ARTIST CV
Education
I have been hand fabricating jewellery and small metal sculpture for almost 30 yrs. Most of my formal metalsmithing education is from courses and workshops taught by skilled goldsmiths and filigree artists from around the globe.
I am a professional member of the Alberta Craft Council and a member of the Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club
I received my Bachelors of Chemical Engineering at McGill University in 1979.
I am a Professional Member (Retired) of APEGA since 1979,  Association of Professional Engineers  and Geoscientists of Alberta
 
Listing of Jewellery Related Workshops and Courses that I have taken
  • Advanced 3 Dimensional Filigree – Victoria Lansford, Online Workshop, September 2020,
  • Contemporary Filigree – Valentina Napoli, Silvera Studio, Berkeley Ca, USA, Jan 2019
  • Inspirational Stone Setting – Jesse Bert Studio, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Feb 2018
  • Mexican Filigree Workshop – Oro De Monte Alban Jewellery School, Rafael Bautista, Oaxaca, Mexico, Feb 2017
  • Intro to Blacksmithing – Instructor Patrick McIvor, Alberta College of Art and Design, March 2016
  • Russian Filigree Workshop  - Instructor – Victoria Landsford, The Ranch, Snohomish Wash, June 2015
  • Russian Filigree – Instructor – Susanne Matsche, 92 St Y, New York, July 2014
  • Raising for Mask Making -  Instructor - Wendy Yothers – Alberta College of Art and Design March 2013
  • Silversmithing (Raising Hollow Ware) – Instructor -Todd Jeffrey Ellis – Halliburton School of Arts July 2012
  • Chased and Forged Design and Application – Instructor - Michael David Sturlin – Revere Academy, 2011
  • Metalsmithing – Instructor - Michael David Sturlin – Revere Academy, 2011
  • Gem Setting – Comprehensive – Instructor -  Nancy Winthrup - Revere Academy, 2010
  • Raising Copper Bowls – John Smith Jones, ACAD
  • Gem Setting – Instructor – Gerry Lewy – Private one on one instruction, Toronto
  • Jewellery Repair – Instructor-  Linda Chow,
  • Form Folding – Instructor – Charles-Lewton Brain, Alberta College of Art and Design,  2008
  • Synclastic and Anticlastic Forming – Guylaine Cyr - Alberta College of Art and Design 2006
  • Stone Setting – Instructor Linda Chow -Red Deer College Summer Series, 2003
  • Form Folding – Instructor – Charles Lewton-Brain, Brain Fontans Center for Jewellery Study , 2000
  • Jewellery Repair – Ernest Irwin - Brain Fontans Center for Jewellery Study 1996,
  • Beginner Jewellery  Instructor Dee Fontans – ACAD 1993,
  • Basic Welding – Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
  • 101 Bench Tricks for Jewellers  – Alan Revere - Alberta College of Art and Design
 
Affiliations
  • Member of Alberta Craft Council
  • Member of Calgary Lapidary and Rock Club
 
Exhibitions
  • July  2024, minutiae, Group Exhibition, Alberta Craft Council, Calgary Gallery, three pairs of miniature candle sticks juried in.
  • March 2024, minutiae, Group Exhibition, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton Gallery, three pairs of miniature candle sticks juried in.
  • March 30 – June 22, 2024  – Ornament and Crime, Group Exhibition, Alberta Craft Council Calgary Gallery, One Piece “Butterfly Alights” Juried In.
  • June 2024, Adorned Spaces Filigree Exhibit, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), Group exhibit.
  • July – Sept  2023 – Miniature Masterpieces, Silverwork by Milt Fischbein – Exhibition, TBT Art Gallery
  • May 2023 – Ornament, Group Exhibition, Alberta Craft Council, One Piece “Butterfly Alights” Juried In.
  • July 2022 – Albirda, Put a Bird On It, Group Exhibition, Alberta Craft Council, One Piece Juried In.
  • September 2020 – How Art Thou, Group Exhibition, Online Temple B’nai Tikvah
  • March 2019 – Natural Abstraction, Group Exhibition, Three Sisters Gallery, Canmore AB
  • September 2018 – Spotlight Artist, Alberta Craft Gallery, Calgary
  • June 2018 – Guest Artist of the Month at the Blackboard Gallery
  • January 2018 – “Process ; Thinking Through” Alberta Craft Council – 4 pieces juried in
  • August 2017 – Miniatures – Betzalel Arts – 6 pieces juried in
  • September 2016 – Return – Betzalel Arts – Two pieces juried in
  • February 2016 – Renewal – Betzalel Arts – Two pieces juried in
  • Jan 2016 – Masterworks – Multicultural Heritage Center – Stony Plain AB – 4 pieces juried in
  • Oct – Dec 2015 – Masterworks – Alberta Craft Council – 4 pieces juried in
  • Sept – Nov 2015 – Medalta International Tool Show.  Two pieces juried in
  • April 2015 Artist Spotlight, “The Harmony Series, A Marriage of Pearl and Filigree” at Alberta Craft Council Gallery Shop.
  • January 2015 Artist Spotlight “ 14 New Gallery Artists” at Alberta Craft Council Gallery Shop
  • Tradition, A group exhibition of the Members of Betzalel Arts, February 2013
  •  “Sparks” Metalphoric Group of Metal Artists at the Alberta Craft Council, March 2006
  • “Melting Point” Metalphoric Group of Metal Artists at the Alberta Craft Council, June 2005
 
