Silver Triennial, 14th International Competition Award

The 14. Silver Triennal 2004 is organized by the Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau in cooperation with the Gesell-schaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V. Hanau.

The Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau (German Goldsmiths’ House) and the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst (Society for Goldsmiths’ Art) have been promoting contemporary silversmiths’ art for forty years through the organization of the Silver Triennials.

The previous Triennials have been great successes both at home and abroad.


Theme/material

New design ideas for silver hollow - and flatware are desired, no jewelry. The objects should be executed in silver; however, other materials are permitted as supplements. Students and apprentices may submit silver-plated pieces. Both one-of-a-kind objects and prototypes for later serial production are acceptable.

Conditions for participation

Gold- and silversmiths, metal artists and designers, both domestic and foreign, as well as college and technical school students and apprentices are invited to participate. Each participant may submit a maximum of two works, each of which may consist of multiple pieces. Teamwork between the designer and the executing artisan is permitted.
The submissions should be new work made since March, 2001.
The participants are required to make their entries available for the entire exhibition period.
The value of the object in euros stated by the participant will be considered as its insurance value. The insurance coverage provided by the organizers will begin with the arrival of the work/s and end with its/their return to the receiver. In case of damage, compensation will cover only the cost of the materials and the hours of work. The entries must be so constructed that they can withstand repeated unpacking and repacking.

Youth Promotion Prize

A youth promotion prize of euro 2,500 has been donated for the Silver Triennial 2004. Gold- and silversmiths, metal artists and designers, both domestic and foreign, as well as students at the colleges and technical schools and apprentices who were born no earlier than 1974 may compete for this prize. The works should be executed in silver if at all possible.Selection of the exhibition pieces and jury for the youth promotion prize

Jury

Poul Dedenroth-Schou, Museet PÅ Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark; Beate Leonards, Silversmith Lübeck; Prof. Ulla Mayer, Silversmith, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg, class for jewelry, hollow- and flatware; Observers (non-voting): Rudolf Schäffer, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau and Dr. Christianne Weber-Stöber, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst.

The decision of the jury is final with no legal recourse. The presentation of the seleted works lies wihin the discretion of the various exhibition sites.

Submission

All entries, each accompanied by a registration form, must reach the Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau postpaid no later than February 13, 2004. Submissions from countries outside of the European Union must be accompanied by three working photographs or copies as well as three copies of the registration form for each entry (customs formalities). The insurance value must be stated in euros.

Exhibitions and catalog

The selected works will be exhibited from June 6 through August 29, 2004, in the Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau.

Further exhibition sites are

HANAU, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus:
June 6 - August 29, 2004

SOLINGEN, Deutsches Klingenmuseum:
September 10 - November 13, 2004

CHEMNITZ, Wasserschloß Klaffenbach:
November 21, 2004 - Februar 28, 2005

GÖTTINGEN, Städtisches Museum:
March - April, 2005

KOLDING (DK), Museet PÅ Koldinghues:
May - July, 2005

SCHOONHOVEN (NL), Nederlands
Goud-, Zilver- en Klokkenmuseum:
July - September, 2005

ANTWERPEN (B), Provincialmuseum
Zilvercentrum Sterckshof:
October - November 2005

A bilingual catalog (German/English) with illustrations of selected pieces will be published to accompany the exhibition.

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