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gemstones in handmade silver work. activities and jewelry cleaning. The event February 21 “Rocks & Minerals of Minerals & “Rocks 21 February The lecture includes a discussion on how Day” “Dinosaur 3 January artists can use fashion trends in jewelry. is great way to see the Museum and learn more about lapidary art.

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Regular Museum Admission All Ages - Free Admission Reservations Recommended 2009 Winter Events of Calendar December 7 November 2 “Create A Gem Tree” “Rock to Gem: Lapidaries Bill and Lois Zima of the Return Service Requested “Rock & Mineral Identification” A Fascinating Journey” Des Plaines Valley Geological Society teach how to create a small tree using gemstones Geologist Sara Johnson presents an What makes a gemstone unique among and wire. These beautiful trees never need introduction to rocks and minerals. Learn rocks? This presentation includes the water and make a great gift. to identify minerals through basic mineral geology of a gem’s formation and the Activity - Ages 9 yrs. to Adult testing. Hands on identification procedures gemology of how a gem is identified. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. include observation skills and hardness tests. Hands-on activity stations at the end of Museum Hours Group Tours Fee: $25.00 per person, Great for teachers and rockhounds, this the lecture teach the basics of gemstone Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours can be arranged for groups Museum Members $20.00 program qualifies for Boy & Girl Scout merit identification. Presented by geologist, Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. with special interests or needs. badges. All materials are provided. Sara Johnson, M.S. and gemologist, Sakina Reservations Required: (630) 833-1616 Closed Mondays. Reservations are necessary Activity – Ages 8 yrs. to Adult Bharani, G.G. Closed Thanksgiving Day, for guided tours. 10:30 a.m. - 75 minutes Lecture/Activity – Ages 16 yrs. to Adult December 14 Christmas Day, and New Years Day. Saturday Classes: October 12, 2 p.m. – 90 minutes “Scottish Jewelry” November 2, December 14 Regular Museum Admission, See the history and symbolism of Scottish Admission The Museum has facilities Admission: $5.00 per person, Museum Members Free Jewelry and it’s influence as a lapidary art $5.00 Adults, $4.00 Senior Citizens, to provide access for physically Museum Members: $3.00 Reservations Recommended form. Unique designs and the importance of gemstones such as agate, jasper and $3.00 Students & Teenagers disabled visitors. Reservations Required: (630) 833-1616. $2.00 Children 7 to 12 yrs. Scout groups require adult supervision. Museum Shop varieties of quartz will be discussed. Distinguish between antique pieces and Free for children under 7 yrs. Visit us at lizzadromuseum.org replicas on the market today. Friday is Free day. See the Museum Shop online. October 12 Members of the Lizzadro Museum and Volunteer forms are available. “Multi-strand Bead Stringing” Annual Holiday Sale Activity - Ages 9 yrs. to Adult 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. active members of the Armed Forces For those times when a single strand is not November 16 through December 8, 2013 Fee: $25.00 per person, Museum Members $20.00 enough, learn to combine various beads and are admitted free of charge on any day Become a Museum member Reservations Required: (630) 833-1616 the Museum is open to the public. chain to create one piece of jewelry with a Find us on layered look. Students will receive kits with and receive 20% off purchases. sufficient materials to complete a 3-strand YkZ necklace. Use of stringing wire, crimp tubes, 3:1 connectors and various clasps will be Shop online at: taught. Tools for use in the class will be www.lizzadromuseum.org/museumshop.php provided or students may bring their own. This Publication is printed Round nose, chain nose and crimping pliers plus wire cutters will be used. LIZZADRO MUSEUM Activity – Ages 16 yrs. to Adult OF LAPIDARY ART in part by a grant from the 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 220 Cottage Hill Ave. Elmhurst, IL 60126 $35.00 per person, $30.00 Museum Members Reservations Required: (630) 833-1616 630/833-1616 Illinois Arts Council www.lizzadromuseum.org We would like to hear from you. Please direct questions or comments to [email protected] A Bit About Scottish Jewelry An Interview with Jill Buckingham By Dorothy Asher What kind of new work do you see yourself doing in the future? Whatever piques my interest! I will probably stay with cold connections though, I don’t have an affinity for torches. I prefer wire-wrapping especially.

