«Cheveu un bijou !!!» hurle la Dame de Coeur

«!Tranchez-lui la tête!!! Cheveu un bijou!!!» hurle la Dame de Coeur, dans Alice …

mais … faut pas se faire de cheveux dans la vie !! ici, on est à un poil du bijou ….. si ce ne sont pas des bijoux au poil !!

Au-delà du dégoût que peut susciter l’emploi d’un tel matériau (à la « grande époque » du bijou en cheveux, à l’époque Victorienne, mode lancée par la très romantique Reine Victoria, cet engouement eu un grand succès dans les pays anglo-saxons mais suscita du dégoût et un certain rejet en France et dans le reste de l’Europe), ce n’est pas étonnant, à mon sens, qu’il suscite tant d’attrait parmi la jeune génération de bijoutiers : à force d’interroger le rapport du bijou au corps, le corps s’incorpore petit à petit au bijou lui-même.

 

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

« Contemporary art is getting hairy Long and silky; short and curly. Blond, brunette, red or grey. It’s hair and it has an important part in our perceptions of ourselves. It defines gender and visual identity, and is playing an important role lately in art — in jewelry, drawings or in mixed media pieces. Hair has long had a role in the work of artists and artisans. In the Victorian era, creating jewelry from hair became almost as popular as knitting or crocheting.  By using one’s own hair or that of a beloved family member women were able to design bracelets, chains, rings and earrings. Apart from jewelry, mourners would weave hair into decorative, memorial wall hangings. By the early 1900s using hair fell out of fashion. During the past 15 years, however, there’s been a fascination among contemporary artists using skin, nail clippings, urine and hair to create various forms of art. Fascinated with Victorian hair jewelry, artist and jewelry designer Melanie Bilenker has revived the art form. Like the Victorians who kept lockets of hair and miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to secure the memory of a lost love, renders the « quiet minutes, the mundane, the domestic, the ordinary moments » from her own tresses. Bilenker observes various daily activities such as cleaning, bathing, dressing, resting or eating. She chronicles the private moments by setting the camera’s timer and goes about her business which can be anything such as eating chocolate, writing a note or enjoying a Saturday morning breakfast. Once she has the photographed images, Bilenker creates tracings of the forms within ghem with thousands of tiny strands of her own hair – which are eventually fixed in resin.  She meticulously layers several different drawings to give the appearance of depth, one as foreground, another as background.  The entire process takes the course of about a week of laying hairs, mixing resin, and then allowing it to cure.  Says Bilenker, « Once the hairs are set as line drawings within resin, I shape, smooth and polish the exterior.  I then fabricate the jewelry findings and set them.  The piece is then complete. »" (Courtesy Melanie Bilenker and Sienna Gallery)

Melanie Bilenker (courtesy of Sienna Gallery) - miniature portraits painted with ground hair

Melanie Bilenker

Each line in these drawings by Melanie Bilenker are made using strands of the artist’s own hair! The delicate drawings depict quiet scenes of domestic life which are sealed in Victorian-inspired brooches and rings.

 Galatée Pestre- Le Sens des Bijoux – Broche ‘Dans le Sens du Poil’ – argent, poils, inox (photo by flavorflavy)

Galatée Pestre- Le Sens des Bijoux – Broche ‘Dans le Sens du Poil’ (detail)

Nicola Scholz  Necklace: Untitled 2006  Pubic hair, gold

Rodrigo Acosta – necklace – pelo natural

Rodrigo Acosta-  « Lo permisivo de tu Dios », 2009.  Pendientes,pelo,latón, plata.  Fotos: Adolfo López  -   El cabello como armar de seducción y poder en el contexto de las distintas religiones a las que el hombre quiere pertenecer.  El pelo y lo prohibido, el pelo y la sabiduría, el pelo y la lujuria, el pelo y lo permisivo de tu Dios

Agnes Larsson, necklace, hair jewelry 2015

Agnes Larsson, necklace, hair jewelry – Remains 9, 2015, necklace, calf skin, aluminum, horse hair, 16 x 9 x 1.25 inches (« Agnes Larsson – Remains » EXHIBITION at Ornamentum gallery  August 8 – September 7, 2015 )

Carolina Hornauer Necklace: The collector 2009 Cotton thread, synthetic cotton, river pearls, silver, patina, steel wire, enamel on cooper, magnets, burned wood, tinted hair, parts constructed, silver ball chain, silver tube textured, stone, silver charcoal (casting piece)

Carla Castiajo -  brooch « Auto Portrait », 2007 – gold, hair

Carla Castiajo   « horror vacui »  « Full of you »   brooch (back) 6 x 5 x 3 cm   Gold, hair

Katie Wightman | Exploring the fragility of the female form. Experiencing hair loss as the result of illness, Katie uses precious metals and human hair to release the stigma and create pieces with a new found sense of beauty and power.

