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A website about constructing metal book clasps, bosses and other types of book hardware, showing examples of book clasp repair and restoration and information on workshops offered by Joycelyn Merchant on the design and construction of metal bookclasps.


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Résumé

Joycelyn Merchant

Education:

1974: BAFA (Departmental Honors) Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL

Experience:

Workshops Presented: Metal Book Clasp Design and Costruction

Jan., 2008: Instructor, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
May 2007: Hollander's, Ann Arbor, MI
April 2007: Instructor, California Hand Bookbinders
Aug. 2006: Instructor, Huntington Library
April 2006: Instructor, New York Guild of Bookworkers
June 2005: Instructor, Oregon Book Arts Guild (OBAG) Conference, Forest Grove, OR
June 2004: Instructor, Paper and Book Intensive (PBI) 2004, Portland, OR
Oct., 2003: Instructor, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Jan. 18-19 2003: Instructor, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

1995 to Present:

Partner, Designer/Metalsmith, Third Planet Jewelry

Design and production of contemporary jewelry.

Partner, Ginkgo Leaf Books

Book Clasp Design, Replacement, Replication, Conservation,Repair.
Limited Book Repair & Conservation

Although my first interest was in painting, I became involved in the design and creation of hand crafted jewelry in 1974. Essentially a self-taught metalsmith, I have pursued that craft almost exclusively ever since then. Limited production jewelry still comprises the majority of my jewelry output, however, I still find time to make some one-of-a-kind pieces. My work has been sold at major craft shows, and in shops and galleries throughout the USA and elsewhere for the past 25 years.

Since 2001, my interests have focused toward book arts, including the conservation, and restoration of books, and investigating bookbinding, and book structures and the world of artist books.

1998 -Present: Coordinator: Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association

Maintaining web site, maintaining databases, publishing Membership Directory, for this non-profit organization of book dealers.

1998 -02: Book Fair Manager: Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (formerly Midwest Bookhunters)

Coordinating, arranging, managing two book fair events per year in Chicago from 1998-2002

1989-90: Jewelry Instructor, MONNACEP, Morton Grove, IL

1979-95: Owner of Artifacts®: Design and production of contemporary jewelry.

1983-90: Owner of Artifacts Gallery, Wilmette, IL

Exhibitions

1993 Baubles, Bangles, and Beads:Contemporary Wearable Art, Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Group Show, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1990 For the Birds: Artists Examine Aviary Abodes, Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
1988 Group Show, Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, WI
1988 SNAG Earring Show, Joan Michlin Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Group show, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1987 Chicago Artists in Metal, Laura Sprague Gallery, Joliet Jr. College, Joliet, IL
1987 Chicago Artists in Metal, van Straten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 Group show, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1986 Featured Artist, Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL
1986 Marriage a la Mode, Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
1986 Made of Fiber: Art to Wear, Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA
1986 National Invitational Valentine Jewelry Show, Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, NJ

1985-87 American Jewelry Now, U.S. Information Agency, Traveling show in S.E. Asia and Australia
1985 Silk and Silver, National Bank of Commerce, Charleston, WV
1985 Group show, Endelman-Kraus Gallery, New Haven, CT
1984-86 Jewelry USA, American Craft Museum, NY, and traveling show throughout USA
1980 New Horizons in Art, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1980 Button Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1978 Featured Artist/Designer, Peggy Robinson Designs, Evanston, IL
1974 Touring Show, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL
1974 New Horizons in Art, [honorable mention] Chicago, IL

Miscellany

1988 President, AIM: Chicago Artists in Metal
1987 Finalist, Intergold Design Competition, New York
1986 Panelist in discussion on Alternative Markets for Artists, Chicago Artists' Coalition
1985 One of 3 featured speakers for Jewelry as Expression. Sponsored by Women in Design/Chicago
1983 Chairperson of Midwest Craft Festival, North Shore Art League,Winnetka, Illinois
1983 Secretary, AIM: Chicago Artists in Metal

Reviews and/or Published Works

Glamour Magazine, November 1988, October 1987
New York Times, 2/9/86
Chicago Tribune- 10/30/85
American Jewelry Now - Catalog, 1985
Jewelry USA - Catalog, 1984
Wilmette Life - 1/19/84- Article
Metalsmith, Spring issue, 1982
Chicago Artist Coalition News- Interview

 


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