Mari Funaki award 2016 – EXPO at Gal. Funaki (AU) – 23 Aout-24 Sept. 2016

2016 Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery

The winners of the Mari Funaki Award  will be announced at the opening on Tuesday 23 August 2016.

The Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery is a biennial international Award that showcases excellence in international and Australian contemporary jewellery. Thirty-five artists have been shortlisted from an international field of 413 entries from 48 countries.

Mari Funaki award 2014

The selected exhibitors are:

Blanche Tilden (Au) / Céline Sylvestre (Fr) / David Bielander (CH/De) / Doris Betz (De) / Dovile Bernadisiute (Lithuania) / Ela Bauer (Nl) / Emi Fukuda (Jp) / Florian Milker (De) / Frieda Doerfer (De) / Genevieve Howard (Irl) / Henriette Schuster (De) / Inari Kiuru (Fi/Au) / Karl Fritsch (De/NZ) / Katie Collins (Au) / Katja Prins (Nl) / Katrin Feulner (De) / Lauren Tickle (USA) / Léa Mazy (Fr) / Lisa Walker (NZ) / Manon van Kouswijk (Nl/Au) / Melanie Isverding (De) / Melinda Young (Au) / Melissa Cameron (Au) / Michihiro Sato (Jp) / Nadja Soloviev (De) / Naoko Inuzuka (Jp/Au) / Paul Adie (UK) / Shachar Cohen (Il) / Sarah Johnston (Au) / Selen Özus (Tr) / Sophie Baumgärtner (De) / Thanh-Truc Nguyen (De) / WenMiao Yeh (Tw) /

Yong Joo Kim (S. Kr) / Yu Fang Chi (Tw)

 Kiko Gianocca, Veneer #2 neckpiece, 2014, wood veneer, balsawood, brass. Winner of the 2014 Mari Funaki Award.

Melissa Cameron. Piece: Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot, 2016. Powdercoated steel hand trowel, stainless steel, ribbon, various dimensions. Necklace, brooch, pin

David Bielander. Bracelet: Cardboard, 2015. Patinated silver, white gold. Photo by: Dirk Eisel

Genevieve Howard. Necklace: The Song of the Chanter, 2016. Laser cut Japanese linen paper, elastic

Yong Joo Kim. Necklace: Crossing the Chasm, 2016. Velcro® hook and loop fastener, thread

Manon van Kouswijk. Necklace: Figures. Porcelain

Léa Mazy -  Beneath the surface -  2016 – Léa is a young French designer studying at Design Academy Eindhoven.  Léa ’s jewelry collection “Beneath the Surface” is the result of a research on materials around the notions of intimacy, preciousness, fragility, surprise, but most of all on the beauty lying underneath the surface. Combined, the individual story of each broches and rings creates a personal narration and landscape.

 

Mari Funaki was a unique and passionate advocate for contemporary jewellery in Australia, both through her own remarkable practice and her establishment and directorship of Gallery Funaki.
This Award aims to celebrate Mari’s legacy by rewarding the skills and vision of jewellers both here and overseas and by providing a platform for outstanding new work to be shown here in Australia. A panel of three judges will award prizes in both established and emerging categories, with total prize money valued at AUD$11,000.

 

Gallery FUNAKI
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EXPO ‘Rêves de verre’ – Pôle Bijou Baccarat (FR) – 11 juin-24 nov 2013

Pôle Bijou Baccarat – France – Rêves de verre – 11 juin->24 nov 2013

Avec TARJA AHOLA LEHTINEN (Finlande) – MATTHEW BEZAK (USA) – ANNE DONZE (France) – DONALD FRIEDLICH (USA) –LINDA MAC NEIL (USA) – PAOLO MARCOLONGO (Italie) – EVERT NIJLAND (Pays Bas) – PAVEL NOVAK (USA) – MARKETA SILENA (République Tchèque) –BLANCHE TILDEN (Australie)

Mais aussi 6 étudiants du CERFAV (jeunes diplômés et futurs diplômés) : CHARLOTTE CADOT – MARION FILLANCQ – CLAIRE LANGE – THIBAUT NUSSBAUMER – ANGELE PARIS – LUCIE ROY

(bijou Evert Nijland)

Anne Donzé

Paolo Marcolongo – « the blow shadow » ring Murano glass

Donald Friedlich Lapis Blue brooch

Pavel Novak Intersecting Collar Necklace -Pavel Novak – Collier rouge et noir en verre optique

Marketa Silena – Bracelet sculpture de verre Evert Nijland – Collier venezia rose

Tarja Ahola Lehtinen – Collier vert intense

Blanche Tilden – Collier brunel

 

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EXPO ‘CHAINED’ – Bilk Gallery, Manuka (AU) – 12 Avril-18 Mai 2013

Bilk gallery – Chained – Thirteen Australian artists interpretation of “The Chain”

he artists have explored the theme in gold, titanium, silver, aluminium, glass, wood, recycled signs, all with an over riding link of movement as they beautifully fit the body.