Anything else we should know about you? Jill Buckingham Just that I’m grateful to be a Lizzadro-represented (Gift Shop) artist now for over 10 years! What is your job, besides making jewelry? I am a pediatric home care nurse caring for medically Thank you again for taking time out to help us with this fragile children. article! No worries. What do you do and how did you become interested in Clan Tartan Pin this profession? Jill Buckingham was interviewed by Sara Johnson I’m from a healthcare-oriented family with quite a few on August 14, 2013. physician and nurse relatives so I have a BS in nursing St. Andrew’s Cross and an MBA in marketing, go figure. How long have you been creating jewelry? Visiting Artist Stones aside, the symbols in Scottish Jewelry abound with Star Brooch For about 15 years. It’s my passion. I have been all sorts of great lore about love, strength and religion. fortunate enough to (at times) make jewelry full-time, Jill Buckingham Three examples pictured here include the six pointed however not at present. The folk jewelry of Scotland, also known as Scottish Star Brooch, the symbol of the six days of creation and Pebble and Cairngorm jewelry is unique. It is an important attributes of God: Power, Wisdom, Majesty, Love, Mercy, What got you interested in working with stones? lapidary art form and it is historically significant. From a and Justice. St. Andrew is the patron Saint of Scotland. I have been a rockhound since I was a kid, when my lapidary standpoint, the jewelry is easily recognizable by St. Andrews Cross Brooch is designed with an X, as a family took a trip to the southwest US and I discovered its Scottish symbolism, indigenous Scottish stones and symbol of the X shaped cross he was crucified on. The rock shops. exquisite silver work. From a historical viewpoint, the apostle felt he was not worthy to be crucified on the jewelry was so fashionable by the mid-nineteenth century same shape cross as the Lord Jesus. The Clan Tartan Pin Do you cut your own stones? that it spread across Europe and was made in different symbolizes the tartan, a woolen cloth with a woven plaid Yes, I am an amateur lapidary, especially interested in countries. It was popular and affordable. pattern that was distinctive for each clan’s social group. agates and jaspers.

Queen Victoria, who reigned as Queen of England from Folk jewelry in Scotland has its origins in tunic brooches What have you found most challenging about working 1837-1901, was very fond of all things Scottish. She dating back well over a thousand years ago. Few pieces with stone? “Steampunk Jewelry in Stone” did not invent the jewelry. She simply adored it. And exist today that were made or worn prior to the 1500’s. Most challenging: cutting a good cab for wire- what Queen Victoria did, people followed. She was the The folk jewelry is exceptional because it had to be wrapping! October 1, 2013 through January 5, 2014 fashion icon of her time. As a result, items of Scottish functional. The style of costume at the time dictated the Illinois artist, Jill Buckingham has been creating jewelry for 15 workmanship from Edinburgh firms sold numerous pieces original form of jewelry. Later, as clothing styles changed, What influences your jewelry making? years. With a lifelong love of stones, she acquired her jewelry to the English. The English firms began to copy the styles the jewelry also developed and came to be used for First, it’s the stone, then it’s the current styles. I am and lapidary skills as an adult. Jill says “As a child my parents for sale and export. Soon the German firms chimed in ornamental purposes. always changing my look, I’ve been told I’m very took the family to the deserts of Arizona and California with their great ability to work with stone. The market creative. Right now I’m enjoying making steampunk where I discovered the rock treasures of the American west. was abuzz with Scottish jewelry until it’s wane in the The Museum’s founder, Joseph Lizzadro acquired a jewelry using semi-precious stones, I haven’t seen As an adult, I became an amateur lapidary and discovered early twentieth century. In fact, the jewelry is highly collection of over sixty pieces of Scottish Jewelry in anyone else doing it. the colorful world of agates and jaspers. All my jewelry is collectable and still replicated today. the 1950s. No doubt he was drawn to the finely crafted handmade, of my own designs.” jewelry set with agate, jasper, and varieties of quartz. The What got you interested in steampunk? How do we know which pieces are truly Scottish jewelry does not predate 1800. Most of the pieces are I’ve always been fascinated by Victorian/Edwardian On October 19 Jill Buckingham will present and antique? The proof is in the material and the authentically Scottish. Some of the pieces are made in styles and the recent popularity of the first season of “Jewelry Trend: Steampunk” a lecture on the current craftsmanship. Scottish gems have particular colors and Germany and a few of the pieces are modern and set with the PBS series, Downton Abbey (took place in the Steampunk fashion in jewelry design. Learn what influenced patterns. Scotland has all the necessary minerals to create glass. Don’t worry you won’t see those on display. Edwardian era, circa 1910), sparked my interest in the this retro-Victorian/Edwardian trend including literature, film the jewelry including the agates known as “Pebbles,” jewelry styles of the period. That influence plus the and artists. See how Steampunk is used in jewelry design and jaspers including bloodstone, jaspagates (a mixture of There is so much more to say about Scottish jewelry. If fact that I’ve collected filigree jewelry since high school where to see more of it. The lecture includes a discussion on jasper and agate), Cairngorms (smoky to citrine quartz), you are interested in learning more, there will be a lecture made the steampunk style a perfect fit for me. It how artists can use fashion trends in jewelry. freshwater pearls, as well as gold and silver. Scotland is given by me, Dorothy Asher, on December 14 at 2pm. also makes sense to me to use more base metals now Lecture – Youth to Adult – 2 p.m. – 60 minutes a geologist’s dream featuring igneous, metamorphic and We will talk about the history, the stones, the symbolism (since they are the chosen metals for the steampunk Regular Museum Admission sedimentary rock. and look at some replica pieces. Hope to see you there. style) given the exorbitant prices of precious metals. Reservations Recommended A Bit About Scottish Jewelry An Interview with Jill Buckingham By Dorothy Asher What kind of new work do you see yourself doing in the future? Whatever piques my interest! I will probably stay with cold connections though, I don’t have an affinity for torches. I prefer wire-wrapping especially.

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