Amani Bou Dargham, selected for TALENTE 2015

Amani Bou Dargham (Alchimia) is selected for Talente with her series “WHAT REMAINS?”

[Talente-Award presentation 2015 : 14 March 2015  16:30, Halle B1 Main stage of IHM (Internationalen Handwerksmesse Munich)]

« “what remains?” is a reflection about the self we create and we communicate to others. »

“We face the deepest emotions that are hidden away,
they slip through our hands and through our head.
They present themselves as a truth.

A truth that the eyes did not want to see nor the mind to think of.

A truth that reveals all the hidden remains and presents them as a reminder of your essence.

You are a carrier.

You are the carried.

You construct the link in between.”

Amani Bou Dargham – serie “WHAT REMAINS?”

Amani Bou Dargham

Amani Bou Dargham – serie “WHAT REMAINS ?”

The steel hooks that are forged around my body are the carrier of an ‘ephemeral’ object.

They are shaped around it and exist only because of it.
However the hooks are ever lasting while the source disappears.
One will remain with an empty steel rod to carry as a reminder of what was inside it.

Amani Bou Dargham: brooch, iron, paper 

Amani Bou Dargham – wood rings (Alchimia 2012-13, 2nd year)

TALENTE 2015 – Munich (DE)– 11-17 Mars 2015

TALENTE 2015 competition –  Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich

 11th to 17th March 2015 Special exhibition Talente at the International Skilled Trades Fair. Thursday 18:00 VIP evening at the fair. Presentation of prizes on Saturday, 14th March 16:00 on the stage in hall B1

[Talente-Award presentation 2015 : 14 March 2015  16:30, Halle B1 Main stage of IHM (Internationalen Handwerksmesse Munich)]

 

Talente 2015 presents the work of 99 artists, designers and craftsmen from 32 countries in 12 different areas of production.
see selected Artists 2015 (for jewellery) : 

Sharareh Aghaei – Hazel Baker — Sofia Bankeström –  Lynn Batchelder — Amani Bou Dargham — Amy Peace Buzzard — Sébastien Carré – Katie Collins — Pia Farrugia — Elvira Golombosi –  Karin Gyllerfelt –  Elisa Sophia Herrmann — Nan-Chiang Huang — Koen Jacobs — Minji Jo — Youmi Kim – Anna Norrgrann – Kota Okuda — Francisca Onumah — Esther Suarez Ruiz — Natalia Sarrazin — Anneleen Swillen – Pei Chen Tsai — Iraida Vedriel — Aric Verrastro — Jing Yang — Tala Yuan — Jiye Yun

PS : in BLUE see the posts abouth their jewellery !

« This year the exhibition is characterized by innovative, very different works in glass, ceramics and jewellery as well as by a large selection of textiles. In addition to works that are inspired by nature – whether by plant forms or by the atmosphere and moods of the landscape – works are to be seen that are dealing with the city and try to translate its poetry and problems into a visual mode. The appeal of surfaces and the development of new techniques to enhance the range of possibilities resulted in very different works. Other topics are the definition and the meaning of home and country, problems of environmental protection and the relationship of new technical possibilities and traditional craftsmanship. The combination of various unusual ideas, of different conceptual and aesthetic approaches results in a very special and fascinating exhibition.
As in the last years, many applications arrived for Talente from the field of jewellery. The young artists show a special interest in the techniques and ideas of the collage. Impressive are the contributions of the students from Idar-Oberstein (Germany) working with and interpreting the material stone which results in very different works with diverse concerns but all of quite archaic character (Sharaeh Aghaei, Iran; Elvira Golombosi, Ukraine; Tala Yuan, China). The works deal with issues of homeland, strangeness and identity, the unconscious and magic forces being inherent to the objects as well as with the importance and the condition of civilization-creating elements in the present. All in all, this year again the general interest in the combination of different materials and for the connection of specially made parts and found objects is evident. These elements can be created into architecturally-style arrangements, extended into long tubes, combined with materials such as perspex glass or be gathered into subtle, poetic compositions. Besides the major inspiration from natural forms technical ideas play a significant rôle. Katie Collins (USA/Australia) for example works from steel collapsible necklaces and bracelets that present different stages and are inspired by machines. Unusual are Karin Gyllerfelt’s (Sweden) works in which photos of richly draped textiles are applied on metal surfaces causing a vexing trompe l’œil-effect. By means of technique and motifs she hints at the themes of transformation and transience. Jing Yang (China/Germany) deals in her « vases » not only with gender-based stereotypes of her native China, but also with the playful analysis of forms by dividing a vase shape into compartments reflecting in her pendants on the relationship of these parts.  » (Klimt02)

