EXCHANGE-BIJOU 1 – Marion Lebouteiller – Got the blues …..

I «got the blues» with Marion Lebouteiller, again and again … sigh ….

Elle expose actuellement à DAZZLE Exhibitions où l’on peut voir quelques-unes de ses dernières pièces en feutre … BLEU of course !

Dazzle@Oxo : We have now opened to the public at Gallery@Oxo. Come down to Oxo Tower Wharf (LONDON) to see us and visit other interesting independent retailers.

Dates 13 November 2016 to 8 January 2017.

Marion Lebouteiller – Sepiola neckpiece – Sterling silver, handmade felt.

 Marion Lebouteiller  Sepiola neckpiece – Sterling silver, handmade felt – 2016 -
in LOVE with this neckpiece !!!!

 Marion Lebouteiller –  22Towards the light – brooch – Sterling silver, copper crystals, handmade felt, gold leaf, steel wire

« Marion explores the relationship between natural and human worlds by combining silver, gold or bronze with natural elements such as mother-of-pearl or felt. …..
I am inspired by my surroundings but also by the Japanese culture and the «Wabi-Sabi» philosophy: the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. I like leaving space to the unexpected and let the materials express themselves.
My techniques include the lost-wax casting and the casting from natural items into silver, gold or bronze but also soldering, hand piercing, traditional chasing techniques…
I combine precious and non-precious metals with mother-of-pearl and textiles as I am very interested in the propensity of felt to highlight the coldness and the stiffness of metal.
 All my pieces are handmade, either one-offs or small series, using recycled or Fairmined metals wherever possible, as I am very much into the idea (and the actions) of living on this planet with a minimum impact on the environment and on the life of mining labourers. »

Marion Lebouteiller  -  ~ here is a detail of my Sepiola neckpiece  2016

Marion Lebouteiller … And the back of the brooch !  recycled silver, felt

Marion Lebouteiller - Multi-drops earrings Sterling silver.  ​Patinated, 24k gold leaf, lacquered

Marion Lebouteiller - « Sepiola necklace I » – Sterling silver, felt

Marion Lebouteiller -  2016 – Sepiola brooch with blue felt – Sterling silver, handmade felt, steel wire

Marion Lebouteiller  Seeds studs – sterling silver, blue felt

 

 

Dazzle@Oxo

riverside Gallery at Oxo Tower Wharf
Oxo Tower Wharf
Bargehouse Street
South Bank
London SE1 9PH
Opening times Monday  to.Saturday10-7,Sundays 11-6,We are closed 25,26,27 December and 1 January. Closing early at 4pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
After Christmas 11-6 daily, There will be two Private View openings on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November.

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24-hour information line  020 7021 1686

Telephone during the exhibition 07472 105423.

 

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EXPO ‘IRREVERSIBLE’ – Popeye loves Olive gallery, Athens (GR) – 2-16 Dec. 2016

Raluca Buzura Solo Exhibition

IRREVERSIBLE
*impossible to return to a previous condition

 Opening: 02 December at 19.00

Popeye Loves Olive – Art Space presents, for the first time in Greece the Romanian jewelry artist Raluca Buzura. Using porcelain as a medium, the artist is creating three-dimensional jewelry, combining the organic forms with the elements of nature. 

   « IRREVERSIBLE

*impossible to return to a previous condition
Each human being lives for himself and takes his own actions, but as soon as he does it, this action, committed at a certain moment in time becomes irreversible and makes itself a part of the history. Therefore, my whole work defines the irreversibility of the actions I chose to take and of the material itself: once acquired a certain shape, at the end of the process, it cannot go backward, it becomes permanent. »
“Nothing we do is inevitable, but everything we do is irreversible” -Joy Williams

Raluca Buzura  neckpiece   - porcelain, transparent glaze, colloidal gold

 cover of « New Necklaces » Book by Nicolas Estrada with Raluca Buzura necklace

Raluca Buzura  neckpiece   - porcelain, transparent glaze, colloidal gold

Raluca Buzura  neckpiece  – porcelain, transparent glaze, colloidal gold, leather ribbon, gold plated silver locks

Raluca Buzura  neckpiece

Raluca Buzura  brooch

Raluca Buzura  neckpiece – porcelain, transparent glaze, colloidal gold, artificial leather, gold plated silver locks

Raluca Buzura  brooch - porcelain, transparent glaze, colloidal gold, artificial leather, metal lock

Raluca Buzura  bracelet

Raluca Buzura  brooch - porcelain, transparent glaze, colloidal gold,  metal lock

About the artist:
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I attended the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, department ceramic-glass-metal, and then, from 2007,
I followed master in the same section.
During the studies, my works were in the installation area, participating in various projects and exhibitions. Since 2009, main focus becomes contemporary jewelry design.
My interest in jewelry may also come from the fact that this area has not been given much attention. Frequently, people use to see it only as an over plus brought to the human body, that has a value depending on the material used. Therefore, it was also a challenge to change viewer’s angle and to reveal an alternative, and more precisely that jewelry can be considered a work of art in its own right, having an artistic understanding, concept and message that can cover a wide range of fields. I continued to work by maintaining a preference for ceramic materials, due to the transformation of the material from one state to another: once acquired a certain shape, it can’t return to what it was before.
I like to combine seemingly fragile ceramic material with metal hardness or the warmth of a fabric, then to submit the form to compositional experiments that create the most expressive side of my creations. My work is a translation in porcelain of my personal experiences, trying to obliterate these traces during the process by simplifying the boundaries between real and abstract, in a swirl of colors and lines waterfalls from which are foreseen flashes of gold. The result of these experiences I like to think that is a legacy, a proof of my existence that reflects on the society, making it if not better, at least more beautiful and trying to rekindle the gap between public and art, by presenting a variety of aesthetic shapes and ideas that could remove it from the serial area.

 

 

Popeye loves olive
Limpona 5, Plateia Agias Eirinis,
10560 Athènes
opening hours: Tues.-Sat. 12.00-20.00, Sun-Mon. closed

 

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