Portraits de collectionneuses …..

collectionneuses « déjantées », mes amies, mes consoeurs …..
portrait avec tendresse
Giant, bold, impressive neckpieces !

Prolific jewellery collector, Tuan Lee showcased a necklace by Adam Paxon (crafts council UK)

Anne Graham, adorned with a huge necklace of fabricated paper (Art Jewelry Forum)

Nancy Yoneyama … with Seth Papac necklace (Velvet da Vinci)

MARZEE at KunstRAI 2013 – Dorothea Pruhl necklace ‘Vögel’ Birds 2003, cherry wood

at COLLECT 2012. photo Sophie Mutevelian

Iris Apfel has bought (& wears) pieces from Kathleen Nowak Tucci

Iris Apfel – Arm candy…..the bangles or Alexis Bittar??

Sheila Hicks wearing one of her textile creations

Collectionneuse at JOYA 2012 ! collier de  Francesco Coda (Alchimia)

and .. hum ! me … with my huge Uli Rapp necklace !  (2011) – textile & rubber & screenprinting

 

 

Coup de Coeur : Ursula Woerner

Let us be SOPHISTICATED with Ursula Woerner

Ursula Woerner – sophistication (one of her series’ name)

Ursula Woerner -  sophistication

Ursula Woerner – sophistication

Ursula Woerner – sophistication

Allhough she is German by birth, Ursula Woerner spent 3/4 of her life living outside her own country. This changed her perception of her heritaged culture and origin and sharpend her vision and feeling for national identity. The collection of jewelry started in 2005 plays with some real german elements which is found in the traditional german jewelry the ‘Trachtenschmuck’ supplies inspiration. The idea of looking back at your roots without a sentimental feeling of ‘Heimweh’ and by means of transforming and using found objects the artist creates a delicate and playful new series of jewelry.

 Ursula Woerner – 2te heimatUrsula Woerner -  2te heimat

Ursula Woerner -  2te heimat

Ursula Woerner – 2te heimat

 Natural elements such as forms of leaves, stones, animal figures, shapes of islands, bones, bacterias and microorganisms fused into a new series of jewelscalled ‘flora-sierend’.
By adding other materials, drilling holes, blackening the silver, setting stones and stringing beads the objects grow out of the natural world into abstact rings, broches, necklaces and earrings.

Ursula Woerner – flora-sierend

Ursula Woerner – flora-sierend

Ursula Woerner – 2te heimat

 

 

next exhibitions

«  ..als wär’s ein Ring für mich« 
galerie B. Berndt
Regensburg  – D
12. April – 11. Mai 2013

Coup de COEUR : Évelie MOUILA

 Évelie Mouila

pieces that explore the sensation of wearing jewellery

Le corps « encadré » et tenu, avec douceur et fermeté. Le cadre met en valeur mais aussi donne à voir, pointe l’attention sur ce qui est encadré, et en même temps lui donne un « soutien », un cadre  ………

at COLLECT 2013 (at Saatchi Gallery (London, UK) From May 10 until May 13 May, 2013 ) – Project Space:  Évelie Mouila – pieces that explore the sensation of wearing jewellery. Made by Évelie Mouila, the installation combines making & visual communication. Through her practice Mouila found an unexpected solution to materialise the relation between body, jewellery & clothes. Coming from the idea that jewellery alone can be seen as clothing, she creates jewellery that dresses the body, becoming clothing, & clothing that dresses the body is jewellery.

French Jewellery & Graphic designer Évelie Céline Mouila lives in London.
Her loves are photography, visual communication and accessories.
Mouila learns graphic design in Paris at the Ensaama (National School of Applied Arts and Crafts) to become graphic designer. In 2009, she arrives in London to work at the Christopher Raeburn Studio. While on assignment she got broad fashion knowledge.
In 2011 she starts a Master of Art at the Royal college of Art in London in the Goldsmithing, Silversthing, Metalwork and Jewellery department.
In 2012, she is graduated with the show and a collection called “Juliette”. Her collection emphasizes the actual lines of the body but also create new lines and contours. She creates connections that you don’t normally think about for a piece of jewellery.
After participating at the London Design Festival, this current work will be exhibit at the “Pinakothek Der Moderne” during the Schmuck 2013 which open March 7, 2013 at Munich and at Project Space of COLLECT 2013, the International Art Fair for Contemporary Object in the Saatchi Gallery, London, on 10-13 May 2013.
Currently working alongside Hans Stofer and Michael Rowe, she is curator and visual designer for the Jewellery department of the Royal College of Art

© 2011 Évelie Mouila CÉLINE COLLECTION Photography / Design: Évelie Mouila  – My idea was to focus around the collar. How the collar can become directly my necklace

Évelie Mouila (MA)  United Kingdom, London, RCA (Royal College of Art)  -  Necklace, 2012  paper, polystyrene bead, silver  200 x 190 x 360 mm

My 2012 collection emphazises the actual lines of the body but also creates new lines and contours. It’s about an intimate feeling of wearing jewelry that only the wearer can feel. Part of the jewelry pieces have direct connection with the skin and are worn hidden underneath the clothes : the other part is the decorative element and is visible.