 

TALENTE is an international competition for young craftsmen and women in design and technology. This special show reflects the ideas of young people in the context of an experimental approach to materials and craft techniques. The best entries are awarded the highly sought-after TALENTE prize.

Young artist working in the applied arts and technology will have the opportunity to show their work in the international competition TALENTE 2015 in Munich, Germany from 11th to 17th March 2015. The aim of TALENTE is to promote young people with a particular manual talent and to show an interested audience the enormous potential which lies in the new generation in crafts and trades.

 Young artist working in the applied arts and technology will have the opportunity to show their work in the international competition TALENTE 2015 in Munich, Germany, during the International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades from 11th to 17th March 2015.

The aim of TALENTE is to promote young people with a particular manual talent and to show an interested audience the enormous potential which lies in the new generation in crafts and trades. The works will be the outcome of formal or technical considerations and experiments, showing something new and exceptional.
Participants are chosen from any section of crafts and technology. They will have made the artefact by their own hands. Age limit is set at 33 in the domains of crafts, and at 35 in the domain of technology.

Hazel Baker - (Birmingham’s School of Jewellery( BIAD), UK) – ‘Bell Neckpiece’ for ‘Mabandod and Things’ Collection © 2014

Karin Gyllerfelt - (HDK Jewellery Art Gothenburg University)

Lynn Batchelder - (SUNY  New Paltz, USA) – necklace, Sawing/Drawing, 2013, steel

Amani Bou Dargham (Alchimia) – tree rings

Amy Peace Buzzard – (Birmingham City University, UK) Forgotten shadows – 2014 – Ring – Silver, Shibuichi, Silicone and Wax

Sébastien Carré – (HEAR Strasbourg FR) Collier Inflammation, 2014 Inflammation Necklace -  plaques de cuivre émaillées, cotte de maille acier inoxydable, coton, soie, cuir, perles de rocaille  fermoir avec des aimants de Naturopathie / Copper shapes with enamel, steel chainmail, cotton, silk, leather, beads  clasp with Naturopathy’s magnets

Youmi KIM  (Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea) Root of plant 4, Necklace, copper wire,  390×160×70mm, 2014

Min-ji JO – (Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea)  2012  symbiosis NO.6

 Pia Farrugia  – HEAD (Haute école d’art et de design), Geneva, Switzerland Bulla Niteo, 2014, brooch, silver, Pyrex, Perspex, pearl, silicone

Elvira Golombosi - rose quartz, obsidian, falcon’s eye – rings 2014 – « GUARDIANS » — Series of rings-objects carved in stone Anna Norrgrann, (HDK Göteborg University SE 2013 ) – Brooches, 2014

Anneleen Swillen

Natalia Sarrazin (Colombia) – Jewellery and Object Maker -  cocoons serie -  Birmingham City University School of Jewellery, 2011-2014

Aric Verrastro Brooch: Timekeepers: Souvenir, 2014 Driftwood, steel, sterling silver, thread, embroidery floss, ink, gold leaf, acrylic paint – Piece A Day SeriesTala Yuan Neckpiece: Gold ist im Sumpf untergegangen, 2014 Silver, brass mesh, paint 25 x 18 x 3 cm

 Iraida Vedriel - brooch 2014 – Esc. Massana Barcelona

Jiye YUN Brooches 2014 – (Kookmin University)  – Diving iron, copper, enamel, epoxy on cardboard box 2014

Jing Yang , (ADBK, Munich) ,„Ich bin keine Vase », Hals-schmuck, Messing, Baumwollband, gelötet, 15x10x76 cm

Katie Collins Bracelets: The cicada and the rig, 2014 Mild steel, vitreous enamel, sterling silver 85 x 85 x 1 cm

