Selection 4 SCHMUCK 2016 : Claire Lavendhomme

Claire Lavendhomme, le sombre et le revers …. « Sithonia 2015« 

(La Sithonie est une des trois péninsules de la Chalcidique, située entre la péninsule de Cassandra à l’ouest, et celle de l’Athos à l’est. C’est également le nom d’un dème de la périphérie de Macédoine-Centrale)

Congrats to all the artists who made the SCHMUCK 2016 list, on show at the Handwerksmesse during #munichjewelleryweek – Invited to the Internationalen Handwerkmesse Munchen  with the WCC-bf Gallery.  24/02–1/03/2016

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« le bijou voyage avec celui qui le porte/ /son socle, c’est le corps« 

« « If we may be so bold: the sharp edge of sensitivity on the one hand, the very subtle construction on the other. All of it in a sort of perpetually threatened emotion. »
JM. H. 1993
« Claire Lavendhomme plays with ‘philosophical’ notions of life by using form in an almost statistical way. Neutral form reveals something subtle, vibrant, poetic, mysterious…” FS. 2014
When is a jewel beautiful, what does it mean?
What is woven within the notion of beauty.
What do aesthetics underlie ?
I think for me, the beautiful, is to say while concealing.
Like a kind of modesty, of veiling.
The search for beauty allows for a questioning which does not require an unequivocal answer.
For my jewelry I like appeal to the senses…to the sensations .
The jewel as vehicle of intimacy, color, poetry, void, sensuality, emotion, link, silence, sensitivity, hatred, love, cries, life, death, speech, laughter, art, … » (Apparat)

Claire Lavendhomme Pendant: Sithonia Mixed media, steel 14 x 8 x 2 cm

Claire Lavendhomme Brooch: Sithonia Mixed media, silver 8 x 4 x 2 cm

Claire Lavendhomme Brooch: Sithonia  – resin, graphite, argent 8 x 4 x 2 cm

Claire Lavendhomme Pendant: Sithonia Mixed media, silver 9 x 5 x 2.5 cm

Claire Lavendhomme Pendant: Sithonia Mixed media, silver 9 x 4 x 2 cm

Claire Lavendhomme Brooch: Sithonia Acrylic, silver 7 x 4 x 2 cm

Claire Lavendhomme Sithonia 5, Brooch, 2014, silver, mixed media, 5,5x4x1,5 cm

Claire Lavendhomme – sithonia :pendentif/broche – titane-argent