Tiina Rajakallio « Purity » 2008 – human hair

Monika Strasser – Hair Brooch 2012 - Hair, rubber, silver, steel – Series: On Beauty

Maho Takahashi  – “Celebration necklace” Human hair, glue - Central st Martins 2012

Noon Passama – KNOBS – graduate project 2010 – Brooch (“Black Hair Knob” brooch, 2010. Antelope fur, sheepskin, silver.) and Lucia King’s portrait: photography – DAN/NAD

Mielle Harvey – Hair Colored Red: 1998, ca. 14in, human hair, dye, bone (série « city tribal amulets »)

Mielle Harvey – (série « city tribal amulets« ) – Blond Hair and Pearls: 1998, ca. 14in, human hair, pearls, 14k gold

Marie Pendariès - Boucle d’or. Collier. Cheveu et or (gold & hair necklace)

Claire Baloge - « mais, vous avez un poil dans la main ! »  2005  Hair, silver

Claire Baloge - « Mes Tendres Poils »  -  2005 – hair, natural fibers, oxydated copper   

Marie Masson – necklace Cravate 2011, silver, horse hair, ribbon

Marie Masson, France Brooch, Toiletrie 04 Hair transplant, 2013 Latex, horse hair, semolina, leather, 7,5 x 5 cm Leatherwork technics, embroidery, jewellery technics. photo : Marie Masson

Eun Yeong Jeong -’Growth’ from Growth series – copper, wool, wood, horse hair

Farah Bandookwala (UK) redhead neckpiece – silver, fake hair

Farah Bandookwala (UK) « which one are you today ? »  neckpiece – 2007 – silver, fake hair 

Farah Bandookwala (UK) – blue hair brooch

Farah Bandookwala (UK) « platinum » ring

Sandra Buyck - fake hair neckpiece – Sint Lucas Antwerpen School – JOYA 2012

Clémentine Despocq – ‘Vénus’ – Parure de corps/Body ornament – Laiton, cheveux synthétiques/ Brass, synthetic hair  – (AFEDAP ) 2010

Olivia Creber - « Keeping Schtum » – resin, acrylic, brown horse hair – Edinburgh College of Art 2013

Roxane Amirouche  PERSONA – 2012  Masque de nuit  Laiton, cuir retourné, cheveux synthétiques,  Elastique  crédit photo Patricia Lemaire (diplome AFEDAP Paris 2012)

Ana Carolina Escobar (AFEDAP 2012) collier « chez moi chez moi »- cheveux , laiton, film thermopastique, papier

Julia Valle (Bresil) – hairy accessories

Mona Hatoum, Hair Necklace, 1995 – detail « human thoughts may not be what they appear to be at 1st glance, an idea that this necklace, made from the artist’s hair, play with » 

Kadri Mälk (Castle in the Air / ÕhuLoss) Brooch: Lossylong, 2013 Darkened silver, human hair, purple spinelPolly Van der Glas (AU) – hair jewelry – Sterling silver cast human hair plait necklace & Human hair knuckle ring 2008

Polly van der Glas -’red hair neckpiece’ 2008  -oxidised copper, red Human hair, oxidised sterling silver

Polly van der Glas (AU)  -  Since 2005 my work has centered on materials that were once attached to our bodies: human hair, teeth and fingernails. These materials were at one time part of an intimate, elaborate maintenance ritual.

