Enamel exhibition: International badge exhibition

Turrell, Elizabeth C

Abstract

Museum der Arbiet has acquired an enamel badge factory, Metallwaren Fabrik Carl Wild, which was in production between 1981 and 1989. This curated exhibition and edited catalogue by Elizabeth Turrell highlights the historic context of enamel badge manufacture from the turn of the 20th Century to the present day. The exhibition features badges designed and manufactured by 23 invited artists from Germany, the USA and UK including; Wendy Ramshaw, Professor Bob Ebendorf and Jane Short. The catalogue includes essays by Dr Juergen Boenig, Professor Stephen Hoskins and Margery Simon.
The exhibition will tour USA in 2008 and 2009, including Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, 27 February - 30 March 2008; Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, 23 September 2008 - 3 January 2009.

Citation

Turrell, E. C. (2009). Enamel exhibition: International badge exhibition. 27 February 2008 - 3 January 2009. (Unpublished)

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Conference Name: Enamel exhibition: international badge exhibition
• Conference Location: Museum der Arbiet, Hamburg, Germany; Velvet da Vinci Galleria, San Francisco; National Ornament Museum, Memphis, Tennessee; School of Art, University of East Carolina, Greenville; The Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh; Kent State University, Schoo
• Start Date: Feb 27, 2008
• End Date: Jan 3, 2009
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Keywords: enamel, badges
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1436405
• Publisher URL: http://www.museum-der-arbeit.de/index.en.html