Évelie Mouila – Necklace & Hair Jewellery –  This jewelry reception the hair, and creates bunches of your hair. Acts as jewellery with new functionality.

Évelie Mouila  – Necklace & Hair Jewellery – This jewelry thanks to the vertical rod encloses the hair between the body and the jewellery. The hair become a flat and soft surface which reception the jewelry.

Necklace & Hair Jewellery – Évelie Mouila

Necklace & Hair Jewellery – Évelie Mouila

1er Mai – Vous prendrez bien un brin de …… ?

Vous prendrez bien un brin de …… ?

Georg Dobler brooch – 1999

Terhi Tolvanen  Brooch: Blue Poppies

Michihiro Sato – broche – papier, cuivre

Heejoo Kim brooch

Stephanie Jendis, ‘Lente’, brooch, amazonit, horn, oxidised silver

Georg Dobler brooch

Susanne Klemm, Nuts, brooch, plastic, silver

un brin de MUGUET ?

a lil’ of HAPPINESS for all of you !

Coup de Coeur : « Impossible Landscapes » by Montserrat Lacomba

« Impossible Landscapes » Series

by Montserrat Lacomba

« Paisajes Imposibles » es una serie de joyas que empecé en noviembre de 2012 y en la que estoy actualmente trabajando. Esta serie está basada en los paisajes que me rodean y con referencias a pintores y poetas que han tratado el tema del paisaje. »

« Impossible Landscapes » is a series of jewels that I started in November 2012 and continue to work on. The series is based on the landscapes that surround me with references to the painters and poets who treated the topic of landscape. »

« It is impossible to understand art separated from feelings. It is a precise manifestation of reflections to be expressed and shared with others.  Art is uneasiness.
Painter Joaquim Mir remained captivated by the landscape of Torrent de Pareis on the island of Majorca and over time he searched for places from which one could see landscapes never previously painted.
Poet Jacint Verdaguer, of whom Joan Maragall wrote “no one knows the aspect of our land more than he,” in his notebooks of excursions to the Pyrenees had annotated descriptions of the landscape, orientative sketches, linguistic observations, writings and annotations that he would later use in the “Canigó” and others of his literary works.
The “Impossible Landscapes” series is born mainly from the admiration I feel for the painters and artists who have extensively treated the topic of landscape throughout the years, since it stopped being merely the background of the picture but instead became the focus of the work.  The same holds true for my recognition of the writers who make us imagine and transport us to unknown lands that we each come to know and interpret in our own way.
When we are surrounded by the landscape, our view gets lost into the infinite where there are no limits.  When we frame a fragment of landscape through a window or with a camera, however, that fragment assumes another sense and we make it ours.  Loving the land and surrounding landscape has led me to seek new landscapes that, once captured, become impossible. I move them to small wearable pieces, like windows, that invite the viewer to imagine and fantasize. »

Montserrat Lacomba – Brooch « Mediterranean Sea » from the « Impossible Landscapes » series. 7 x 9,5 x 0.5 cm Oxidized nickel silver and enameled copper.

Brooch  « Words and Landscapes (to Jacint Verdaguer, poet) »  5.5 x 9.5 x 1.5 cm  Engraved and enameled copper. oxidized copper and silver.

Brooch  « Montsenyserrat Mountain »  9 x 9 x 1.5 cm  Enameled and oxidized copper and silver.

Brooch « Roots of the Mountain » from the « Impossible Landscapes » series. 3 x 9 x 1 cm Oxidized nickel silver and engraved and enameled copper.

Brooch  « Worked Land » from the « Impossible Landscapes » series.  4 x 8 x 0,7 cm  Nickel silver and enameled copper.

Brooch  « The Square Lake and a Window »  7.5 x 8.5 x 1.5 cm Nickel silver and enameled copper

and some « Impossible earrings » (IMPOSSIBLE not to love them !!!)

Earrings -  Enameled and oxidized copper and silver

Deborah Rudolph ON THE ROCKS !

Deborah Rudolph or the « spirit of stone »

c’est …. SOMPTUEUX !

