EXPO ‘Pattern Magic’ – Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam (NL) – 21 Juin- 2 Sept. 2014

Ralph Bakker Jewellery -  Pattern Magic.

Opening at midsummer evening at Galerie Rob Koudijs
21-06-2014/02-09-2014
Saturday the 21st of June the exhibition of RALPH BAKKER will open at Galerie Rob Koudijs.

« Gold glows as if it emits light; the subtle colours of translucent enamels enrich the silver underneath. In his new work Ralph Bakker once again added new inventions to the age-old repertoire of the goldsmith. Even simple components such as the connecting rings which give a piece of jewellery its coherence and flexibility, are granted a contribution of their own. They may be united into clusters, or grace the flat surfaces of a necklace like the notes Bach wrote to a musical theme.
This time the folding of material has played an important role in developing the new work. Everybody knows the effect that a fold in a sheet of paper gives it a certain strength, Bakker applied this to thinly rolled out metal. By using folding as a visual means, he made necklaces and a bracelet that are both light to wear and sculptural in effect
As the title of the exhibition already indicates, Ralph Bakker has a great love for patterns. He gets intrigued by natures surface structures and systems of growing, and these designs may easily leave their traces in his work. In spite of their mathematical arrangements the resulting jewellery is surprisingly flexible when you pick them up. Actually that is only natural for an artist who’s pieces are always developed with the wearer in mind. Bakker is a maker of whom it is really true that his work reaches its completion when it is actually worn.«  Ward Schrijver  (© Galerie Rob Koudijs)

 

Ralph  Bakker – PatternMagic 2 – Brooch 2014 – gold tantalum – Photo Michael Anhalt

Ralph  Bakker necklace « white double lamel » – gold, silver, enamel

 

Ralph Bakker - N.T. Ring 1991 gold - Photo Michael Anhalt

Ralph Bakker  necklace 2014 – 1089  – gold, silver, enamel

Ralph  Bakker – brooch 2014 – Pattern Magic 1  – gold, silver, enamel – detail

 Ralph  Bakker -bracelet 2014 – nt  – argentium

Ralph  Bakker necklace 2014 – Magic  – gold, silver, niello, gold leaf

 

 

Galerie Rob Koudijs

Elandsgracht 12
1016 TV Amsterdam
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COUP de COEUR : LI-AN YOUNG

LI-AN YOUNG  is actually presenting her works for MASTERS at  Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.

« Inspired by the eastern philosophy of Zen and Wabi-Sabi, aesthetics of the hidden and forgotten, normal and humble, nature and the humand mind. »

Et encore une fois, des photos magiques, de Dries Alaers.

 LI-AN YOUNG  – The red thread jewelry series -  papyrus & wood – Royal Academy Antwerp – Masters 2014  – Photography: Dries Alaers

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LI-AN YOUNG  – The red thread jewelry series -  papyrus & wood

LI-AN YOUNG  – The red thread jewelry series -  papyrus & wood

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LI-AN YOUNG  – papyrus & wood – Royal Academy Antwerp – Masters 2014 

COUP de COEUR : Velislava Bozhinova, en noir & blanc

Velislava Bozhinova  is actually presenting her works for MASTERS at  Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.

Ses photos sont SUPERBES. Intriguants objets-bijoux, mystérieux, sensuels, élégants, élégance du noir et blanc, du clair obscur ….. BEAU.Séquence émotion ………..

Bijoux de la série « Adaptation 2014″, en céramique

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Velislava Bozhinova – Brooch, 7x5x5,5 cm, ceramic, silver, inox

Velislava Bozhinova – Brooch, 10,5x4x5 cm, ceramic, silver, inox

EXPO ‘BIBA SCHUTZ – Half-Full’ – Sienna gallery, Lenox (USA) – 21 Juin-13 Juill. 2014

June 21  -  July 13 : BIBA SCHUTZ  Half – Full
artist reception June 28 5-7 pm
artist talk July 8, 7pm at Brooklyn MetalWorks

(Puckered UpOne of a kind Necklace Rosé glass sterling silver9″x9″x1.5″)

