Artistic gold expo to be held

JAKARTA (JP): The Italian Trade commission invites interested Indonesian gold jewelry designers, painters, sculptors and architects to take part in the second Oro d'Autore artistic gold exhibition of 1998.

This exhibition with the theme "A jewel for the third millennium" will be held at the Convention & Exhibition Center of Hongkong from Sept. 23 to 27 during the International Jewelry and Watch fair.

Every design or prototype made by artists from Hongkong, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, China, Taiwan Indonesia and Korea will be executed by an Italian gold jewelry manufacturer as a single piece specimen.

This piece will never be reproduced in series, it will become the sole property of the Centro Affari of Arezzo housed in the Museum of Contemporary Gold Jewelry Art in the city of Arezzo, Italy.

The Italian Trade Commission could be contacted at Tel. 021- 5712560/Fax.021-5713561. Entries should be received no later than Feb. 23.