I know I will be attending many more years in the future.

Posted on April 18, 2017November 28, 2018 by jackboglioli — Leave a comment

New Piece Featured in Local Show Titled “21 Aspects” at 5G North Gallery

Jack Boglioli featured in 21 Aspects exhibition

5G North Gallery will be hosting an art show entitled “21 Aspects”. The show will feature the work of twenty one local artists. It will also include one piece from Jack Boglioli Jewelry™. The other artists will be showing work in many mediums including painting, printmaking, fiber arts and sculpture.

“Abyss” – The Featured Necklace

The necklace will be on display from the opening reception Friday night April 21st, for one week, to Friday April 28th. The reception will be from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, after which the exhibit can be viewed by appointment for the rest of it’s duration. The piece is brand new and it has yet to be seen by anyone except my Insider Followers, in a special online unveiling.

I made a couple breakthroughs in the creation of this piece, which I am very happy about. The first is the continuous woven setting of the accent stones all the way around the circumference of the pendant. It has no starting or finishing point, which serves to frame the central stone seamlessly. This has not yet been done before with this type of setting, and I think it is the defining visual element of the piece. The other new aspect brought into this piece is a custom made chain. Every link of this chain is individually made by hand and connected together. This makes for a piece that is one-of-a-kind, even regarding the smallest details.

5G North Gallery

5G North Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Albuquerque New Mexico. It is part of the Factory on 5th Art Space. Factory on 5th also caters studio space to many local artists. Learn more about the gallery by following this link: Factory on 5th

The address is: 1715 5th St NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102

In conclusion, there will be many amazing artists present at this show and many of these artists have never shown their work publicly. You will be sure to see many things you have not seen before. Furthermore, I will be there from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, if you are interested in speaking with me directly about the new piece.