HALF FULL is the evolution of the artist’s personal relationship with materials, process, and emotion. This new body of work is a dialogue on the challenge and seduction of glass and metal, the movement and communication between liquid and crystal. The visceral quality of glass speaks to Schutz’s intuitive process and fluidity of her language as an artist, a journey continually considering the body and wearability. Schutz’s pieces offer space for contemplation and places to hide—a dance between what’s revealed and obscured, porous and dense, light reflected and absorbed. Light itself becomes a material, saturated within the glass and reflected outward. An inward journey given form, the work connects fantasy and memory through the structure of jewelry and adornment.
Trained as a graphic designer and printmaker, Biba Schutz has been a practicing, self-taught metal smith and jeweler for more than 20 years. She is well known for combining unexpected materials with metal in her wearable art. In 2012, she began incorporating glass into her jewelry designs and was the recipient of an Artist Residency at The Corning Museum of Glass in the spring of 2014.
Schutz’s works can be found in public and private collections around the world including the Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; and Rotasa Foundation, Mill Valley, CA. She has received the Award of Excellence from the American Craft Council and the Award of Excellence in Jewelry at the Smithsonian Craft Exhibition. She currently lives and works in New York City.

Biba Schutz – One of a kind Brooch oxidized sterling silver & green blown glass3.75″x3.5″x1″

Biba Schutz - One of a kind Brooch Lamp work lavendar glass, sterling silver & steel2.75″x1.6″x1.75″

Biba Schutz – One of a kind Brooch sterling silver & black glass2 brooches-lamp work1.2″X1.25″x1.1″ & 2.3″x1.75″x.9″

Biba Schutz - One of a kind Brooch oxidized sterling silver & clear glass3.5″x2.5″x2.75″

Biba Schutz - One of a Kind Necklace oxidized sterling silver , black borosilicate glass 7.5″x7.5″x1.7″ (19.5″length) 

Biba Schutz - One of a Kind Necklace oxidized sterling silver, colored blown glass9″ x 10″ x 1.5″ (18.5″ length)

 

 

Sienna Gallery 80 Main Street
Lenox Massachusetts (USA)
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EXPO ‘glAmour’ – Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer (FR) – 20 Juin-5 oct. 2014

glAmour

Exposition du 20 juin au 5 octobre
Vernissage vendredi 20 juin à 18h -

Par une nuit d’été sur le toit d’une vieille maison, dans le petit village de Latour-de-France, s’est tenue une discussion avec des artistes. Nous avons parlé de l’actuelle omniprésence du phénomène du glamour – comme si ce terme était applicable au monde d’aujourd’hui. Philip Sajet a tout de suite rappelé le mot amour qui se cache dans glamour. Une idée d’exposition était née.
Afin de mettre l’amour en relief, nous avons décidé d’utiliser dans notre contexte la lettre ‘A’ en majuscule. Il ne doit pas s’agir d’un simple jeu de mots, mais de l’expression de ce sentiment profond qu’est l’amour. Quelle que soit l’interprétation que l’on puisse lui donner, l’amour occupe une place importante dans cette exposition.Par Olga Zobel Biro, commissaire d’exposition.
(Extrait du catalogue).

 

En présence de  Robert BAINES –  Giampaolo BABETTO – Peter CHANG – Gabi DZIUBA –  Robert SMIT — Daniel KRUGER — Karl Fritsch –  Gerd ROTHMANN –  Lisa Walker — Philip SAJET  

Daniel Kruger – Brooch: Untitled, 2014 – Silver, acrylic glass, mirror, pigment

Robert Baines, broche « Teddy »

Peter Chang - broche – plastique

 

 

Espace Solidor
place du Château
06400, Cagnes-sur-Mer – France
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Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (BE) – MASTERS of jewellery -20-26 Juin 2014

Jewellery Design Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp – MASTERS -

20-22 june, 23 june & 26 june

come visit us in the academy during the open door days (see left up corner for opening time)
or in the silvermuseum from 3.july~24 july …

with :  Li-An Young –  Velislava Bozhinova –  Hermien Cassiers — Hannah van Lith

 