Opened Friday 12 April until 18 May 2013

Movement, articulation and a nod to the historical reference to a reoccurring unit: the link. Or better than a string of pearls!
The results are as varied and imaginative as the makers, some are vibrant, others elegant and restrained with simple coloured lines.The artists have explored the theme in gold, titanium, silver, aluminium, glass, wood, recycled signs, all with an over riding link of movement as they beautifully fit the body.
A real chain of events now showing at Bilk Gallery –
Alice Potter — Blanche Tilden — Jill Hermans — Johannes Kuhnen — Mark Vaarwerk — Maureen Faye-Chauhan — Michelle Taylor — Nellie Peoples — Phoebe Porter — Sarah Murphy — Sophia Emmett — Sean O’Connell — Tracy Pateman

 

 

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EXPO ‘Wearable cities’ – Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Victoria (AU) – 31 Juill.-25 Aout 2012

Blanche Tilden Wearable cities

Blanche Tilden has exhibited nationally and internationally since 1990. Over this time she has developed a unique approach to materials, as well as a focus on repetition. A fascination with mechanical devices – fuelled by a desire to understand how things work – continually inspires her work. This understanding enables her to explore glass both as a material for jewellery making, and a universal metaphor.

She lives and works in Melbourne.

 

 

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EXPO ‘UNEXPECTED PLEASURES’ – NGV International, Melbourne (AU) – 20 Avril-26 Aout 2012

UNEXPECTED PLEASURES

The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery

A Design Museum, London touring exhibition
at NGV (National Gallery of Victoria)

Unexpected Pleasures looks at what we mean by jewellery from a number of different perspectives.  Taking as its starting point the radical experiments of the Contemporary Jewellery Movement that challenged a conventional understanding of the language of personal adornment, and looking instead at the essential meanings of jewellery, the exhibition brings together important work from around the world, and looks at it from the point of view of the wearer as well as the maker. Contemporary  Jewellery in this sense is at the intersection of art and design.

Curated by Dr. Susan Cohn for the Design Museum, London with exhibition design by Ab Rogers Design and graphics by Barnbrook.

« UNEXPECTED Pleasures, an exhibition of the world’s ugliest, loveliest, most intriguing contemporary jewellery, opened at the National Gallery of Victoria International yesterday.
 »Everything here is designed to be worn, » said guest curator and jewellery designer Susan Cohn.
Visitors took that as a challenge, moving through 180 dimly lit curiosities by the world’s most radical designers, trying to imagine what it would be like to wear a necklace of glass and ceramic dildos. Or a tubular  »veil » collar like a pearly plastic version of Ned Kelly’s helmet. Or a cluster of rusted bolts and nails on a silver  »Screw Ring ».
 »After procreation and survival, our next instinct as humans is adornment, » Cohn said when asked,  »Why? »
 »Adornment is about attracting a mate, which in turn, is about procreation and survival. »
Some humans, however, obviously require more complex, intellectual adornments than others.  »Yes, some wearers will want something that speaks that way for them, » Cohn said. Among the exhibits was a vast choice of such expression, from the minimalist exquisitry of a grey sunray-pleated yoke, to a clump of small pale  »tumours », photographed bursting through a model’s frock. The latter was in a category of radical ideas.
NGV director Gerard Vaughan said the exhibition offered  »a fresh view of the many meanings associated with jewellery ».
The visiting director of London’s Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic, said it was the result of a  »long, drawn-out, cerebral process », and that is precisely how it felt.
Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, is a Design Museum, London, exhibition funded by the Joan and Peter Clemenger Trust.
It is free and runs until August 26, when it will travel to London. (Daily Life.com.au)

Art and design come together through its exploration of the radical experiments of contemporary jewelers who have pushed the boundaries. Navigate your way through the labyrinth of themes; Worn Out (celebrating the experience of wearing jewellery), Linking Links (looks at the way in which narratives are expressed through sub-themes and creative systems) and A Fine Line (offers insight into the origins of contemporary jewellery today) in an exhibition that is not to be missed.