Juan Harnie – (MAD) – Hair (2014) Brooches & necklaces. Resin, human hair, elastic band, silver

Juan Harnie – Hair (2014) Brooches & necklaces. Resin, human hair, elastic band, silver

Nina Khazani, Untitled (« a hairy tale ») – Human hair, gold-plated brass and linen – Royal College of Art 2012 dregree show

Anna Schwamborn, who has worked for Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood and is studying at Central St Martins in London, uses real human hair and human ashes mixed with black bone china. Moxern Mourning Jewellery - Mourning jewelry, bracelet, human cremated ashes mixed with black bone china, human hair, « Wearable body pieces including human material « Morning Objects – The collection of objects contains post-mortem memorial pieces which include aspects of a deceased corpse, namely hair and cremated ashes »

Chiara Cavallo « Disturbs » – my curly hair, nylon tube, thread (Alchimia)

Géraldine Luttenbacher - at « NOIR comme BASALTE » 2015

Sylvia Burgoa -’Raiponce–La Colère’/'Rapunzel–Anger’ – Broche et Collier/Brooch and necklace – Argent, photographies acetate, fil d’or, fil d’argent, cuir/Silver, photographic acetate, gold thread, silver thread, leather – 2010

Francis Willemstijn- Gejaagd door de Wind, Zuiderzeemuseum – 2009 – Collier – Haar (human hair), git, glas, zilver, textiel Collectie Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, NL

Francis Willemstijn – bracelet « Hair », from « gone with the wind » – silver, jet, glass, human hair, textile

 Amy Tavern - »Forget Me Not » sterling silver, spray paint, picture of my father, my father’s hair – detail Ana Goalabré – J’aimerais tant passer mes doigts dans tes cheveux – Cheveux et résine – 1997  tous droits réservés.
« Puisant dans la tradition des bijoux en cheveux, matériau depuis longtemps collecté dans des foires et marchés ou dans l’intimité des familles pour devenir parure, Ana Goalabré se joue de cet usage en coupant une de ses mèches et en y taillant une bague qu’elle envoie à un homme accompagnée de la missive «J’aimerais tant passer mes doigts dans tes cheveux». Cette phrase, appel érotique d’un corps d’artiste, devient le titre d’une série déclinant divers contenus aimants et sensuels, traditionnellement gardés jusqu’alors implicites au nom d’une morale et d’une bienséance rigoureuse et qui tout à coup semblent avoir gagné le droit de dire clairement le désir, qu’il s’agisse de celui d’une mère, d’un père, d’une amante, d’un amant… et ce dans toute sa trivialité. Pourtant, il n’y a aucune charge obscène dans ces bagues. Qu’elles soient très travaillées ou reprennent le mouvement naturel d’une mèche de cheveux, elles nous renvoient à nos jeux tactiles dans les cheveux de l’autre, en fixant le mouvement, image arrêtée puis détachée du corps pour n’en garder que la sensation. »
(Monique Manoha – Actes du colloque international Projections : des organes hors du corps (13-14 octobre 2006)

Rickson Salkeld – I am interested in the feminine ideal in relation to the female body.  I enjoy creating work that expresses my wish to both conform and  rebel against ideas of femininity. Through various materials and  processes I take from my own body both physically and metaphorically.  Hair can be used to comment on feminine allure and power, while  clear resin is used to symbolize an abundance of tears

 Azahara Santoro  (EASD Valencia 2012) -   bagues avec cheveux (rings with hair)  –
Tricomotealcyalgenfobia- Miedo irracional al pelo de las mariposas de coral plateado. Piezas unicas

Maria Ignacia Walker – MFA JEWELLERY AND BODY ORNAMENTS Alchimia contemporary jewellerySchool 2013 – 2015 –   A simple fact of life that María Ignacia Walker obsesses over: The shedding of hair. The obsession – losing them, collecting them, ordering them, measuring them and archiving them. The desire – to preserve these losses – It gives rise to “transcendieron”.  The discourse is not about beauty and it is not about sensuality, not even about cultural symbols that hair carries.  How much hair do you lose constantly, everyday ? How many pieces grow out of your body and die every moment ?  “The transcendents” are a homage to the moments when you lose your hair. Captured and immortalized in the fragility of the porcelain, they give perpetuity and freeze all their expressions in the moment of their detachment from the body. With a threading method, the artist uses horsehair as connectors. They show the lightness, energy and freedom, while demonstrating the real, natural movement of the hair. Together with the act of keeping and protecting the hair in a porcelain form, they are given another life that keeps them present through their absence.