Elisa Sophia Herrmann, Broschen. Alpaka, Kupfer emailliert, 2009

Nan-chiang Huang, MA 2014 BIAD – Untitled, 2014, ring, resin, 65 x 33 x 25 mm, photo: Nan-Chiang Huang

 

 

Talente 2015 Competition

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SIERAAD 2014 – International Jewellery Art Fair – Amsterdam (NL) – 6-9 Nov. 2014

SIERAAD  6-9 nov 2014 – Amsterdam

List of participants 2014

 

THE 13TH EDITION OF SIERAAD ART FAIR (SAF) WILL BE THE MOST INTERNATIONAL ONE YET. SAF IS THE ONLY PLATFORM IN THE NETHERLANDS WHERE PROFESSIONAL CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY DESIGNERS FROM HOME AND ABROAD SELL THEIR WORK DIRECTLY AND IN PERSON. TO ADD LUSTRE TO THIS EDITION OF SAF THERE WILL BE SOME SPECIAL EVENTS AND STRIKING PRESENTATIONS.

La liste des participants commence somptueusement !!! : « Erato Kouloubi, ALCHIMIA Jewellery school in Florence, Alina Carp, Andrea Coderch Valor ……. Catalina Brenes, Catalina Gibert,  …. Wu Ching-Chih, David Choi ……….. Dora Haralambaki, Edith Bellod, ……… Gabrielle Desmarais, George Giannoutsos, etc etc etc pour ne citer que mes préférés ……… la Royal Academy of Fine Arts d’Anvers … (voir la liste (lien ci-dessus)

ceramic jewellery Dora Haralambaki - at stand 84

George Giannoutsos at stand 1

Erato Kouloubi  -  Deconstructing the Faith Ring / Sterling Silver  at stand 1

Niki Stylianou –  » Vessels and Matter II: Metaphors on Courtship, Intimacy and Domesticy » Necklace – Hand cut rubber, silk thread, watercolor – at stand 1

Maria Tsimpiskaki, Corruption collection, brooch, 2014  at stand 1

SO, stand 1 is a « GREEK » stand, with : Maria Tsimpiskaki - Niki Stylianou –  Erato Kouloubi   & George Giannoutsos

Catalina Gibert - Serra_2014 Necklace – at stand 41B

Andrea Coderch Valor - 2011. Silver, wood (bois de violet), silk.  – at stand 41A

Liisa Hashimoto (HINGE Dept.) -  5set Red Seed Ring – at stand 48

Cecile Bertrand – broche « GUN » – at stand 74
stand 74 avec la « dream team » : Cécile Bertrand, Sylvie Jousset & Isabelle Carpentier

Sylvie Jousset -  « catch me cactus » bracelet – Argent, maillechort, vrais cactus & plantes grasses - at stand 74

Nevin Arig – brooch simple5 – at stand 71

Gabrielle Desmarais at stand 75,
sharing with Isabelle Busnel, Edith Bellod and  Eun Mi Kwon

AND

they made a collective necklace !

Isabelle Busnel sharing a stand with Mia Kwon, Gabrielle Desmarais and Edith Bellod and this is our collective necklace

 Eun Mi Kwon (Mia Kwon jewellery) – spring on skin #07 – 2014 – porcelaine  at stand 75

Isabelle Busnel - neckpiece – at stand 75

Edith Bellod – at stand 75

Wu ching-chih- at stand 18

Judith Bloedjes – ring precious triplet 2014 – porcelaine

 

Catalina Brenes  at stand 64

Alina Carp – brooch – at stand 25Lauren Markley -at stand 44

Raewyn Walsh Vessel pendant, 2012 NZ, silver, epoxy, silk thread

Eily O’Connell-  at stand 31

Han-Chieh Chuang – red brick brooch serie – silver, copper, enamel, steel wire – at stand 38

Silvia Beccaria - gorgiera Splendor – 2011 -  at stand 100

Jeehyun Chung

Karolina Bik -  ‘graphium’ ring – peridot, argent oxydé

Linda Ezerman - Necklace with a story

Linda Ezerman - new work ! – Sea Seed Brooches – Balsawood, pigment(powder), laquer and stamen -
SIERAAD 2014 at stand 53

