Dina González Mascaró

JewellerBau - My studio / Shop

2011-11-30T08:24:00.000-08:00

Never stopped by my studio / shop?
Here is what it looks like!

Yes, My store is a sculpture
inspired by Kurt Schwitters.

2408 Main Street, Vancouver.
I'm there everyday sometimes in the mornings and always from 1pm - 6pm.

BC Creative Achievement Awards!!!!!

2011-11-30T08:18:00.000-08:00

I am honored to have received the BC Creative Achievement Award for Applied Arts at a wonderful ceremony Monday evening!

Thank you to everyone.

Now I am back to work in the studio!!!

Come and see what I am up to. New Pics to come soon.

today,nov 24 jewellerbau open 1 to 5pm NOV 25 to NOV 29 CLOSE!

2011-11-24T10:09:00.000-08:00

Come today or next week tuesday!
Thanks,
Dina

Donkeys for the Holidays

2011-11-18T08:22:00.000-08:00

Thinking about Donkeys as it snows in Vancouver!

Limited edition donkey rings in sterling silver after Lochner

NECKLACE!!! no, not a collapsed bridge, a DinaGM necklace...

2011-09-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

New Work! To be seen for the first time tomorrow night!

2011-09-14T08:29:00.000-07:00

New work has been brewing in the studio.
The latest piece will be out on the town tomorrow night for the Western Living Designer of the year awards.

Here's a little preview... of course we can't reveal the whole thing!

And Western Living MAgazine's DOTY One to Watch is....

2011-09-06T10:21:00.000-07:00

Dina Gonzalez Mascaro
Argentinean-born Dina Gonzalez Mascaro blurs the boundaries of jewellery and sculpture. The co-owner of Vancouver’s hybrid gallery/store JewellerBau, she designs architecturally influenced rings that tidily sum up her ethos, cheekily titled "Sorry I’m not an Architect, Sorry I’m not a Jeweller." The rings are their own miniature landscapes, three-dimensional studies in twisted metal. Judge Joe Mimran appreciated the industrial influence, commenting, "The raw feel to this work really lets the material speak for itself." -Thom Atkinson

See the fashion Designer of the year Winner and more on Western Living's DOTY 2011 here:

http://www.westernlivingmagazine.com/HD/0911.DOTY.Winners.Fashion.html

short listed "designer of the year"

2011-07-13T18:30:00.000-07:00

designer of the year short list

Ok something like summer is here...

2011-06-23T12:21:00.000-07:00

The store/studio will be open EVERYDAY 5 to7 PM. And will be VIRTUALLY OPEN FOR APPOINTMENTS everyday any hour, you MUST call me and ask for day and hour. The appointment is free of charge, and can be only to watch the space and pieces ...My # is 778-3167287, and the studio # 604-8727759.

unconventional rings for a most conventional committment

2011-06-22T22:50:00.000-07:00

RINGS for COUPLES!!!!! INTERLOCK YOURSELVES

Dina GM makes rings for couples. They sometimes intersect and connect reminding people of how they fit together...

{Man's jewellery} WRONGER

2010-11-12T08:56:00.000-08:00

News: WRONGER

2010-11-11T21:59:00.000-08:00

I'm putting together a line for guys, from necklaces + rings + bracelets + to cufflinks...Wronger is the name of the line . The idea behind the pieces is :I make perfect pieces and them I cut them ruffly and imperfectly...Not wrong more than wrong, WRONGER.

Jewellerbau on Main @I_DinaGM gets into the Hallowe'en s... on Twitpic

2010-10-31T21:37:00.000-07:00

Jewellerbau on Main @I_DinaGM gets into the Hallowe'en s... on Twitpic

Interior Design Show West

2010-10-13T09:48:00.000-07:00

Come and see my new work at this show: www.idswest.com
This is an interesting show because I can put together my art and my jewellery and show it in the same context.
It's a little window to my "working" brain. www.idswest.com

My first custom ring in gold!

2010-09-03T00:57:00.000-07:00

"#1gold"

18k white gold rough and ready ring.