LI-AN  YOUNG

HANNAH VAN LITH

Velislava Bozhinova  – « Adaptation 2014″

 Hermien Cassiers

 

Koninklijke Academie Voor Schone Kunsten

Mutsaardstraat 31,

2000 Anvers – BELGIQUE

In a PINKY world ….. SUGAR baby land …. with Rosie Kimber

Rosie Kimber

« For my honours project titled ‘All that is Solid…’, I produced a body of work informed by the idea of Liminality. Using fragile sugar crystals, hazy pink silicone and resin casts of the crystals, alongside precious metal I explored material and their transitional stages when they are between one thing and another. To create the permanent elements in precious metal I used wire to echo the crystal forms, abstracting them to emphasise the negative space. I then hinged these together and allowed the sugar to cluster over the joins to change the final form. By relinquishing a certain amount of control of the design process the work ended up being the result of a sort of partnership between the sugar and myself. Using silicone and resin I cast these crystals to make permanent, almost perfect copies with contrasting tactile qualities, giving the wearer something to keep hold of as the original disintegrated »

 

Rosie Kimber -  Three Brooches – Sugar, Silicone, Resin

 Rosie Kimber -  Brooches – Sugar, Silicone, Resin – back view

« My work is informed by the mystical and unknowable aspects in the natural world and the associations we make with it. I am inspired by the fragility of sweet sugar crystal structures and the unpredictable manner in which they form. Growing sugar crystals necessitates giving over control of the design process to a material which grows unpredictably. For the wearer the crystals will change as the jewellery becomes embedded in their daily life and slowly disintegrates or chips away. From the fully formed sugar crystals I play with the sensory aspects of materials, casting multiple structures from the original.
My work stimulates the tactile senses by allowing the viewer to interact with many possibilities, all from the one original crystal structure. Using silicone and pigmented resins, I make almost perfect copies of the crystals that have contrasting tactile qualities yet appear visually similar. This allows the wearer to have something to keep hold of as the original disintegrates.«   (May 2014 – DJCAD Degree Show, Dundee)

Rosie Kimber -  Brooch – White Precious Metal, Druzy Agate, Resin, Pigment  – 2014

Rosie Kimber  Hinged Neckpiece – Brass, Sugar, Paint – Sugar crystals cluster over the hinges changing the final structure.

Rosie Kimber  Brooch – Yellow Precious Metal, White Precious Metal, Keum-boo, Resin, Pigment.

Made with bursary from University of Dundee and Scottish Goldsmiths

Rosie Kimber – Earrings – Brass, White Precious Metal, Pink Opals, Paint Rosie Kimber - Earrings – gold plated white precious metal, resin, pigment – 2014

Rosie Kimber – Neckpiece – Brass, Steel, Sugar

Rosie Kimber - Sugar rings – Silver textile sugar 2-Silver Resin Pigment

EXPO ‘Annamaria Zanella & Renzo Pasquale: Oltre la materia’ – Galerie Rosemarie Jäger, Hochheim am Main (Germany) – 22 Juin-12 Juil. 2014

Annamaria Zanella & Renzo Pasquale: Oltre la materia – Jenseits der Materie

Couples in jewelry :
« Our jewelry narrates our lives, our thoughts and our dreams and our desire to turn matter into beauty.« 
Annamaria Zanella & Renzo Pasquale

Annamaria Zanella,   Fortuny Rings, 2014 – Silver, enamel, gold

Annamaria Zanella Brooch: Island of the Blue, 2013 Glass, silver, enamel, gold

Annamaria Zanella Brooch: Island og the Red, 2013 Polyurethan, silver, enamel

Annamaria Zanella - Brooch: Dahlia, 2013 – Silver, gold, niello, enamel, lapis powder

Renzo Pasquale - Brooch: Note Quadrate, 2009 – Titanium, ceramic, gold, titanium, aluminium

Renzo Pasquale Brooch: Finestra, 2008 Rock crystal, ceramic, gold, titanium

Renzo Pasquale Bracelet: Tronco Cono, 1984 Black granit, gold

Renzo Pasquale – « Olimpica » – brooch

Renzo Pasquale - Ring: Torsione, 1988 Chrysoprase, gold

 