Media and Publications
  • In 2023, I created a series of 8 filigree “How to” videos for Ganoksin, the world’s largest online community of jewellers. These are published on the Ganoksin website
  • “A Day in the Life” with local Calgary Artist Milt Fischbein, Calgary Guardian, August 14, 2019
  • Russian Filigree DVD, Victoria Lansford, Photos of my Crown and Tiara Series featured in Student Work
  • Article about my studio, At the Bench, Bench Envy, published in the MJSA (Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America) Magazine, July 2017
  • Feature Article about me and my work, Author Sandra Montgomery - Motion Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  • Silver Slipper was selected as Student Pic of the Month and posted on the Website of Victoria Lansford- Master Filigree Artist.
  • Pieces from the Harmony Series were published in Alberta Craft Magazine Spring 2015
  • Filigree Flower Pendant was published in Alberta Craft Magazine, Winter 2015
  • “Family Series” brooch was published in Where Magazine, March/April 2006.
Teaching and Demonstrations
  • In 2024 Continued to teach online and in person filigree classes as well as a full week “in person”  filigree workshop at Summer Series, Red Deer Polytechnic
  • In 2023 Continued to teach online and in person filigree classes as well as a full week “in person” filigree workshop at Summer Series, Red Deer Polytechnic and a weekend “in person” workshop at Argentum Jewellery School in Victoria BC.
  • In 2022,  Continued to teach online and in person filigree classes as well as a full week “in person” filigree workshop at Summer Series, Red Deer Polytechnic and an in person demo session at Danaca Design in Seattle Washington and an online demo of filigree for the Florida Society of Goldsmiths
  • March 7, 2021, On Line Jewellery Talk for Silvera Jewellery School , The Ancient Art of Filigree.
  • In 2021 I taught about a dozen On Line Workshops as well as a full week “in person” workshop at Summer Series
  • In 2020 I taught 7 On Line Workshops as well as a full week “in person” workshop at Summer Series
  • Filigree Fabrication Demo – Customer Appreciation Day, Bedrock Supply, Edmonton Ab, Aug 2019
  • Introduction to Filigree, One Week Intensive, Summer Series, Red Deer College, July 2019
  • Filigree Rings, Taught 3 times in 2019
  • Filigree Overview – Presented to ACAD Jewellery BFA Class – February 2019
  • Filigree fabrication demo – Alberta Culture Days. Alberta Craft Council Calgary, Sept 29, 2018
  • Introduction to Filigree Workshop – Taught several times in 2018 in Calgary and Edmonton
  • Advanced Filigree Workshop – Middle Eastern Coils and Flowers – March 2018 and June 2018
  • Filigree Overview – Presented to ACAD Jewellery 2nd and 4th yr BFA Classes – February 2018
  • Introduction to Filigree Jewellery Workshop – Taught several times in 2017
  • Filigree fabrication demo – Alberta Culture Days. Alberta Craft Council Calgary, October 1 2017
  • Filigree fabrication demo – Art Walk 2015, Motion Gallery, September 20, 2015
  • Taught Photography for artists – Calgary, Feb 2015