Just found My rings in a fashion shoot by Trevor Brady!!!

2010-07-18T22:04:00.001-07:00

http://fb.me/ALEjvknd

Photographer Trevor Brady
Stylist Emilia Pelech

New pictures by Shannon Mendes

2010-06-14T13:59:00.000-07:00

check out the NATIONAL POST today!

2010-05-15T08:33:00.000-07:00

A discussion on the possibility of jewellery being art...

Is jewellery art or is it fashion? It all depends who you ask
Derek McCormack, Weekend Post
Published: Saturday, May 15, 2010

A discussion on the work of jeweller Eddie Borgo, Dina Gonzalez Mascaro and the history / evolution of art jewellery. References to Man Ray and Meret Oppenheim.

Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=3031041#ixzz0o0qeju7q

BUZZ THE BUZZER

2010-03-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

NOW TO ENTER TO THE SHOP YOU WILL NEED TO BUZZ...IN THIS WAY I FELL THE SPACE MORE A STUDIO THAN A SHOP...
I CAN BE MORE IN WORK MODE.

THE HOURS 11 AM TO 5 PM CAN CHANGE A LIT A BIT
SOMETIMES IT WILL BE LATER..,

MAKE A CALL BEFORE YOU COME TO THE STORE :
604 872-7759 0R 778-316-7287.

THANKS EVERYONE, I SEE YOU SOON....

Fashion "sorry we're not athletes"

2010-02-23T21:33:00.000-08:00

This melted medals are wearable!!!!!.
They are done in silver, each is one of the kind...
They are inspired by the show "sorry we're not....".

new rings: "hangthatbuilding"

2010-02-15T23:09:00.000-08:00

Series "hangthatbuilding"
Ring#2

New Rings: "Hangthatbuilding"

2010-02-15T23:06:00.000-08:00

Series "hangthattbuilding"
ring #1

Fuzzy Orange Photos

2010-02-13T15:34:00.000-08:00

Sterling Silver rings by Dina González Mascaró (above L to R) "cantilevered house in blue sky", "discovered structure #2", "secret modern house", "discovered structure #1", "condoVan", "serrated heavy duty"

photographs by Shannon Mendes

New photos

2010-02-13T13:02:00.000-08:00

photographer Shannon Mendestook these photos!
We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Opening thursday 11,7 PM "SORRY, WE'RE NOT ATHLETES"

2010-02-10T09:18:00.000-08:00

"Sorry, were not athletes" is a very little and polite act of resistance to the THiNG that's happening in our town for two month and which will impact our life for years to come.
The Mount Pleasant BIA encouraged us to make an event in our place, for the Olympics. For the occasion we have made buttons that read: "sorry, we're not athletes" which will be offered to the audience.
The exhibition consists of 5 objects that fall somewhere between sculpture and jewellery...
5 melted bronze medallions speak to the huge melt-down in social (where is the housing?), cultural (where is arts funding?) and even climatic expectations (where is the snow?) etc, etc, etc. The work is a reflection upon the suffering that comes when mega-events are forced upon the city.

melted medallion: LEGACY 2010 EDUCATION

melted medallion: LEGACY 2010 ART

NEW HOURS (always you can call me for appointment)

2010-01-07T15:44:00.000-08:00

Monday to Saturday : 11 AM to 5 PM
Sunday :closed

impossible

2009-11-27T08:35:00.000-08:00

new ring "old city with 2 windows"

2009-11-03T09:41:00.000-08:00

NEW

double double

2009-10-22T08:56:00.000-07:00

First: SORRY FOR THE PICTURES.
It's coming a series of double/double... This one was the first one>It didn't last long (a person enter in my store and asked me what i was doing i showed her this ring and she bought it even before it was finished...

heavy rings

2009-10-22T08:49:00.000-07:00

H. Boch in silver

2009-10-21T10:17:00.000-07:00

WWW.DINAGM.COM now I have a website!

2009-10-09T13:53:00.000-07:00

www.dinagm.com Click here!.