Galerie Rosemarie Jäger
Wintergasse 13
65239 – Hochheim am Main
Germany
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EXPO ‘ « Lo Salvaje » del col.lectiu Joyas Sensacionales’ – Context Galeria, Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona) (ES) – 20 Juin-19 Juill. 2014

 Exposició « Lo Salvaje » del col.lectiu Joyas Sensacionales

Context Galeria, à Sant Cugat del Vallès

inauguration vendredi 20 juin, 19:30 / Inauguració: divendres 20 de juny a les 19,30 h.

Joies salvatges a CONTEXT !!!
Inaugurem el cicle: « CONTEXT exposicions », al nostre nou espai de Sant Cugat del Vallès.
El col.lectiu Joyas Sensacionales coordinat per Silvia Walz presenta « Lo Salvaje », una selecció de més de 30 joies inspirades en aquest tema.

 

Participants:    Lourdes Carmelo, Fátima Tocornal, Montse Basora, Begoña Prats, Sandra Llusà, Clara Niubó, Maria Diez, Alicia Giráldez, Carla García, Lola Gratacós, Nicole Deuster, Gemma Canal, Carme Roher, Stèphanie Barbié, Xus Anglès

Montse Basora – Fermall « Salvatge II »

Gemma Canal  – Fermall « Wave 1″ – coure, esmalt, alpaca

Lourdes Carmelo  – Collar  » Melodia salvaje para violín nº 1″ – fusta, vidre, atzabeja, plàstic, plata

 Stèphanie Barbié – Fermall « Salvaje I » – alpaca

Sandra Llusà - Penjoll « Lo salvaje II »  – alabastre, fil de cotó, feltre, plata

Carla García – Fermall « Salvaje IV »  – fusta, paper, pintura acrílica, alpaca – 90x60x30

 Maria Diez - Collar « Hivernació » – alpaca, pàtina, pintura acrílica, plata – 200x150x3 mm

 Sandra Llusà  Penjoll « Lo salvaje IV »   – fil de cotó, feltre, plata

 

 

Context Galeria

Calle de Viñolas 8-10,

08173 Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona) – ES

 expo online http://www.context.cat/13219/activitat/19#.U51cAXZdATB

EXPO ‘The paper talk show – paper and textile jewellery’ – Galeria Tereza Seabra, Lisboa (PT) – 21 Juin- 2014

“The paper talk show – paper and textile jewellery” opens at 5pm on Saturday, June 21, at Galeria Tereza Seabra – Studio Jewellery, with works by eight artists, from Portugal and other countries, that have chosen, in some cases more than three decades ago, paper and / or textiles as their prime material.

inauguration samedi 21 juin  17:00 – 21:00

This exhibition, the first of its kind in Portugal, wishes to emphasize the sophistication and mastery with which these artists have converted common into noble materials.

 

Janna Syvanoja (FN), Kazumi Nagano (JP), Lisa Catterson (UK), Maria José Oliveira (PT), Michihiro Sato (JP), Pedro Sequeira (PT), Ritsuko Ogura (JP) e Verena Sieber-Fuchs (CH).

 

Verena Sieber-Fuchs

Verena Sieber-Fuchs – Necklace « Springli » – chocolate paper and wire

Ritsuko Ogura – Bracelet – painted corrugated cardboard and silver

Pedro Sequeira -  Untitled (wear) – cotton, paper and body dirt

Michihiro Sato - Brooch “I don’t have an evil heart” – paper, silver, brass, synthetic Japanese laquer and stainless steel

Maria José Oliveira - “Sculpture for a body”; raw canvas, gold leaf and clay

Lisa Catterson Brooch « White contour » – oxidised white metal and handmade paper

Kazumi Nagano – Brooches – Bamboo fibre, linen paper, gold 18ct, silver, painted with « sumi »

 

Janna Syvanoja - Necklace – recycled paper (maps) and steelwire

 

Galeria Tereza Seabra
Rua da Rosa, 158/160A,
1200-389 Lisbonne

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