EXPO ‘Magic City’ – Velvet da Vinci Gallery – 12 Juin-14 Juill. 2013

Magic City
Work from Artists from the School of Jewellery, Birmingham
June 12 — July 14, 2013
exhibition catalog available

MAGIC CITY is an exhibition of current work from emerging and established artists who came through the School of Jewellery, Birmingham. Flourishing despite the recent global downturns, jewelers coming out of Birmingham have shown a resourcefulness and resilience in the making and presentation of their work. Velvet da Vinci is pleased to showcase a selection of this talented group.Contrary to the often-remarked grey of its post industrialism, Birmingham, a city of multiple cultures, has become a vibrant center for the arts. The artists of this city are forging a strong presence within the art jewelry world. They are making a name for themselves for producing distinctive and desirable work that is offbeat, loud, quiet, funny, thoughtful, unfamiliar and unabashed: The art jewelry coming out of this city is testament to the magic.

 

Participating artists:
Christiana Jöckel — Christine Graf — Emily Bullock — Farrah Al-Dujaili — Fliss Quick — I-Ting Ho — Jo Pond — Katharina Moch — Kathryn Partington — Li Chu Wu — Lisa Juen — Lydia Feast — Nanna Grønborg — Natalie Smith — Xiaohan Ren — Wen-Miao Yeh — Yi Liu — Ying-Hsun Hsu

Farrah Al-Dujaili,  « How queer it seems » brooch

 Li-Chu Wu, « Grassland » Brooch

Kathryn Partington,  « Fragments Above » brooches

Jo Pond, « Baking Tin & Grater Collection » Brooches

Nanna Grønborg, « Twin Parts » Necklace

Christine Graf, « dunkles Sinngrün » brooches

Wen-Miao Yeh, « The Space » brooch

Emily Bullock, « Moseley » brooch

Fliss Quick, « Scissors Talisman » brooch

Lydia Feast, Necklace

 Zita Hsu, « Blooms of Darkness » Necklace

Natalie Smith, « When? » brooch

Katharina Moch, brooch

Lisa Juen,  « Demons of Age » brooch

Christiana Jöckel, « a view inside » pendant

 

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