There is now a brand new collection available to you at the Albuquerque Museum Store. It’s called the “Opulence” Collection.
All of the pieces in it are inspired by a larger piece that I created for the 2018 Artsthrive Exhibition and benefit. I decided to make an entire series perpetuating a similar aesthetic, due to the original piece being met with such a great response.
Here is a video where I unveiled the original Opulence piece to my Insiders before the exhibition:
I designed the collection to be feminine, bold and alive with motion. The pieces have a light feel to them and they are bright with color and contrast.
The earrings shown below are a few of the items on display. The purple stones are amethyst, the green stones are apatite and the pink are pink tourmaline. So all the stones used in this collection, except for the opal in the large piece, are faceted. Consequently the pieces catch even more light and brightness.
As a result the brightness of the stones provides more contrast with the dark grey/black patinated effect on the understructures and chain links.
Stone Setting Techniques
All of the stones are set with my signature bound-in-place techniques, and they include pink tourmaline, apatite, amethyst, tanzanite, emerald and Ethiopian opal.
Right now there are only eight of these collection pieces available, alongside one large one of a kind necklace. Most of them range between $100 – $200, and they are definitely something that you are not going to find anywhere else.
Stop by the museum store to appreciate the detail of this collection up close, feel the pieces in your hands and try something on in person.
Directions
The Albuquerque Museum Store is located at:
2000 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
Open from 10:00am – 5:00pm Tuesday through Sunday.
Just ask to see the new collection and a member of their excellent staff will be thrilled to assist you.
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On September 26th 2017, FUSE Makerspace held a grand opening ceremony. The event drew hundreds of attendants and showcased many of the new ventures being undertaken in the makerspace facilities. Jack Boglioli Jewelry™ happens to be one of the businesses utilizing the space, which includes a fully equipped jewelry lab.
The camera crew tasked with capturing this event was lucky enough to catch a glimpse into the creation process of my latest statement piece, “Serenity”. This piece is nearing it’s final stages of completion for the 2017 Artsthrive event at the Albuquerque Museum.
Although a very tiny clip of the piece made it into the final cut of the video, I still found it worth mentioning. You can watch the video below (it gets really good at minute 2:20) :
Continue reading to find out more about the Makerspace…
What is FUSE Makerspace?
Fuse Makerspace is a place where businesses and individuals can join, in order to have access to the latest cutting edge equipment used in many different fields. It is a brand new entity, and you can learn more about it here: the makerspace
Want to see the piece in detail?
Press play on the video below. Watch the creation and completion of the piece you just saw for a second…
If you want to see more of my best statement pieces, become a Jack Boglioli Insider.
As an Insider, you will gain access to exclusive online unveilings of my latest pieces long before anyone else gets the opportunity to see them. It’s like a VIP section for collectors and followers of my work, and not everyone gets to be on the list.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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:
5G North Gallery will be hosting an art show entitled “21 Aspects”. The show will feature the work of twenty one local artists. It will also include one piece from Jack Boglioli Jewelry™. The other artists will be showing work in many mediums including painting, printmaking, fiber arts and sculpture.
“Abyss” – The Featured Necklace
The necklace will be on display from the opening reception Friday night April 21st, for one week, to Friday April 28th. The reception will be from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, after which the exhibit can be viewed by appointment for the rest of it’s duration. The piece is brand new and it has yet to be seen by anyone except my Insider Followers, in a special online unveiling.
I made a couple breakthroughs in the creation of this piece, which I am very happy about. The first is the continuous woven setting of the accent stones all the way around the circumference of the pendant. It has no starting or finishing point, which serves to frame the central stone seamlessly. This has not yet been done before with this type of setting, and I think it is the defining visual element of the piece. The other new aspect brought into this piece is a custom made chain. Every link of this chain is individually made by hand and connected together. This makes for a piece that is one-of-a-kind, even regarding the smallest details.
5G North Gallery
5G North Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Albuquerque New Mexico. It is part of the Factory on 5th Art Space. Factory on 5th also caters studio space to many local artists. Learn more about the gallery by following this link: Factory on 5th
The address is: 1715 5th St NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
In conclusion, there will be many amazing artists present at this show and many of these artists have never shown their work publicly. You will be sure to see many things you have not seen before. Furthermore, I will be there from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, if you are interested in speaking with me directly about the new piece.
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:
For the very first time, the Paako community will be hosting an art show in the spring. The show will feature the work of many local artists as well as authors with their latest books. Jack Boglioli Jewelry™ has been featured in Paako during the summer Turquoise Trail Arts Festival for the past two years. Now I will be participating in their first Spring show. It looks like it’s going to be a great event.
Paako Community Show Details
The show will start at 10:00 am Saturday April 29th. It will continue until 4:00 pm that day and run again from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sunday April 30th. For those of you who will be stopping by, here is the address of the event:
Paa-ko Event Center
232 Paa-ko Drive
Sandia Park, New Mexico
Here is the flyer for the show:
About the Paako Community
Paako is a private community located on the eastern face of the Sandia mountains. It is a comfortable distance from both Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It features it’s own Paa-ko golf course, as well as stunning 360 degree scenery of forest covered mountains in the southwest.
To learn more about the Paako community, follow this link:
