Our 4 part online conference will take place on:
Saturday 26th October 14.00 – 17.00 UK time
Wednesday 30th October 19.00 – 21.00 UK time
Saturday 2nd November 14.00 – 17.00 UK time
Wednesday 6th November 19.00 – 21.00 UK time
and your ticket will provide access to all four sessions.
I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck.
And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth.
King James Bible Ezekiel 16:11-14
Session One: Saturday 26 October 14:00 – 17:00 (UK time)
Keynote Speaker: Susan Rumfitt on ‘Power and Passion’ – Uncovering The Symbolism of Jewellery and Gemstones
Rowan Quinn, Queen Margaret University, PhD candidate: Jewellery, Gender, and Sexuality in the United Kingdom
Dr Lynne Bartlett, Jewellery designer and gemologist: The Chatelaine a Unisex Jewel?
Nathaniel Dafydd Beard, Senior Lecturer, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University: Boy in the Pearl Necklace: Charisma, Magic and Masculinity
Session Two: Wednesday 30 October 19:00 – 21:00 (UK time)
Dauvit Alexander, Senior Lecturer in the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University: “Swords into Ploughshares: Knives into Jewels”
Marija Ilinceva, independent researcher, founder of Craft Explosion: Bohemian Beads: The Glory, The Skill, The Legacy
Wafa Ghnaim, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tatreez Institute & the Museum of the Palestinian People: Traceable Origins of Coins, Embroidery & Adornment in Palestinian Headdress, (Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries)
Session Three: Saturday 2 November 14:00 – 17:00 (UK time)
Highlight Speaker: Dr Karen Perlman, Independent Fashion and Textile Historian, Researcher and Curator on Maison Lesage: Adorning Modernism through Ornamental Embroidery for Vionnet and Schiaparelli
Dr Vandana Bhandari, author and educator: Jewelled textiles in contemporary Indian Fashion
Dr Elisa Palomino, Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Arctic Studies Center: Adornments from the Sea; Fish Skins, Bones, Vertebrae, and Otoliths used by Alaska Natives
Dr Katja van der Steen, Master Tailor and Embroider, Pearl Adornments in Russian Peasant and Merchant Headwear and Accessories: History and Craftsmanship
Maria Pardos-Mansilla, Textile Conservator at the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio: A Feast for the Eyes; Conserving Ellen Terry’s Banqueting Scene Dress
Session Four: Wednesday 6 November 19:00 – 21:00 (UK time)
Shelley Tobin, Assistant Curator (Costume and Textiles) at The Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Buckle Up, relating ‘jewelled’ accessories to dress
Caela Castillo, Independent Researcher: Nancy Cunard’s Armfuls of Armour, Exploring an Embellished Enigma
Megan Breckell, Curatorial Assistant at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge: Jewellery, Agency and Design, The Self-Fashioning of Jane and May Morris
Rebecca Harvey, Cultural Heritage Curator at The National Trust: “One of the first presents I ever received from him”: Introducing the Calke Abbey jewels
