Where We Will Be
Galleries and Exhibitions:
- Indelible Exhibit
- Mosaic Mystery #2,
a collaborative work by Betty and John Fetvedt, has been selected for the ISGB's Indelible exhibit.
The Indelible exhibit: A Collection of Personal Narratives Expressed in Art Glass Beads,
will open in conjunction with our twentieth anniversary Gathering of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers in Bellevue/Seattle, Washington, in July 2012.
- Three x Two Exhibit
- Three of Betty's disk beads were accepted into the ISGB's "Three x Two Exhibit."
"Three x Two" is a juried show featuring a collaboration between the International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB) and metalsmiths from the Seattle Metals Guild (SMG).
The beadmakers create three (3) similar focal beads which will be incorporated by the metalsmith into pendants, rings or brooches.
The beadmaker and metalsmith will each retain one of the finished pieces.
The third piece will be on display during the 20th Anniversary Gathering conference at Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery and be available for sale to the public.
- Surface Exhibit - Beads of Internal Depth and External Decoration
- One of Betty's beads,
"Golden Lotus of Mambrino",
was juried into the International Society of Glass Bead Makers Surface Exhibit.
The Surface Exhibit opened at the 2011 Bead & Button Show in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, June 4-12, 2011.
The lampwork glass bead is fumed with 24 kt gold.
-
Nature Art Gallery at the
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
- John has some of his work on display and for sale in the
North Carolina Society of Goldsmiths exhibit in the
Nature Art Gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
in Raleigh, NC
-
Piedmont Craftsmen's Gallery
- Betty has some of her work on display and for sale at the Piedmont
Craftsmen's Gallery at 401 North Trade Street in Winston-Salem, NC.
- Convergence II
- "
Nefertari's Legacy",
a collaborative work of Betty Fetvedt and Kathy King,
appeared in the Convergence II exhibition.
Convergence II, sponsored by the International Society of Glass Beadmakers
and Bead & Button magazine, opened in July, 2010, in Rochester,
NY at the 18th Annual ISGB Gathering.
From there, it traveled to several different locations nationally and internationally before closing in 2011.
Our current show schedule includes:
Our future teaching schedule includes:
- May 13-19, 2012
- John will be teaching a
chain class at the
William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA.
- June 1-10, 2012
- John will be teaching eleven chain project classes at the
Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee, WI.
- B121240 - Turkish Roundmaille Bracelet on Wednesday, June 6
- The class kit bracelet is NuGold. Bracelet kits in precious metals will be available for purchase in class.
- B121238 - Roundmaille Bracelet on Wednesday, June 6
- The class kit bracelet is NuGold. Bracelet kits in precious metals will be available for purchase in class.
- B121221 - Byzantine Flower Bracelet Boot Camp on Wednesday, June 6
- B121219 - Japanese 12-in-2 Earrings on Thursday ,June 7
- B121236 - Crisscross Bracelet on Thursday, June 7
- B121235 - Half Persian 4-1 Bracelet on Friday, June 8
- The class kit bracelet is NuGold. Bracelet kits in precious metals will be available for purchase in class.
- B121233 - Half Persian 3-1 Bracelet on Friday, June 8
- The class kit bracelet is NuGold. Bracelet kits in precious metals will be available for purchase in class.
- B121218 - Celtic Star Earrings on Friday, June 8
- B121223 - Crazy Eights Bracelet on Saturday, June 9
- B121222 - Cross-Linked Bracelet Boot Camp on Saturday, June 9
- B121241 - 3-in-3 Bracelet Boot Camp on Sunday, June 10
- June 23, 2012
- John will be teaching a Electro-Etching workshop at the
The Crafts Center at NCSU in Raleigh, NC.
- July 15-20, 2012
- John will be teaching a
chain class at the
William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA.
- July 22-27, 2012
- John will be teaching a
chain class at the
William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA.
- August 18, 2012
- John will be teaching two chain project classes at the
Bead Fest Philadelphia at The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.
- September 23-28, 2012
- Betty will be teaching an advanced glass bead making class, and
- John will be teaching a
chain class at the
William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA.
- September 30-October 5, 2012
- Betty will be teaching an advanced glass bead making class, and
- John will be teaching a
chain class at the
William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA.
We have been published in:
Click on the name of the article to see specific kits related to the article.
-
Art Jewelry magazine, March 2012
- John's DNA Chain Earrings was published as a Bonus Subscriber Project
"Make a pair of DNA Chain Mail Earrings"
in Art Jewelry Magazine, March 2012.
- "Creative Chain Mail Jewelry", Kalmbach Books, 2011, ISBN 978-0-87116-421-6
- John's Celtic Zigzag Bracelet appears as
"2 metals, 2 chain mail patterns" on page 74.
-
Art Jewelry magazine, May 2011
- John's Double Barrel Bracelet was published as
"Make a Mixed-Metal Double Barrel Bracelet" on page 36.
-
Wirework, Spring 2011
- Published John's Double Cross Linked Anklet and earrings projects as
"Double-cross chain" on page 66.
-
Art Jewelry magazine, September 2010
- John's Celtic Zigzag Bracelet was published as
"2 metals, 2 chain mail patterns" on page 50.
-
Wirework, 2010
- Published John's Banner Chain Maille Earrings project as
"Graceful chain earrings" on page 77.
-
Art Jewelry magazine, September 2008
- John's Tapered Byzantine Earrings project was published as the online
exclusive project in September 2008.
-
Art Jewelry magazine, May 2008
- John's Half-Byzantine Hoop Earrings project was published as the online
exclusive project in May 2008.
- "Chain Mail Jewelry: Contemporary Designs from Classic Techniques", by
Terry Taylor and Dylon Whyte, Lark Books, 2006, ISBN 1-57990-723-7
- Three of John's designs are included as projects:
Japanese 4-1 Chain Mail Bracelet,
Japanese 6-1 Chain Mail Bracelet, and
Diamond Chain Mail Earrings.
You may have recently seen us at:
- April 29, 2012
- Art on the Square, Williamsburg, VA
- November 19, 2011
- 27th Annual Holiday Fair and Sale at the
The Crafts Center, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
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