Jillian Moore – at stand 33

Maria Diana, bracciale perle, 2013  (porcelain, stoneware, gold) – at stand 67

Mariko Sumioka

Merav O. Roth Jewelry

Yung Huei, Chao (Taiwan). « Windows Series ». Nickel silver Bracelets (2010) 

stand of Royal Academy of Fine Arts d’Anvers, with Vincent Verstrepen, Elitsa Macheva, Annika Wirken, Elya Tettelin, Josefine Mass, Mara Gabriela Grigoriu :

Annika Wirken

  Vincent Vestrepen

Josefine Mass

stand of Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, (stand 101), with :
Daria Borovkova (Russia), Amani Boudargham (Lebanon), Francesco Coda (Italy), Elena Gil (Costa Rica), Sana Khalil (Lebanon),  Daniela Malev (Germany), Lilian Mattuschka (Austria), Carla Movia (Italy), Federica Sala (Italy), Maria Ignacia Walker (Cile)

Federica Sala neckpiece

María Ignacia Walker

 

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Alchimia Graduation show 2014 – « TOUCH » – Florence (Italy) – 19-26 Juin 2014

Alchimia Graduation show 2014

Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School proudly presents Touch, Graduation Show 2014.

Official Opening with cocktail and DJ set Thursday, June 19, 6pm.

The exhibition will remain open until Thursday, June 26, from 6 pm to 9 pm.

An art jewellery exhibition that is the culmination of this year’s graduate students.

For this occasion, twelve students have based their development on personal experiences. Individual matters discuss universal subjects; in correlation to the body as a form of function and space. As a result, each body of work materializes these personalities. Hands spoke in replacement of words. While unspoken, the act of making became the way of realization. Touch is an invitation to feel. The students will be present during the whole duration of the show to talk about their work.

Curated by: Doris Maniger, Lucia Massei, Ruudt Peters.

 

Students:  Melissa Arias — Daria Borovkova — Amani Bou Dargham – Francesco Coda — Elena Gil – Sana Khalil — Daniela Malev — Lilian Mattuschka — Carla Movia –  Federica Sala – Maria Ignacia Walker.

Maria Ignacia Walker broches en metal oxidado  

 Lilian Mattuschka - it was a tree – ring – grape wood, silk
if i was a tree i would be a grape, i choose the grape wood because of his adjectives, fragile, cave and jaded because of this attributes i chose to leave the wood as it is and, by nitting, i made a structure that holds it.

Sana Khalil - huge round aluminium neckpiece

Federica Sala -  pendant – cedar wood, cotton threads – naked wood serie -

Amani Bou Dargham: brooch, iron, paper

Daria Borovkova - (RU) – « Has Anyone Seen My Phone? »

Francesco Coda – necklace

Carla Movia Selfportrait necklace 2013 iron, rope Photo: Federico Cavicchioli

Elena Gil

Daniela Malev

 

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EXPO ‘ECCOCI’ – Blue Chair Café, Victoria (Australia) – 22 Nov-1st Dec 2013

ECCOCI (« Here we are !! ») :   An exhibition featuring students from Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence, Italy.  12 Jewellers, from 9 different countries, showing a distinct range of jewellery all available for sale. Opening night – Friday 22nd November 7pm

12 Jewellers, from 9 different countries :   Amani Bou Dargham — Carla Movia — Daria Borovkova — Elena Gil — Federica Sala — Francesco Coda — Kyla Murrihy (Curator) — Lilian Mattuschka — Lucy Clark — María Ignacia Walker — Melissa Arias — Sana Khalil

  Amani Bou Dargham – wood rings

Amani Bou Dargham

Lilian Mattuschka anelli 2013

Federica Sala  Frogs. Ring. 2012. Plastic Balloon, Lattex, Silver, Emerald.

 

Federica Sala

Elena Gil, 2013  Flamboyant, Brooch. Sterling silver, plexiglass, steel and resin-dipped cotton buds.

Maria Ignacia Walker

 

 

 

 

Blue ChairCafe
611 Nepean Hwy, Carrum,
Victoria, Australia 3197 (just outside of Melbourne !)