Julia Obermaier
C’est drôle comme « le hasard fait bien les choses » …. Ou, il n’y a pas de hasard ….Un de mes problèmes majeurs dans ma vie actuelle est ma « distance aux gens » … trop près, trop loin, je ne sais jamais où, comment me situer …. trop au bord, spectateur, voyeur, ou trop « dedans », trop impliqué … J’avais coutume de dire à mes enfants « la liberté de chacun, c’est comme une bulle : tu as ta bulle, qui te protège et t’entoure, mais elle est fragile et se « brise » facilement. Et chacun a la sienne. Il faut réussir à t’approcher des gens de manière à ce que ni ta bulle ni la leur n’éclate. C’est ça la liberté de chacun, c’est ça « ta liberté commence là où fini la mienne ». C’est un délicat jeu d’équilibre » …. Je me rappelle, ils m’écoutaient bouche bée ….. Eh bien c’est exactement de ça que parlent les bijoux de Julia Obermaier ! « The distance between people« , the « Private space » ….. Cette découverte m’apporte une immense émotion, et ce d’autant plus que …. comment dire ? ses bijoux me touchaient, je ne savais pas pourquoi, parce qu’à priori ce n’était pas « mon genre » de bijoux mais plus un « genre », un style de bijoux, très prisé actuellement parmi ce qui vient d’Idar-Oberstein ……
Julia Obermaier – (Sur)face the space.
« Private space. Working area. The distance between people. The distance between the world and me. Space is a really important subject for me. If someone is crossing the borders of my spaces without permission, it causes a bad feeling within me. That is why I try to protect them as much as possible. But in daily life, one cannot always keep direct surroundings and personal space in their preferred way. This is because our outside world is always in relation with other people and circumstances.
To build my own spaces I cut slices out of agate or rock crystal. They represent rooms, spaces, containers, boxes or little caves. Some of my works have empty spaces with corners or nooks, while others have an inner life through engravings I cut within the pieces. I am generating space which can be filled with ones own personal feelings, perceptions and sensations. I see my work as containers protecting the innermost emotions of the viewer or wearer.
In contrast to the large space around us filled with other people, I see these pieces as a part of ourselves. They are little copies of the viewer or the wearer. The space inside is reserved for what people find within themselves. The outside surrounding, which is not always controllable for us, becomes the protector of what lies within the piece. The wearer can then decide if and who is allowed to approach the work, take a look or even touch it. The pieces embody ideas of a second skin and soul protector from the outside world. They are meant to induce a comforting feeling of inner silence for the wearer, that they can use to confront a busy world. »
Julia Obermaier Brooch: Untouchable, 2016 Agate, resin, pigment, stainless steel 10 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm Photo by: Julia Obermaier
at Marzee Graduate Show 2016: Julia Obermaier (BFA 2016 Idar-Oberstein) - Brooch « Round the Corner » • Agate, resin, pigment and stainless steel • ©photo by artist
« With her bachelor thesis Julia Obermaier delivers a statement of monumental grandeur. To do so, working mainly in agate and rock crystal, is a matter of concentration and patience as well as of spatial transition. Acquiring an extended awareness of space and volume, in the sense of an architectonic perspective, paired with an empathical sensibility for the wearers and observers body and mind, and at the same time bordering the restrictions of jewellery is a remarkable feature of Obermaiers process of work. The result is a collection of wearables in gemstone with a high quality of sensitivity. As an object, Obermaiers pieces are intriguing and inviting, as soon as they are worn and in unity with the body, they show an until than almost hidden sensuality. » / Theo Smeets
Julia Obermaier – Necklace: Come Around, 2016 – Agate, resin, pigment – 27 x 20 x 3.5 cm – Photo by: Julia Obermaier (selected for Marzee Graduate Show 2016)
« Agate is one of my most favorite materials. The huge secrecy and variety of agate as a stone and its use over centuries is attracting me in my work. Studying the layers and druses of agate amazes me and makes me curious. What is happening? What is in there? I want to arise these feelings as well in the wearers and viewers of my pieces. You can find sensitivity, strength and multifaceted sides not just in agates, as well in every other living creature. »
She is member of « Astonish », a group of young jewellery artists which are current students or recent alumni’s form University of Applied Sciences Trier, Campus Idar-Oberstein.
They were present at SCHMUCK 2016, at Inhorgenta Munich, 12–15 February 2016, at Internationale Handwerksmesse München, 24 February – 1 March 2016 -
Julia Obermaier (BFA stud. Idar-OberSTEIN 2016) • Necklace Untitled (No.3) • Agate, steel, 18k gold • 2014 • 450 x 120 x 70 mm ©photo by Julia Obermaier – #MJW16/ « Astonish »
Julia Obermaier Necklace: Breathe, 2016 Rockcrystal, silver, iron, paint, resin 33 x 18 x 2 cm Photo by: Qi Wang
Julia Obermaier Necklace: Have a look outside, 2016 Agate, iron, fabric, resin, pigment 26 x 11 x 3.5 cm Photo by: Julia Obermaier
Etudes
Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz
Hochschule Trier, Idar-Oberstein, Germany. BFA stud. 2016
Selected Graduate 2016 at Klimt02
Born in Landau a.d. Isar, Germany. 2009 to 2012 apprenticeship to a goldsmith at staatliche Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck in Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz, Germany. Since 2012 studies Bachelor of Fine Arts in Gemstone and Jewellery at University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department Idar-Oberstein. Made during her studies an exchange semester at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Lives and works in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.
Enregistrer
Julia Obermaier - Dancing on a wonky table – Necklace – Agate, resin, pigment, fabric, silver – 27 x 9 x 5 cm – 2017 – Julia Obermaier
Eva Burton – En el umbral de Xibalba – necklace – Anodized aluminium, syntetic corundum, 14 kt gold – 33.5 x 16 x 2.5 cm – 2017 – Qi Wang
Sharareh Aghaei - Untitled – Necklace – Titanium Nets, Malachite and lapis lazuli Powder, Cement, Resin epoxy – 40x17x4 cm – 2017 – Nima Ashrafi
Stephie Morawetz - Golden Look – Vagina Mirror – Olive wood, mirror Perspex, Perspex, gold plated brass – 13 x 10 x 1,5 – 2017 – photo rights Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
Stephie Morawetz - Same Shit – Necklace – Bird shit pearls (from the Shenkar jewelry department), gold plated brass – 2017 – photo rights Stephie Morawetz
GABRIELA COHN - Organic Bowl – Object – Porcelain – 14 x 15 x 12 cm – 2017
Gabriela Cohn Necklace: Bornn, 2016 Porcelain, Silver, Alpaca, Pigments 22 x 14 x 35 Photo by: Qi Wang
Pia Groh – N`7 – Necklace – oxidized Silver, agate – 23 x 6 x 5 cm – 2017 – Photo rights Pia Groh
Helen Habtay - Map and Territory-No8 Map and Territory, no8 – Necklace – Leather, Tiger Eye, Ribbon, Rubber – 46 x 7,5 x 3 cm – 2017 – Photo rights Qi Wang
