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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.

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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.

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CNM Chronicle in the Studio

CNM Chronicle writes article about Jack Boglioli

CNM Chronicle journalist Wade Faast stopped by the studio recently to conduct an interview about my work. He put together a great article about my process for the CNM Chronicle and took some really high quality photographs.

We had a great time sitting in my studio discussing how my process has developed over time, among other things. Faast asked a lot of insightful questions which I think made for a really good article. It was quite the challenge to set up all of his photography equipment in my studio which I have arranged to be really comfortable for one person. But it all worked out in the end.

If you would like to read the article, follow the link below:

CNM Student and Artist Weaves Wire Jewelry Into Fine Art

Photographs by Wade Faast for the CNM Chronicle

Here are a couple photos that Faast took of my work, and my process:

CNM Chronicle photo of trefoil pendant taken by Wade Faast

 

CNM Chronicle photo of Jack Boglioli working on a piece for the Albuquerque Museum

 

If you would like to shop for jewelry, follow this link:

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If you would like to learn more about what inspires my work, start here:

My Creative Influences: Part 1

Thank you for reading. Enjoy the rest of the site, and don’t forget to leave me a comment in the form at the bottom of this article.

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CNM Writes About Jack Boglioli Jewelry™

Central New Mexico Community College writes about Jack Boglioli

Recently, CNM otherwise known as Central New Mexico Community College, decided to run a story about myself and my work. One of their journalists contacted me and conducted an interview. But before I link to that, I’ll explain why I decided to study fine arts and jewelry in a more formal way, at the local college.

Studying Fine Arts and Jewelry at CNM

Towards the end of 2015 I decided to enroll in the fall semester at CNM majoring in fine arts. I wanted to get some formal training in art and jewelry, to bring my abilities to the next level. The result is that the quality of my designs and finished pieces has risen up to a higher level. I am more able to make the image I see in my mind come out as a reality. I also have much more of a foundation of resources to draw from regarding art. This allows me to continually push the boundaries of what I can create. Consequently, I am more able to outdo myself on a regular basis.

The Article

After conducting the interview, the journalist from CNM wrote a great article expounding upon my background and what I am doing now as an artist. Follow the link below to read what she wrote:

‘Bringing Beauty into the World’

 

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My Creative Influences Part 2: Benjamin Franklin

Jack Boglioli inspired by Benjamin Franklin

“As a creative type, I feel a need to study anyone, living or dead, who has accomplished anything that can be considered great.”

Of the many who fall into this category, Franklin is one of my favorites…

He was a renowned author, printer, political theorist, statesman, and scientist. He excelled at nearly everything he did. He performed many functions in his world, but the one that inspires me the most is his role as inventor.

Benjamin Franklin as postmaster.

Franklin’s spirit of innovation bore into the world the lightning rod, bifocals, the glass harmonica, electricity, and even the ideas that helped to shape the Declaration of Independence. His problem solving abilities seemed to have no limit to what they could accomplish.

Behind this unending ability to apply new ways of thinking to every facet of his work, must have been a constant burning desire to create.

This is clearly demonstrated in his quote:

 “To cease to think creatively is to cease to live”

~Benjamin Franklin

If I can emulate in my work even a shred of this capacity to constantly look at things in a new light, challenge the status quo, and attempt things no one has done before, I will be more than satisfied.

That is why innovation, or the need to constantly adventure into uncharted areas in terms of design, is one of the core values of Jack Boglioli Jewelry™.

For more information about the life of Benjamin Franklin you can follow this link: Franklin Biography

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My Creative Influences Part 1: Gothic Design

Jack Boglioli inspired by gothic design

Who are my major creative influences as an artist? That’s the question I aim to answer with this series of short articles. This one being the first part of five.

From artists to architects to historical thinkers, these are the creative minds I have found myself resonating with on the deepest level so far. Some in the aesthetic sense, and some in the way I apply myself to my work.

Abbot Suger – First Patron Of Gothic Design

Abbot Suger, born circa 1081, was a French monastic, statesmen and historian. What does this have to do with my work? Let’s start with a story.

Around the year 1137 Suger made the decision to rebuild the Curch of Saint-Denis. This was the burial church of the monarchs of France, two of which he happened to be rubbing shoulders with, Louie VI and Louie VII.

As the guiding visionary of the project, Suger oversaw the reconstruction with the help of innovative master masons, the names of whom we do not know. Out of this project came several new features, which had evolved out of the earlier romanesque style. The pointed arch, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and the earliest known example of a rose window.

The new structure was finished on the 11th of June 1144, and became the prototype for further constructions in northern France. It is cited as the first ever building of the Gothic style.

If my personal aesthetic could ever be summed up with one single style of design, it would have to be Gothic.

Why Gothic?

Opus Francigenum (“French work”) as it was referred to in it’s time, displays a level of attention to detail unparalleled by anything of it’s age (and region). This principle shows up in every aspect of the buildings from their notoriously ornate facades to the awe inspiring rose windows that illuminate the interior. No square inch is left untended to or undecorated.

Gothic Design Comparison Jack Boglioli

It is this inextinguishable need for creative attention to be applied to an object from every possible angle, that I want to carry out in my own pieces. In this type of work, everything ceases to matter while all possible avenues to perfection are explored.

“Being the one who creates them, I never think that my pieces are absolutely perfect or finished. But as an artist, perfection must always be my pursuit.”

Suger and other founders of Gothic design, in their pursuit of perfection, finished with something pretty substantial in the end. The results of their labor, to me, are nothing short of awe inspiring.

For more extensive information regarding Gothic design, follow this link: Gothic Design

Part 2

In the next part of this series, I will be revealing another of my creative influences. A historical figure who may seem unconventional as an artist’s inspiration. However, the attitude with which he approached his creative endeavors is something I cannot ignore…