Symposium Schedule

Saturday, November 22nd (11am – 8pm) 
UBC  C180

11:10am
Mike Swenson
Sponsor
Birthing the stone: a story of the jade boulder that started it all!

11:30am – 12:30pm 
Jing Zhichun 
Style, Function, and Technology – an integrated approach into the understanding of Shang jades.

12:30 – 1:15pm
Jesse Morin
Pre-contact West Coast jade trade and tools

In pre-contact British Columbia (B.C.), adzes and chisels were an integral part of indigenous peoples' woodworking technology. Nephrite (jade) was the preferred material for making these tools. Mineralogical analysis of more than 2000 of these tools and other production debris using a Near-Infrared spectrometer has identified clear spatial and temporal patterns in this technology. For more than 3000 years, nephrite tools were made by few communities living along the Fraser River, and exchanged to people from Idaho to Vancouver Island. Around AD 800, some very large nephrite celts were produced from the Lytton and Lillooet areas and exchanged to other communities on the Canadian Plateau.

Lunch Break 1 hr
 
2:15 – 2:45pm
Koshon Edzerza
Allen Edzerza
A Tahltan perspective. Creating workshops, apprenticeships and training facilities. 
 
2:45 – 3:15
BCLS & Lapidary Clubs
Facilities, Clubs and Field trips.

3:15 – 3:45
Matthew Glasby
Jade carving in North America
 
Break 15 mins

4:00 – 4:30pm
Rodney Cook
Innovative methods for prospecting and small claims mining.

4:30 – 5:15pm
Lewis Gardiner
Jade and culture, the story of New Zealand told by one of the most prominent Maori Pounamu (jade) artists.
 
5:15 – 6:00pm
Chris Dobranski
Winner of 2011WJS shares his fascinating story. 
 
Break 15 mins
 
6:15 – 7pm
Sergey Falkin and Julia Gogol
Two of the finest gemstone artists tell the St Petersburg story of art and community. (translated)
 
7:00 – 7:45pm
Christian Lorenz
The practiced skills, tradition and gemstone carving in Idar – Oberstein Germany. (translated)