Gudrun Wiesmann lives and works in Germany. Sie hat Architektur studiert und bis 2000 als Architektin gearbeitet. Seit 2004 ist sie freiberufliche professionelle Künstlerin mit den Arbeitsgebieten künstlerische Fotografie, Email, Schmuck und Collage. Aktuell beschäftigt sie sich mit Emailsiebdruck auf Stahl.
Gudrun Wiesmann lives and works in Germany. Sie hat Architektur studiert und bis 2000 als Architektin gearbeitet. Seit 2004 ist sie freiberufliche professionelle Künstlerin mit den Arbeitsgebieten künstlerische Fotografie, Email, Schmuck und Collage. Aktuell beschäftigt sie sich mit Emailsiebdruck auf Stahl.
This is the second stage of our workshop! Check it out!!!
So much happening, so little time with an internet connection! Here’s a few things we’ve been getting up to, in a photo diary.
Melissa is a jewellery artist from Australia living in Seattle in the US. Her works can be found in the National Gallery of Australia as well as the Cheongju City Collection in South Korea. Her enamel works typically display subtle enamel incursions amidst precise laser cut stainless steel layers.
Several of the artists involved in the project have travelled to the Künstlerwerkstätten in Erfurt, Germany, to work together for two weeks over the northern summer. The first artists to arrive are staying for the whole two week long residency and have been getting busy – in the studio and out. Last night we celebrated our first Saturday night together and took our first group selfie to commemorate!
Now lest you think me too frivolous let me just say that I’ve got plenty of proper photos of work coming soon.
Melissa is a jewellery artist from Australia living in Seattle in the US. Her works can be found in the National Gallery of Australia as well as the Cheongju City Collection in South Korea. Her enamel works typically display subtle enamel incursions amidst precise laser cut stainless steel layers.
Here we are, making work for Heat Exchange 2! In the two years that has passed since the last edition not much has changed.. Oh who am I kidding? This iteration of the exhibition finds me living in the USA, surrounded by the welcoming and very vibrant metals community in Seattle, Washington.
Owing to my personal cross-continental exchange, I have had the pleasure of catching a couple of other Heat Exchange participants already this year. I visited Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond in February where I caught up with the dynamic Susie Ganch. We were concentrating on her Radical Jewelry Makeover project at the time but we managed to share a few thoughts on enamel while she gave me a walking tour of her city.
Next up, I was at SNAG where Robert Ebendorf was honoured as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. I’d like to say I managed to snap a selfie while the two of us shared a few words, but with SNAG conferences being what they are, after his award ceremony I did not spot him for the rest of the weekend! So, please excuse the grainy photos of Robert, but as you can appreciate the auditorium was full for his award ceremony.
So that just leaves me. Here’s me in my basement studio in Seattle, about to face a moment of truth…
Melissa is a jewellery artist from Australia living in Seattle in the US. Her works can be found in the National Gallery of Australia as well as the Cheongju City Collection in South Korea. Her enamel works typically display subtle enamel incursions amidst precise laser cut stainless steel layers.
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An exhibition curated by ElizabethTurrell and Beate Gegenwart
Heat Exchange 2 brings new artists into the project, to connect with
artists who participated in the first exhibition in May 2012.
Look forward to more engaging posts and lively discussion from these dedicated and passionate makers in 2014 and 2015. To see the new roster in its complete form check out The Artists page.
Our exhibition schedule so far is:
Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, UK from 11th of September 2015 until the 8th November 2015
Kulturhaus Kroenbacken, Erfurt, Germany in 2016 from 19th March 2016 until the 1st May 2016.
Melissa is a jewellery artist from Australia living in Seattle in the US. Her works can be found in the National Gallery of Australia as well as the Cheongju City Collection in South Korea. Her enamel works typically display subtle enamel incursions amidst precise laser cut stainless steel layers.