Vancouver Magazine!! Best Buys Oct 2009

2009-10-04T22:03:00.000-07:00

VanMag's got their eye on Argentinian artist Dina Gonzalez Mascaro!...
See my work in Vancouver Magazine Click here!.
I will be at the One Of A Kind Show Oct. 8 - 11...

at the Vancouver Convention Centre - East Building 1055 Canada Place.

Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver: Editors' Picks: Style

2009-09-25T19:06:00.000-07:00

Best place to find wearable art

JewellerBau/Gallery 42
2408 Main Street
604-872-7759

Yet another gem in the fabulous 2400 block of Main Street, JewellerBau’s sculptural handmade display cases are filled with the raw, chunky jewellery of owner Dina González Mascaró. The rings, pendants, and bracelets range from rough, abstract shapes to the most uncutesy small dogs you’ve ever seen, rabbit-head pendants inspired by Albrecht Dürer, and bulls’ heads from Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. Mascaró, an Argentinean who has lived in Vancouver for almost 10 years, claims she’s not a jeweller but a sculptor who happens to make jewellery. Also visit to check out other artists’ work she carries and to chat with her about the ideas and process behind her edgy pieces.

PAINT (PLEASE CLICK TO SEE DETAILS)

2009-09-16T11:17:00.000-07:00

EVERYBODY WANTS to... "FUCKVANCOUVER"

2009-09-01T23:45:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody.... good times are a comin'

"FUCKVANCOUVER" is BACK ON!!!!

Dina found willingness to work where there was none! The near completed works will be ready for SWARM.

please come and share in Dina's latest works... mixed media musings on her "favorite" city

"fuckvancouver"

my first GOLD PIECE

2009-08-28T11:21:00.000-07:00

SWARM 2009 SEPTEMBER 10, 6PM TO 11PM

2009-08-23T15:17:00.000-07:00

"FUCKVANCOUVER"

mixed media by DINA GONZALEZ MASCARO

pendent

2009-08-13T09:34:00.000-07:00

+ rings

2009-08-13T09:22:00.000-07:00

rings+rings+rings

2009-08-12T10:02:00.000-07:00

rubble series

2009-08-12T09:51:00.000-07:00

Maggie's pendant

2009-07-17T09:33:00.000-07:00

Tom asked me to do a pendant for his wife. They are celebrating their 3rd anniversary...
He brought me 3 rings and after a discussion about the design this is the pendant...
I hope she likes it...!

I'm the Queen the my own CastleBAU!!!!

2009-06-09T08:49:00.000-07:00

showing you my new work!

2009-06-03T08:52:00.000-07:00

Guys and girls and all in the middle rings!

my pick!!!

2009-05-28T17:37:00.000-07:00

I love this ring.
I know I will fall in love with the person who choses it...
This is a special object...

waiting for the event

2009-05-28T17:23:00.000-07:00

my Bosch's interpretations...
cooper sculptures for your neck...
pendents+chain...

JEWELLERBACK: THURSDAY 28, 7PM

2009-05-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

dog's portrait

2009-05-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

From a picture I can make your dog ON A RING
it's a way to wear your dog
This one is Lucky , Leanne and Scott's dog.

LUCKY

DINA is BACK

2009-05-12T21:16:00.000-07:00

After a month and a week in my country I'm ready to work on a new line of pieces...
On Thursday, May 28th we will be showing my new work.
THE NEW THING: A line for Guys/Girls and in the middle: They are big and heavy.
A line for Girls /Guys and in the middle : Architectural landscapes in resin .
And some unique pieces too...inspired by Heronimous Bosch
We will announce the event on facebook and here too.
And we will be sending invitations to the biggest junkies of my jewellery.
If you would like to have one please contact me.

Blue Beauty

2009-03-31T22:57:00.000-07:00

New Blue Beauty - A fabulous ring just finished!

SALE:Tomorrow last day waiting for you...

2009-03-27T21:55:00.000-07:00

SALE: last day from 10 am to 7 pm!!