Camilla Prasch – MEGA 2009 – red dyed snap fasteners, nylon thread, silicone discs – Photo: Dorte Krogh

Sally Marsland (AU) – Flat colour, brooches (2002) – epoxy resin mixed with powdered pigment - Photo: Jeremy Dillon

Doug Bucci, USA, Trans-Hematopoietic neckpiece (2010).

Susie Ganch, USA, Yellow dust, brooch (2010)

David Bielander, Scampi, armband/bracelet, 2007

Karl Fritsch Screw ring 2010 silver, nails, screws

 

Karl Fritsch, New Zealand, Steinhaufen, ring 2004

Hyewon Kim -  Torn 1 (2011) – resin, twigs Photo: Myoungwook Huh

Tiffany Parbs – Extension (2008) – hand woven hair, digital print – photo Terence Bogue

Caroline Broadhead, England, Veil, necklace (1983).

Susanne Klemm, « Frozen » necklace, plastic

Blanche TILDEN – Speed, neckpiece  2000  borosilicate glass, titanium, anodised aluminium

Paul Derrez  Pleated Collar  1982  Plastic, steel 

Felieke van der Leest – necklace

Rose necklace by Gijs Bakker: Colour photograph in laminated plastic (1983) 

Dorothea Prühl Habicht (Hawk), 2006 necklace, elm wood – H 40 cm

Noon Passama, Brooch, 2010

 

First on show at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 20 April – 26 August 2012, this exhibition will also tour to the Design Museum in London, 5 Dec 2012 – 3 Mar 2013. Melbourne based designer and maker Dr. Susan Cohn (interview with The Age) has curated this exhibition for the Design Museum and is also co-author of the substantial catalogue documenting this event as well contributing to the discussion about contemporary design and making.

 

 

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THANKS to  Marta Miguel Martínez-Soria page/selection on Pinterest, about blue jewellery !!!! it was the departure for this ….. blue OCEAN !! or, to be more in the « intellectual » actuality, « 99 shades of … BLUE » !!

 

Giorgio Vigna – gorgoglio – vetro

Arthur Hash  Blue Wave (cast polyurethane)

Donald FRIEDLICH  (gal. Loupe) – brooch ‘Translucence’ series – glass, 18k & 14k gold, diamond
Gésine Hackenberg- Table Glass: Dutch/Finnish Still Life, Brooch

Gésine Hackenberg Double Glass Still life Brooch- Finnish table glass (vintage by Itala); cut and ground

Giampaolo Babetto – Brosche

Graziano Visintin – broche – or, argent, niellage – 2009 

  
Graziano Visintin – Brooch, 2006 – 18k gold, enamel, gold leaf  (The David Collection)

Lisa JUEN – ‘don’t dream it wear it’ – blue brooch or necklace- Lasercut Stainless Steel, CZ, LED, LED Screen, Plastic, Cable, Light Switch, Battery

Maria Rosa Franzin brooch

Pilar Garrigosa brooch

Julia deVille (AU) – ‘Mechanical Wing’ brooch, Kingfisher Wing, silver

Luis Acosta – paper bracelet

Märta Mattsson

Rallou Katsari - ‘whispering loud’ ring

Aline Berdichevsky – brooches “Reconstructio »

Benedikt Fischer – brooches

Christian Astuguevieille – Bracelet éponge bleue (La Piscine, Roubaix – don de l’artiste en 1995)

Stefano Poletti- Collier en éponge naturelle teintée et perle recouverte de feuille d’or monté sur fil d’or

Nel Linssen – blue bangle – paper

Ute Eitzenhöfer – brooch – Mixed media (labradorite)

Eleanor Bolton – blue(s) necklaces

Coco Dunmire  necklace

Tabea Reuleake – ring

Birgit Skolimowski (EE)

Estela Saez “Good by(e) nest.” serie  2008- ‘SEPIA’ – silver/wool/fabrics/paint

Carolina Gimeno- portable objects

Carolina Gimeno-‘Phacella Congesta’ from Portable Objects 2010 – brooch

Carolina Gimeno- ‘Zurciendo cuerpos sobre el mapa’ 2009 – Brooch – Copper, Vitreus Enamel, wood, silver , steel

Carolina Gimeno (Chili) – série “dibujando en el espacio”

Flora Vagi – curious wish – brooch

Susie Ganch – blue dust enamel brooch

Flora Vagi -azur reverse necklace – ebony, silk, cord enamel,18 ct gold – 2005

Stacey Bentley brooch – enamel

Blanche Tilden – “Compress” necklace - glass

Christophe Marguier – ‘esperance de vie de l’homme’ necklace- plastic, silver, steel

