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Juicy jewelry from Bruce Metcalf, detailed drawings from South Philly

Like candy in a sweetshop, Bruce Metcalf’s painted and carved wood jewelry calls out to you from behind the glass cases in Snyderman Gallery. Colorful, stylized lips and breasts and biomorphic tendrils that suggest underwater creatures make up the necklaces and brooches you see. These plumped up and gorgeous little objects with their sensuous surfaces [...]

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An insider’s look at the SNAG conference by Susan Myers

Three years in the planning,  the 2009 Society of North American Goldsmiths’ (SNAG) Philadelphia Conference opens today and runs through Saturday, May 23, with 22 exhibitions focused on the field of metalsmithing along with usual lectures, vendors, and organized discussions typical of  conferences. The three person SNAG Exhibitions Committee (where I spent my volunteer hours for [...]

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