2009-03-27T21:42:00.000-07:00

The sale it's going amazing and crazy

My best pieces are going one by one...
we are very happy with the sale
first, because I realized people remembered my work and came back for it,
now that the cost is half...
I'm totally inspired to do new, heavy, and huge new work!
Thanks everybody for the support and for having me
on your fingers, necks, shelves and walls...

sale!!

2009-03-25T09:49:00.000-07:00

[Next tuesday i'm going to ARGENTINA for 1 month and 8 days....
and when i come back i will have NEW pieces...]

SCOUT MAGAZINE

2009-03-19T11:26:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ THE INTERVIEW AND LEARN SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT ME

http://scoutmagazine.ca/2009/03/11/dina-gonzalez-mascaro-q-a/

Cooper dogs...

2009-03-19T11:21:00.000-07:00

From the series "pile"

2009-02-15T21:45:00.000-08:00

One of a kind silver necklace from the series "piles"
"Pile(#3)"

*i feel proud of this one...

silver cat

2009-02-06T08:56:00.000-08:00

My new animal head : a cat...

silver valentines

2009-02-04T23:37:00.000-08:00

knotted hearts for this valentines...

Or a melted heart

Or a melted knotted heart

Try your luck with these lucky dice

new boxes

2009-02-02T09:52:00.000-08:00

NEW HOURS

2009-02-02T09:27:00.000-08:00

Please notice I'm changing the store hours:

Monday to Saturday: 11AM to 6PM
Sunday : CLOSE

And always you can call at 604-8727759
for appointment
Thanks

Hearts for Valentine

2009-01-27T11:05:00.000-08:00

Some of the pieces are multiples(# of 10, 20 and 30).
Are available in copper(photo) or silver.

Mr. Valentine is coming and I'm working for him...

2009-01-22T08:51:00.000-08:00

Tell them with actions...

"The kissing bath"

"The hot sleeping bag"

A ring that says what you want...

A melting heart, a bound heart.

Have fun this Valetines...!

WITH US!

heads go like Diana's hot bread

2008-12-28T11:48:00.000-08:00

The rabbit it's the most popular (only 2 remain of the series of 10)...
Come and choose your pendant...

Window display: JEWELLERBAU second prize!!!!!!

2008-12-28T11:37:00.000-08:00

Our humbolt window display take the 2 place in the contest organized by Mount Pleasant BIA!!!!! .

one week in pictures

2008-12-08T10:10:00.000-08:00

I will be showing you different things we've been doing for the last week ...

PICASSO'S SKULL

LOCKNER'S BURRO

DURER'S HARE

ON THURSDAY: THE OPENING
PASS BY THE GALLERY AND SEE....

BEFORE AND AFTER THE OPENING I WAS CUTTING THE PAINTINGS

ON MONDAY!!! ONE CAR FOR 2 DOLLARS!!!!!( the increidible event of buying a car for 2 dollars over the cbc.)
When I'm in my store I'm working on my things , and listening to radio.
IT Was on Q I heard my friend Lee Henderson talking with Jian Ghomeshi, about his new book "the man game".
Among many things they talked about a car...A Chrysler Dynasty... that Lee received from his grandmother...
The car appears in the first chapter.
Next day on the same program, they announced that that car was for sale and they gave Lee's number out on air.
Later, I met Lee at the party of a common friend... we talked about the book ,the car...
He said it is still for sale: the price is two dollars.
i borrowed 2 dollars from my friend and i bought it...
Monday december first Lee gave me the keys and papers...
Here is a shot from that moment!!!

Thursday Dec. 4 6PM opening CUT PAINT

2008-12-01T08:11:00.000-08:00

FIVE PAINTINGS AND ONE OBJECT

OLD FRAMES LIKE POOLS OF LAYERED OLD PAINT.
THE LAYERS ARE DIFERENT COLORS
DOING CUTS IN DIFERENTS POINTS MAKES THE INTERNAL MATERIAL DROP .
THE OPENING WILL BE LIKE A PERFORMANCE OF THE PAINT.

hare-y Dog

2008-11-30T14:06:00.000-08:00

Burana loves Durer's young hare and also branches.
She has an old soul and hates wearing a collar but actually seems to enjoy jewellery!
Famous animal heads Series of 10 in sterling silver. Bronze sand cast branches, one of a kind.