« Stones fascinate me; they are thousands of years old, yet at the same time limited. They exist in all kinds of colours and shapes.
No two stones are the same. In my work I concentrate on preserving the primary character of each stone. I focus on the shape and the structure - the aspects unique to each stone. It is these elements that make it possible for every piece of jewellery to have its own individual character and depth, regardless of similarity in form. Under this credo I develop single pieces and small series. »

On her exhibition at Galerie Marzee 4 March until 16 May 2012
« I like the sensitive connection between humans and stones. I find it interesting that we can hang out in front of a stone for hours, just to look at it. I like the way we carry them around like treasures. I find it interesting that we trust in stones so much that we build our houses and walls with them. I like stone collages that occur unintentionally. I like the way we set stones in streets. I like how stones help us to remember, as memorials or gravestones. I like the freedom in stones and the danger, such as when someone tries to reach the top of a mountain. I like their roughness and their fragility.«   Deborah Rudolph

Deborah Rudolph (Diploma 2010 at Idar Oberstein )

Deborah Rudolph  – Kunstschnee, necklace, 2012, rock crystal, epoxy, silver, kevlar 

Deborah Rudolph  Halskette  Bergkristall, Silber (DETAIL) (exhibition « the spirit of stone« )

 Deborah Rudolph – Bergsteigerkette – rock crystals (Bergkristall) Silver and kevlar string

Deborah Rudolph broche 2010 -  ‘lichtung’ back & front – Black jade, silver, steel

Deborah Rudolph « see see » brooch – back & front

Deborah Rudolph – brooch, « Stein auf Stein 2″, 2010, stone, rock crystal, epoxy, steel – 100 x 70 mm

Deborah Rudolph – Schichtaug Blue, brooch, 2011, slate, sodalite

Deborah Rudolph – Eins drei – Necklace, 2010 Onyx, aquamarine, silver, kevlar

Deborah Rudolph « Beloved and Unloved Stones” brooches – Agate, Quartz, Boulder • Photo: Deborah Rudolph (6th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial 2012 • Nominee)

Deborah Rudolph -  Brooch: Ueberwachsen 2011 – Black jade, silver, steel

Deborah Rudolph  – Plastikader, brooch, 2012 – carneol, epoxy, steel -106 x 60 x 6 mm

Deborah Rudolph  –  « Achatmuff 2″ , necklace, 2012, agate, silver, kevlar

Deborah Rudolph  –   necklace

Deborah Rudolph  – Seenplatte  necklace

Deborah Rudolph  – Bergsteiger ohrringe  (earrings)

Deborah Rudolph- Ohne Farbe necklace 

Decouverte : Mariko Sumioka, architectured Japan

Mariko Sumioka is a jeweller based in Edinburgh.  Inspired by Japanese traditional architecture and the spirit of Zen, her unique drawings and enamel techniques enable her to explore the inspiration into the wearable jewellery.

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Mariko Sumioka « Pray for Japan » brooch

« I feel awe and respect for natural and man-made objects which have been there and lived since ancient times.
This idea is deeply rooted in my origin: Japanese culture and environments. The Japanese respect, understand and accept nature as one of their members. I am fascinated by Japanese traditional architecture, which is an essential part of human lives as a central part of a culture and a place where people have basic connections with natural surroundings.
I am inspired by Japanese unique architectural characteristics: natural materials and colours, dark and bright contrasts, linear forms, geometric shapes and spaces.
Since human beings live in architecture, there are some reasons in each element. I have researched theoretically and visually into those handed down traditions and tried to bring them into my pieces of jewellery.
My work explores a connection with human bodies and how the wearer and viewer interact with each other, themselves and the objects. Also, studying the principle of Zen and the essence of the Japanese love of nature helps me to understand people’s attitude behind their culture.
Drawing is an essential part of my creation, especially collaging. By adding elements onto others, I always find many different ways of assembling these elements in both drawing and creating jewellery. This technique also helps me to break down my original thoughts into different ideas, and to find new ideas and designs by abstracting elements.
Enamelling with simple colours enables me to explore my images of natural materials and textures which can be found in Japanese architecture. 
I have also challenged and investigated contemporary ideas of jewellery as sculptural objects or body pieces. I do not force people to wear a piece in a certain way, but want people to play with my pieces and find their own ways of wearing them.  » (dazzle-exhibitions)

Mariko Sumioka showed this bamboo brooch in her BA (Hons) in Jewellery and Silversmithing degree show at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) in 2011 -  Photograph: PR/Edinburgh College of Art

inspiration : Japan blue roofs – toits en tuiles vernissées bleues des vieilles maisons traditionelles japonaises ….

