Mike Cope CV

Michael Cope
Designer & Goldsmith

A brief CV

2000 – 2008 Annual Jewellery Exhibitions
2005 – Publish Intricacy: A Meditation on Memory (poems): Double Storey
2005 – Publish Ghaap: Sonnets from the Northern Cape (poems): Kwela Books
2005 – Publish Goldin: A Tale (novel): iUniverse.com
2004 – Abandoned efforts to register for M Tech at Cape Technikon (Now CPUT)
2004 – Publish Brush Alphabet (chapbook)
2003 – Publish A Movement of Air (chapbook sonnet cycle)
2000 – Edited and published A Virtual Anthology of South African Poetry
1999 – Began process of attempting to register for M Tech, Cape Technikon
1999 – Completed RAIN, interactive graphic novel
1998 – Everybody Needs, CD
1998 – Established WWW site; Readings from Rain Live at the Coffee Lounge, Cape Town
1997 – Twins Sophie Rose & Sky Martin born
1996 – Publish back view (chapbook)
1995 – 2004 – Annual One-person exhibitions at own studio; many group shows of jewellery
1994 – One-person jewellery exhibition at SAAA
1994 – 2002 Occasional teaching including 4^th-year supervision, Cape Technikon
1993 – One-person exhibition at SAAA
1992 – Completed Worlds & Letters (novel) and for the time being (poems)
1991 – Publish Scenes and Visions (collection of poetry)
1991 – One-person exhibition at The Yellow Door.
1986 – Publish Spiral of Fire (novel): David Philip. Shortlisted for CNA Award.
1983 – Married Julia Martin, academic, writer & ceramist. etc.
1983 – Became computer systems analyst
1982 – Designed and implemented Jewellery course, Royal Crown Jewellers, Maseru Lesotho
1981 – Divorced — and met Julia Martin
1977 – Son, Jason born
1976 – Married painter Jennifer King
1974 – 1985 Numerous one-person & group exhibitions of jewellery and Sculpture in Cape Town & Johannesburg
1973 – Worked For E Plaut (Ex Bauhaus) as jewellery designer
1971 – Publish first poem (in Contrast)
1971 – Apprenticed to Franz Huppertz (Ex Pfortzheim)

Family Tree (of interest only to relatives)