See you soon.

we are back!

2008-11-25T07:33:00.000-08:00

We spent 4 days at the one of a kind show...
Now you can see our new earrings, rings and pendants in our shop on Main street...
Below you can see our little booth at the show and some examples of earrings and ring ...

One of a kind show was amazing thanks everybody for your support and interest...

NOV20 to NOV23: ONE OF THE KIND SHOW!!!

2008-11-13T09:11:00.000-08:00

We are so excited to participate in ONE OF THE KIND SHOW (Vancouver) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We hope this event will provide us with more exposure and let people know who I'm
what I do and
where they can find my studio...
At the same time the idea behind this venue sounds perfect with my production because
i REALLY do one of a kind things and I was in other fairs WHERE
you are exposed in a certain disadvantage competing with people who work with mass production
with big business where the cost of the objects are incompatible with a business like mine...
For this past month i trying to finish a New series of work done specially for this show.
These series are animals heads, but not your typical animals.
These animals heads are taken from works of very known painters, masters like Picasso,Lockner Durer.
These heads are an interpretation… i took animals from the 2-dimensional works and I converted them into 3-dimensional jewellery.
I think if people can compare an animal with the person who will receive the gift or what animal this people need i think it is the perfect choice for a special gift, plus for people who love paintings, it will be nice to have a chunk of some famous painting on your chest.
Here the rabbit of Durer

And Picasso's BULL!!!

WHILE I WORKING...

2008-11-10T09:03:00.000-08:00

LOOK MORE RINGS!

[Jewellerbau] at one of the kind show in Vancouver

2008-11-08T10:52:00.000-08:00

From nov 20 to 23 we will be participating in ONE OF A KIND SHOW
It's the first time a show have a "concept" were are I feel is were are NEED be showing.
one of a kind is one of a kind it's what I do.
We are working on a lot of things for this show.
New series of jewellery and new art work...
I hope to see you there... we have cards with a $2 dollars discount for entry...
pass by the store and get one!

Kerida (bags)Nov15/16

2008-11-08T10:33:00.000-08:00

we have our monthly event coming up next weekend.
Our friend Fabiana brings leather bags from Argentina, bringing colour to our grey Vancouver autumn.
Fabiana is launching her website that you can visit anytime now at
keridadesigns.com

madonna ring

2008-11-08T10:23:00.000-08:00

I did a ring for Madonna.
I never had a chance to give it to her...
the security guy hates me... I couldn't pass by him...
Ok if Madonna reads this now you know you have a ring waiting for you at jewellerbau
the name it's "3 wings of Icaro",
it was a ring I did before and then I did some modifications and different finishing...
this is it:

Madonna day!:Come and see my new work!!!

2008-10-30T08:52:00.000-07:00

I did a ring for Madonna tomorrow i will upload a picture of it...

hello!

2008-10-30T08:42:00.000-07:00

For long time I'm not posting in my blog.
I'm working a lot...you will see...
for now some pictures and maybe post Madonna concert
a long description about the latest news...

Joelle quality control of Jewellerbau/Gallery42 and co-owner

SuperBagWeekend!

2008-09-20T17:17:00.000-07:00

The dogs are so excited that we have Argentine leather bags in the shop on this rainy weekend in Vancouver.

Kerida is here with designer leather from Buenos Aires.
Come on over - we're here tomorrow too from 3 - 7pm!

wherethepunks? show...

2008-09-07T19:42:00.000-07:00

SWARM is HERE

2008-09-04T07:42:00.000-07:00

See you tonite

www.swarm2008.com

SWARM is NEXT WEEK!

2008-08-28T12:11:00.000-07:00

Swarm is many artist-run centres having openings all on the same night!
Swarm Mount Pleasant openings are next Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7pm!