Mariko Sumioka – ‘rokusyo no yane’ earrings

Mariko Sumioka – Mosaic Brooch

Mariko Sumioka « yane » mosaic brooch

Mariko Sumioka  « Yane » Mosaic Brooch

Mariko Sumioka – broche ‘yane to michi’

Mariko Sumioka – ‘interior’ earrings – oxidised copper, copper, enamel, gold plated silver, silk cord

Mariko Sumioka ‘omikuji’ brooch

Mariko Sumioka – Bamboo Necklace 2011, oxidised copper, enamel on copper, kimono, gold-plated steel cable – 800 x 230 x 20 mm – (BA at United Kingdom, Edinburgh College of Art) (Galerie Marzee)

Mariko Sumioka -bamboo neckpiece  2011 – oxidised copper, enamel, kimono, gold plated steel cable – long 80cm (DETAIL)

Mariko Sumioka, work inspired by the architecture of her native Japan – the « tea house » series rings

Mariko Sumioka -architectural rings 2011

Mariko Sumioka – bamboo earrings  2011

Schmuck 2013 – EXPO ‘Still waters run deep’ – Goldberg Studios, Munchen (DE) – 7-10 Mars 2013

during SCHMUCK : « Still waters run deep »

The jewelry designers Kinga Huber, Orsolya Kecskés, Krisztina Stomfai and Fanni Vékony are active participants with their works of art in the contemporary Hungarian and International art scene. This year they will join « Schmuck 2013″ in Munich with an exhibition displaying their works inspired by water and the circulation of nature, together with the works of the photographer Mária Pecsics

Opening night: 7th. March 2013 16-20h
Open: 7-10 March 11-19h
We also participate in the Schmuck Show on 6th. March
The exhibition is open during the Schmuck show

  the « wave installation »

Kinga Huber – icy wave brooch – 2012 – paper, silver
Kinga Huber : Crying cloud brooch  Paper, Plexi, Silver

Kinga Huber (HU): Cloud brooch  Plexi, paper and silver

Kinga Huber Waves and Garden brooches – 2012 – paper, silver

Orsolya Kecskés – zen garden brooches – 2010hardwood, gilded silver    (and  www.orsimunkanaplo.blogspot.com )

Orsolya Kecskés : Black Sun necklace  Copper, Email, Bohemianruby

Fanni Vékony – lake ring, corian, 2012

Fanni Vékony : Waterfall  Necklace – Corian, fishing line, glass, ps – 2012

Fanni Vékony : Necklace

Fanni Vékony / Still water – Ice ring – corian, plexi, optical cable – 2012

Fanni Vékony – ring

Krisztina Stomfai – drops necklace 2012 silver

Krisztina Stomfai :  Ring – silver – plexiglass

Krisztina Stomfai : Ring – plexiglass

Krisztina Stomfai :    Ring – UV reagent acrylglas

 

Goldberg Studios
Müllerstrasse 46.
D 80469 München

Attache moi !

Non, je ne vous parlerai pas d’un film d’Almodovar, mais de bijoux ….

…………. ou se passer la corde au cou ……………..

une touche d’humour …………

Catalina Gibert L’mon 2012 Necklace

Catalina Gibert  L’mon 2012 Necklace

Mia Maljojoki – Life is juicy (galerie-spektrum) 2013

Hildur Ýr Jónsdóttir – Necklace 2010. Herend Porcelain, hemp rope

Eleanor Bolton rope necklace

Satomi Kawai   connection-division neckIII 

  Willemijn de Greef. Weavings-Series. Necklace “leguaan”. hemp rope, yarn, silver

Jorge Manilla – « Parasite of your love »

Jenny Klemming

Grace Hamilton (UK) -  handcrafted using traditional crochet and knotting techniques.

Fern Jellyman necklace

BLANC – Ephemerals de Doris Maninger

Ephemerals

« It is the fourth dimension that I am trying to explore. Through the repetition of an impulsive act I want to channel the action of forming in a performative endurance, aiming to master the senses and intellect of the spectator in a ‘hic et nunc’ continuous encounter. The one ephemeral act in the density of its perception can suspend and transform the experience of time. The inhabited form may live on or fade from existence.

This work is the continuation of my experiments in textile.
The soft and floating thread knotted, entangled, twirled, interlaced, felted….. forms a continuos cloth, a “nest” for our bodies a second skin, ornament and neccesity.

The cloth turns into “stone” and what remains is just an idea of life that has been. »

Doris Maninger – « Ephemerals » – 2012-13 – pendant, papermachè, resin, textile

Doris Maninger – « Ephemerals » – 2012-13 – brooch, papermachè, resin, alpaca

Doris Maninger – « Ephemerals » – 2012-13 -  – brooch, papermachè, resin, alpaca

Doris Maninger – « Ephemerals » – 2012-13 – brooch, papermachè, resin, alpaca

Je les ressens comme de petits personnages, qui se tournent et se retournent, n’arrivant pas à dormir, cherchant la position ….. émouvants, attendrissants (les petits pieds …), anonymes, intrigants …. si « laiteux », moelleux comme une chaussette tombée là et en même temps « craquants » comme de petites meringues …..