Gulnur OZDAGLAR – PET jewelry

Gulnur OZDAGLAR – PET jewelry necklace

Catherine Jacquet – collier cascade – plastiques

Barbara PAGANIN (IT) broche ‘fiore di luce’ – verre  (Galerie SLAVIK)

GIIA (IT) “blue wave” felt neckpiece

Camilla Teglio – « Mimesi n2″  Collana : legno, carta giapponese, argento, colore

 Lucia Massei - pendant ‘Comunque e sempre’ 18kt yellow gold, silver, iron, ruby, black spinels 2009

 Lucia Massei -  bague « la bella adormentata »

Mirla Fernandes- Herança necklace- latex,paint, porcelain – 2006

Peter  Hoogeboom – chainmail porcelain necklaces

Liana Pattihis  - Blue Circle Brooch 2007 – Silver, copper, enamel stainless steel – Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s Painting ‘Blue Circle’

Liana Pattihis - Brooch: Blue Istos 02 2010 -silver Light Trace Chain, Copper, Enamel, St. Steel

Viktoria Münzker- Kollektion PARADISO

Mirjam Hiller - Catopsia – brooch – stainless steel powdercoating, titanium

Sari Liimatta « The Costume I », necklace, 2006 glass beads, fresh water pearls, metal, plastic toy

Mia Maljojoki - 2010 (Photo: Mirei Takeuchi)

Sara Borgegård  2009 necklace, wood, paint, iron, cotton

Sara Borgegård necklace

Yuri Bylkov - ring- metal, paper, acrylic – 2009

Alexis Kostuk – “high gear” brooch- copper, which I used a patina on to darken, pearls & gem beads, sterling silver ball chain, resin, and flocking.

Denise Julia Reytan

Denise Julia Reytan- “Snapshots”

Dora Haralambaki - ceramic ring

Edith Bellod - collier en porcelaine de limoges : “kaléidoscope”

Annamaria Zanella – brooch

Andi Gut - ring

Tanel Veenre – “Orden for the one who is arriving”

Helfried Kodré - brooch

Helfried Kodré - ring, silver, lapislazuli – ring, gold, silver, turquoise, bronze, 2007

Aldo Mondino, BIC – cristallo di rocca, lapislazzuli e tappo in oro smaltato blu, esemplare unico – 2008

Aldo Mondino, BIC necklace

Paweł Kaczyński

Paweł Kaczyński – Silver and Steel Water Bracelet

Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton - restriction 3 – conceptual textile

Jean-Pierre Dussaillant- Bague “Cactus”

Anya Kivarkis – copper, silver, enamel brooch

Emiko Oye – duchess2_ Necklace from My First Royal Jewels Jewellery Collection. Repurposed LEGO necklace inspired by Cartier’s diamond, emerald and platinum necklace, and Harry Winston’s pendant, 1960. emiko-o 2008.

Enrica Prazzoli – Ives Klein (Alchimia – 2011)

Enrica Prazzoli – (from Alchimia) blue Klein collection rings 

Floor Mommersteeg – Pebble-necklace, nylon

Floor Mommersteeg – broche

Hana Karim  Ceramic Jewelry

Helen Britton – brooch 

Hanna Liljenberg -  Quinault 3, halssmycke järn, oljefärg, lintråd, silver

Babette Egerland- ring “Ballonschmuck” 925 Ag rhodiniert

Farah Bandookwala (UK) – blue hair brooch

Mikiko Minewaki- ‘toy-camera’ necklace

Katie Schutte – Cluster necklace – crocheted, electroformed, and powdercoated found wire, cubic zirconia

Shannon Carney ring

Kath Inglis  “Blue Pollinator” Brooch

Akiko Ban- collar – 2010  (from Alchimia)

Jillian Moore -  brooch-pendant ‘Cucurbits’ 2008 Fiberglass, resin, copper, paint, felt

Joanna Gollberg - prong series blue brooch

Sayumi Yokouchi - ‘Layered’ Brooch in plastic, silk thread, and stainless steel.