Our Show:

wherethepunks
Dina González Mascaró
"wherethepunks?" is a continuation of González's recent explorations into demolition and construction in Vancouver. WherethePunks? is a show of photographs of houses that have been cut from Vancouver's fabric as "progress" makes its way through the city. The photos are of houses where a group of punks had been living for years and they were removed.

Check out the swarm website for more info:
http://swarm2008.com/

After the opening

2008-08-27T08:58:00.000-07:00

Thanks everybody who make it to our opening.
Come back and see Trevor's work,
and new jewellery pieces ...
We are open 1PM to 7PM monday - sat.
3PM-7PM sunday

THE OPENING PARTY IS TOMORROW!!!

2008-08-13T10:24:00.000-07:00

Are you ready to celebrate with us?
Are we ready?
Come and share Trevor's work and our new space.
The weather is fine...

Jewellerbau: NEW PLACE

2008-08-04T10:04:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Jewellerbau/Gallery 42 a little tour of images:

our front door : 2408 Main StreetOur back door: #36 Kingsway...
if you enter from the back door you are in gallery42/my studio too...
if you enter from the front door you are in the Jewellery store
on one side the sculpture is inspired by Kurt Schwitters

on the other side: display cases showing Argentinian designers and my own work.
in the middle gallery /studio are together. It's and open concept sometimes i will closed the gallery if i need it the space to do my own art...

inside the office i do my jewellery

I hope to see you soon in our space...thanks to everyone who helped us to realize our dream
Dina and Joelle

THANKS LETTER

2008-08-03T17:07:00.000-07:00

Joelle(Ciona) and me(Dina Gonzalez) we need! we must! thank everybody who helped us to put our place together.

Over all to TIM HIGGINS whom without his friendship + help+tools+magic van, we know we couldn't have done it .

Gene's cafe for your kindest friendship and for the best coffee in the city and maybe in the world!.

T.O.R. The Office Resource for donating the most beautiful glass doors for my studio.

To Rob and Patty for helping us to install the doors.

To Jean at Practicals lighting for the most amazing track lights, 28 track heads and 28 BULBS all donated to us...!!!!

To Jean Routhier and Alan for helping us to install the tracks and lights.

To Macey owner of "budgies" for being our neighbor and giving us storage.

To Lark for giving us advice and Storage...

To Dandelion Records and their landlord for donating the most beautiful light box displays...

To the guy who brought cardboard boxes(i don't remember your name) and everyone else who helped us in this new adventure !!!

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dina González and Joelle Ciona

one more big ring

2008-02-28T10:22:00.000-08:00

"Polar city" silver ring and resin by DGM

big rings 2

2008-02-28T09:47:00.000-08:00

"My tree wings" silver ring by DGM

big rings

2008-02-28T09:39:00.000-08:00

"condovan" silver ring by DGM

"condovan" silver ring by DGM

"heavy duty" silver ring by DGM

"industrial landscape"silver ring and resin by DGM

"industrial landscape" silver ring and resin by DGM

GRANDLY OPEN! ta da!!!

2008-02-15T10:44:00.000-08:00

The [JewellerBau] is now officially OPEN.
The Grand Love Launch, a performance by Biliana Velkova was the highlight of the opening.
The guests wrote their wishes on little tags, tied them to balloons and later Biliana Launched them into the atmosphere from the intersection of Main and Kingsway.

Go wishes! Go [JewellerBau]!!

Stop by to see the new jewellery work (Grand Opening Sale prices until Feb. 25!!) and resin paintings by Dina González Mascaró.

thanks to Pierre Andre Sonolet for the photos of Biliana's performance...

GRAND REOPENING: Biliana Velkova at [jewellerbau]/Gallery 42

2008-02-07T10:27:00.000-08:00

GRAND REOPENING

2008-02-02T10:56:00.000-08:00

Join us for our grand opening on Valentine's Day, February 14th, 7PM, featuring a performance by artist Biliana Velkova.
On exhibition New Paintings and New Rings and More by Dina González Mascaró.

birds fly over my new rings...

2008-01-26T09:27:00.000-08:00

come and see them: birds and rings...

