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Georgian Goldsmithing students show off their artistry

Many of the techniques used are taught exclusively at Georgian, such as lapidary and mokume
BarrieToday Staff
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Goldsmithing and Silversmithing student Reno Chong works on a piece of jewellery for the Meraki 2017 Graduate Goldsmithing Exhibition.

NEWS RELEASE

GEORGIAN COLLEGE

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Students in Georgian College’s Goldsmithing and Silversmithing program are unveiling their 25th annual travelling exhibition at the Barrie Campus on Friday, Apr. 28. The show highlights the jewellery of the 2017 graduating class.

The Meraki 2017 Goldsmithing Graduate Exhibition will showcase the unique jewellery of the seven graduates in the program at six different retail locations throughout southern Ontario in coming months.

Throughout this academic year, each student has been designing and creating unique pieces of jewellery that will be exhibited between April 28 and Dec. 24, 2017. The traveling exhibition serves as an excellent way to feature and sell their extraordinary work.

The exhibition kicks off at the Helen and Arch Brown Centre for the Visual Arts (Room D137, Barrie Campus) between Apr. 28 and May 14. Students will be on hand to talk about their creations at an opening reception on Friday, Apr. 28 between 7 and 10 p.m.

Many of the techniques used in their work are taught exclusively at Georgian, such as lapidary (cutting stones); mokume (a Japanese technique of layering and fusing different metals together); enamelling (arranging and melting finely ground coloured glass onto metal); and filigree (coiling and shaping fine wire into curly, flowery shapes).

Goldsmithing and Silversmithing, a graduate certificate program, allows students to refine their jewellery and metalworking skills, develop their design abilities and acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to design, produce and market jewellery, flatware and hollowware.

Whether specializing in goldsmithing or silversmithing, students choose a number of advanced techniques to delve into and develop in-depth knowledge and skills that will allow them to work independently or as designers.

To see the jewellery of each student and the locations of the travelling exhibition over the next nine months, visit merakigoldsmiths.ca.

Georgian’s Design and Visual Arts academic area will also hold its annual Scholarship Show at the Helen and Arch Brown Centre for the Visual Arts, beginning Apr. 28. Visit GeorgianCollege.ca for more details.

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