Karin Kato – ‘QU4DRO’ Brooch in sand, resin, and silver

Silvia Walz – “Under water” brooch-  Series: Burbujas   – silver, copper, resine, enamel, glas – 2010

Silvia Walz La visionaria (Geometria Series) Brooch

Tobias Alm - Summer series 2009 Necklace. Cotton, wood, paint

Jessica Calderwood - ‘Portrait of an Eye’ Brooch/Pendant – Enamel on copper, sterling, stainless steel

Gésine Hackenberg  – ‘blue white ruins’ ring

Carola Bauer necklace – Silver, enamel

Jacqueline Ryan 18kt gold and vitreous enamel brooch

Jean-François PEREÑA -  bracelet -cuir, lapis-lazuli, nacre, plexiglas (bleu), argent

Patricia Lemaire – Aspara la Bleue 1- 1999 défilé Lapidus

Anne Goldfarb – OUT OF AFRICA – Collier Soie, Argent, Fil d’aluminium – Afedap 2011

Andrea Janosik- Blue Brooch - sIlver and suede - 2007

Sue GREGOR – cuff

Gijs Bakker- Bracelet « Porsche bracelet » stéréolithographie, polyuréthane -, 2000

David Bielander – Enzian Brooch – titanium

Sam Tho Duong

Hanneke Paumen (NL) – Tulle blauw Collar (detail)- felt

Kate Bauman  - barnacle no.9 (ring) – enamel, copper, sterling silver

Anthony Tammaro – « neck object » – Gypsum/Epoxy/Silicone

Farah Bandookwala (UK) http://www.farahb.com- Parasite series: magnetic brooches – Rapid prototyped nylon, stainless steel, dye, rare earth magnets. Collection of brooches with interchangable magnetic backs

Melissa TOLAR  - Enamel, hand-cast gems, and pearl jewelry

Mirla Fernandes

Mirla Fernandes ring

Ralph Bakker “the Fly” – earrings

Yoko Shimizu – necklace – resin, pigment, silver

Yoko Shimizu  (from Alchimia school), necklace from the « transformation » series – 2010

Celio Braga, Brazil (Think Twice: New Latin American Jewellery exhibition)

Marta Mattsson- The Human Touch – Cricket brooch

Susanne Elstner, brosche

Farrah Al-Dujaili – Necklace – Copper, enamel paint, watercolour pencil, thread – 2010

Carolina Gimeno (Chile) resinas – bracelet

Shannon Carney – medium collar resin necklace

Helena Lehtinen- Gardens Collection, Blue brooch, 2011 Wood, thread, beads

MARIJKE DE GOEY – 1999 – Pièce unique. BAGUE « Curly » en or or et titane à patine bleue

Mirjam Hiller  brooch

Gemma Draper, Barcelona- brooch

Nora Fok  ring

Paolo Scura - ring 

COUP de COEUR ! les bijoux en VERRE de Blanche TILDEN

Blanche Tilden – « Compress » necklace
« Night Rider Whole » necklace  – glass, anodised aluminium 

« Hope Bandolier » necklace
« Graded Vertebrea » 

Blanche’s initial interest in systems such as pulleys, chains and cogs –  the mechanics that drove the modern era – have grown into a more abstracted, less literal engagement with repetition and gradation.
Des couleurs sublimes , comme le verre sait les donner, intenses, denses, et transparentes en même temps, et un étonnant travail de la chaine -avec un amour particulier pour la chaine de vélo- qui va de la « pure chaine », tout métal, à la « chaine pure », tout en verre :

Blanche TILDEN – « Recycled Stack » bracelet- reclaimed bicycle chain- Links from many chains are combined & polished to reveal trademarks, distinctive shapes & signs of use -  & detail

Blanche TILDEN – « Speed’ necklace – glass, anodised aluminium, titanium – & détail du verre

Blanche TILDEN-  « Scale » – Titanium, lampworked borosilicate glass
Blanche TILDEN- « Conveyor » – glass, titanium, 925 silver

Blanche TILDEN - « Glass Bike Chain » – glass, 750 gold or 925 silver  & détail

EXPO ‘Le verre dans tous ses éclats’ – Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal (Quebec) – 13 mai–13 juin 2010

Le verre dans tous ses éclats

Artistes participants:  Chistophe Burger, Ramon Puig Cuyas, Donald Friedlich, Karl Fritsch, Morgane Guilcher, Carolina Martinez Linares, Joan Parcher, Karli Sears, Barbara Stutman, Blanche Tilden, Silvia Walz, Vanessa Yanow …

Blanche Tilden (AU) ‘perpetual Bandolier’ collier verre argent cable acier plastifié
Morgane Guilcher – ‘swarming with joyce’ collier verre argent acier
Christophe Burger (FR) – Pendentif en verre sablé, cable d’acier
Ramon Puig Cuyàs  (ES) coll ‘wall gardens’ broche argent, plastique, verre, pierres, objets trouvés

  Donald Friedlich (US) – Aqua Series Brooch

Découverte (et coup de coeur !!) pour le fabuleux travail du verre de Blanche Tilden
à suivre …. !

 

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