A Bird in the Hand - leannej's opening

2008-01-16T00:39:00.000-08:00

The Opening was a great Success!
Come by and see the birds.and dream of holding one close

HAPPY NEW YEAR!,WE CELEBRATE IT WITH LEANNE'S OPENING JANUARY 15 AT 7PM

2008-01-07T13:35:00.000-08:00

A Bird in the Hand by leannej

(a three-dimensional graphic story)

Opening January 15th at 7pm

Runs to February 12th

At (JewellerBau)

42 kingsway

[at Main Street]

Vancouver BC

Join us for the opening of A Bird in the Hand, a new show by leannej. A bird in the hand is a three-dimensional graphic story. Known for her flowchart installations, leannej combines her odd tendency to tell stories in boxes with her compulsive need to make small hand-sized sock birds. In A Bird in the Hand, she explores the various meanings of habitat and home in her large flow chart stories.

This is leannej's first three-dimensional show which features over 50 life-sized replicas of birds commonly found in British Columbia with a few rare exceptions. The text flow chart provides shelter and places for the small birds to perch. Each bird is hand made using only recycled socks and glass beads.

Leannej is a text based artist. She has been publishing and showing text based images in magazines and gallery spaces in Canada and the US. Her first book was published by Artspeak Gallery in 2002 and is available at www.artspeak.com . Texts in this show and bird images are also on view on her blog, Birds hate us. You can find the blog at www.leannej.blogspot.com.

(JewellerBau) is the latest reincarnation of Gallery 42, owned and operated by artists Dina Gonzalez Mascaro and Joelle Ciona. They have completely remodeled their space to accommodate local and Argentine artists and showcase the sculptures and jewellery of Gonzalez Mascaro. The "Bau" in (JewellerBau) is an evolving sculpture of display niches inspired by Kurt Schwitters' merzbau installations of the 1920's.

The grand opening of (JewellerBau) is February 14h at 8pm.
www.jewellerbau.blogspot.com

Some Favorites this Christmas

2007-12-23T23:33:00.000-08:00

This silver and resin ring is from my series "sorry I'm not an Architect, sorry I'm not a jeweller"

These two rings are from my series "Heavy Dutys"

Jewellerbau Staff Training

2007-12-23T22:23:00.000-08:00

Here is a photo of Burana and Rudy (our friendly staff) learning about Jewellerbau products. Each ring has a name and a story.
Luckily blue heelers are patient, intelligent and have excellent memories. They make great employees!

Come and visit, Our friendly staff are waiting to serve you....

new post

2007-12-14T11:31:00.000-08:00

The bau is growing and seems people like it...
we are having such nice feedback...
But still we need more time
Today i will paint the walls the my bau.see you soon...
here some pics from yesterday .

first publicity!!!!

2007-12-05T22:59:00.000-08:00

Look for this image in Front magazine in January 2008
http://front.bc.ca/frontmagazine

the WESTERN front is a contemporary arts Centre just down the street from Jewellerbau

10 long days....

2007-12-03T12:47:00.000-08:00

2 the my work in silver : "Argentinian pig banks" and "God First studys for how to do a dog" in my newest box in the bau.

Burana and Rudy, our dogs, are always ready..

we are continuing building the bau...
we re having fun with it...
and we are planing to finish it (the firts face by dec 7)
This week will be crazy!

For ten days i didn't post anything.
we have some new pics and news...

The Bau is growing #3

2007-11-20T11:31:00.000-08:00

some pics of the Bau in progress...

a bit about me(DINA GONZALEZ MASCARO)

2007-11-19T20:03:00.000-08:00

I was born in Argentina, forty two years ago.
I have a masters in visual arts from the University of La Plata.
I'm a sculptor, painter and drawer.
I have been making jewellery since 1988.
For 6 years I'm living and working in Vancouver.
For 3 years I'm renting this space that before was Gallery42
and now is Jewellerbau, were I intend to show my series of work in silver,
sometimes in gold or another metals.
My stuff is waiting to find it's owners.
My objects are one of a kind, I never repeat a ring or object.
They deserve it (and i can't do it really i'm not a jeweller).