At the University of Georgia in Athens Georgia. Society of North American Goldsmiths is having their every other year conference in Savannah this year. Thus the National Ring Show judging. It will be a hotbed of metalsmithery. I've been to several in the past in Tucson, San Antonio, TX. Atlanta Ga. and San Francisco. They are fun and diverse but also hotbeds of elitism and snobbery, though most of the real metalsmithing celebrities are very nice people and quite down to earth. http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/image/homepage/signup/.docs/pg/10034 It's pretty well known that Savannah college of art (who is hosting) is ALL about the money and treats their faculty like crap.
Your compliments are a bit superfluous, and you come of as someone who has no field experience what so ever. Mr. Cotter has rarely produced work on his own, his concepts are interesting, but as a goldsmith or craftsman he has little to no skill. He has young fresh out of art school workers who pump out his pieces.
The problem with academia is that they teach only theoretical metalsmithing, foregoing technique, and a basic foundation of skills. If more teachers were like Tim Mccreight, then maybe the American hand-working education wouldn't be in such a sad state.
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Society of North American Goldsmiths is having their every other year conference in Savannah this year. Thus the National Ring Show judging.
It will be a hotbed of metalsmithery.
I've been to several in the past in Tucson, San Antonio, TX. Atlanta Ga. and San Francisco. They are fun and diverse but also hotbeds of elitism and snobbery, though most of the real metalsmithing celebrities are very nice people and quite down to earth.
http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/image/homepage/signup/.docs/pg/10034
It's pretty well known that Savannah college of art (who is hosting) is ALL about the money and treats their faculty like crap.
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The problem with academia is that they teach only theoretical metalsmithing, foregoing technique, and a basic foundation of skills. If more teachers were like Tim Mccreight, then maybe the American hand-working education wouldn't be in such a sad state.
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