{{Short description|New Zealand jeweller (born 1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox artist | name = Ann Culy | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Ann Culy | birth_date = 1952 | birth_place = Lower Hutt, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = Jewellery | training = Ilam School of Fine Arts, Diploma (Fine Arts) 1973 | movement = | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = | elected = | website = }} '''Ann Culy''' (born 1952) is a New Zealand jeweller. She has exhibited widely and her work is held in several New Zealand public collections.
==Early life== Culy was born in 1952 in Lower Hutt. In 1973 she graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Fine Arts.<ref name="A+E">{{cite web|title=Ann Culy|url=http://www.artandenterprise.co.nz/jewellers-carvers/ann-culy|website=A+E Gallery|accessdate=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109041555/http://www.artandenterprise.co.nz/jewellers-carvers/ann-culy|archive-date=9 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Jewellery career== After returning to tertiary study in 1990, gaining a Certificate in Craft Design at Otago Polytechnic, Culy became a full-time jeweller.<ref name=Avid>{{cite web|title=Ann Culy|url=http://www.avidgallery.co.nz/ann-culy/|website=Avid Gallery|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref> She began working at Fluxus Contemporary Jewellery in Dunedin in 1991 and became a partner in the business the following year. In 1995, she established her own jewellery business, Lure Jewellery Workshop, which contained a shared workspace, gallery and retail outlet.<ref name=Statements>{{cite web|title=Ann Culy|url=http://www.statementsgallery.co.nz/gallery/artists/ann_culy|website=Statements Gallery|accessdate=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109041818/http://www.statementsgallery.co.nz/gallery/artists/ann_culy|archive-date=9 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her work has been included in three New Zealand Jewellery Biennials; ''Open Heart: Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery'', organized and toured by The Dowse Art Museum in November 1993, ''The Second New Zealand Jewellery Biennial: Same But Different'' in 1996, and the ''4th New Zealand Jewellery Biennale: Grammar: Subjects and Objects'', in 2001.<ref name=NZJewellery1>{{cite book|last1=Gee|first1=Eléna|title=Open Heart: The first New Zealand Jewellery Biennial|date=1993|publisher=The Dowse Art Museum|location=Lower Hutt, New Zealand|url=http://repository.digitalnz.org/system/uploads/record/attachment/725/open_heart__contemporary_new_zealand_jewellery.pdf}}</ref><ref name=NZJewellery2>{{cite book|last1=Bosshard|first1=Kobi|title=The Second New Zealand Jewellery Biennial: Same But Different|date=1996|publisher=The Dowse Art Museum|location=Lower Hutt, New Zealand|isbn=0958341419|url=http://repository.digitalnz.org/system/uploads/record/attachment/753/the_second_new_zealand_jewellery_biennial.pdf}}</ref><ref name=NZJewellery4>{{cite book|last1=Crowe|first1=Deborah|title=4th New Zealand Jewellery Biennale: Grammar: Subjects and Objects|date=2001|publisher=The Dowse Art Museum|location=Lower Hutt, New Zealand|isbn=0958341451|url=http://repository.digitalnz.org/system/uploads/record/attachment/755/4th_new_zealand_jewellery_biennale__grammar__subjects_and_objects.pdf}}</ref>
==Working process== In an interview with Susan Cummins for the Art Jewellery Forum, Ann Culy discussed her working process when creating pieces of jewellery, saying, “I do use ancient techniques in my making, they still hold fast. I mix and pour my own ingots. The rings have no solder; they are constructed simply by forging, fusing, filing, burnishing, and stamping. I like that they can easily be returned to the metal they came from with the melt of a flame.”<ref name=AJF>{{cite web|last1=Cummins |first1=Susan |last2=Culy |first2=Ann |title=ANN CULY: PLAIN GOLD RING HAS A STORY TO TELL |url=http://www.artjewelryforum.org/ajf-blog/susan-cummins/ann-culy-plain-gold-ring-has-a-story-to-tell |website=Art Jewellery Forum |accessdate=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109051215/http://www.artjewelryforum.org/ajf-blog/susan-cummins/ann-culy-plain-gold-ring-has-a-story-to-tell |archivedate=9 January 2015 }}</ref>
==Collections== Her work is held in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Christchurch Art Gallery.<ref name="Te Papa">{{cite web|title=Object: Palette Shells|url=http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/323025|website=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=CAG>{{cite web|title=Ann Culy, Shifting Balance of Home |url=http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/objects/79-32/ |website=Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu |accessdate=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109051300/http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/objects/79-32/ |archivedate=9 January 2015 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further sources== * The Dowse Art Museum; Eléna Gee, [http://repository.digitalnz.org/system/uploads/record/attachment/725/open_heart__contemporary_new_zealand_jewellery.pdf 'Open Heart: Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery'], November 1993. * The Dowse Art Museum; Kobi Bosshard, [http://repository.digitalnz.org/system/uploads/record/attachment/753/the_second_new_zealand_jewellery_biennial.pdf The Second New Zealand Jewellery Biennial: Same But Different], 1996. * Deborah Crowe; The Dowse Art Museum, [http://repository.digitalnz.org/system/uploads/record/attachment/755/4th_new_zealand_jewellery_biennale__grammar__subjects_and_objects.pdf 4th New Zealand Jewellery Biennale: Grammar: Subjects and Objects], 2001.
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