Maria Ignacia Walker  – 2015 – TRASCENDIERON – Materials: Porcelain / Horsehair / Resin / Gold thread/ Gold

María Ignacia Walker  – 2015 – TRASCENDIERON

María Ignacia Walker  – 2015 – TRASCENDIERON

Maria Ignacia Walker – 2015 – TRASCENDIERON – Necklace-object, 28 x 45 cm, porcelain, horse hair and resin Photo by Marcos Bucco, courtesy of the artist

Maria Ignacia Walker – 2015 – TRASCENDIERON – necklace (detail)

Sébastien Carré – collection Hair Landscape – 2016 broche (bijoux réalisés pour une collaboration avec le blogger Cut by Fred )

MARION DELARUE — « Mania » – Traditional korean lacquer, korean hair. 2011 « During my stay in South Korea, I was struck by Korean ladies’ habits of playing with their hair fringes. As soon as they had the chance they would roll up their hair by making it slide between their forefinger and their middle finger and then pull on it softly. Since I was often bored during such long classes taught in a language I don’t understand, I spent time observing the students… »

Dionea Rocha Watt Pendant: Protection Locket, 2006 Silver, human hair 3.1 x 5.5 cm Piece for section History, Memory, Tradition (at  « Think Twice: New Latin American Jewellery » 2010-2011)

Dionea Rocha Watt (Brazil) – locket/hair

Raluca Buzura’s collection, “Hairy Tales” comes out of an imaginary world and it’s a combination of new materials such as polymeric rubber, pumice, artificial leather and artificial hair.  
at Autor 2015 – 7 – 8 November | Sala Dalles | Bucharest

Salome Lippuner  Neckpiece: Kin Kanshitsu 2008  Black and natural coloured Urushi on hemp-cloth,gold-leaves,horse tail hair  15 x 10 cm

REBECCA HANNON-USA Collier  Crin de cheval

REBECCA HANNON-USA -USA  Nest,Horse Hair Twist

AOI KOTSUHIROI - hair neckpiece – cabello humano en conjunto con piedras y pequeños cráneos

AOI KOTSUHIROI - hair neckpiece - cabello humano en conjunto con piedras y pequeños cráneos

 Aoi Kotsuhiroi Horse hair, horn, urushi lacquer and buffalo leather Vika Mayzel  (IL) – necklace (silver,wood,fur,leather)   Out of Cage vikamayzel.com

Lauren Passenti, « Cleaning Fish on a Sunday Morning » wrist piece, 2009, sterling silver, horse hair, 8 inches diameter

Eunmi Chun, zebra, 2011, brooch, small intestine of cow, silver, human hair, gold leaf, 120 x 40 x 75 mm, photo: artist

 Brooch by Eun Mi Chun: Giraffe 2011 23 x 8 x 9 cm. Human hair, gold leaf, small intestine of cow, seeds, silver

 

voir également les bijoux de Kerry Howley :

Decouverte : Kerry HOWLEY – Human hair as jewellery

Kerry Howley human hair jewelry

Kerry Howley Attraction/Aversion is a material exploration of how people can feel seemingly opposing emotional responses simultaneously. The necklaces are made of human hair, a familiar material that we take pride in. However once off of the body hair becomes an innate source of aversion.

 

 

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SOFA Chicago 2010 – Chicago (USA) – 5-7 Nov. 2010

17th Annual SOFA CHICAGO 2010

* among the galleries present : Aaron Faber Gallery (NY), Charon Kransen Arts (NY),  Ornamentum (Hudson, N.Y.), Sienna Gallery (Lenox, MA), …..

Petra Zimmerman bracelet – antique coin purse, acrylic, silver, brass, steel (Ornamentum)

 

* Lectures take place Friday, November 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6 in rooms 324, 326 & 327 of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. Admission to the Lecture Series is included with purchase of SOFA ticket :

among the lectures (to see at this page) : 
- Lecture Friday NOV 5 – SNAG Emerging Artists 2010 – 9-10 am  Room 324
Three exceptional emerging artists, Adam Grinovich, Andrea Janosik and Eun Yeong Jeong talk about the development of their jewelry, which draws on a diverse and innovative palette of materials. Presented by the Society of North American Goldsmiths
(Grinovich is represented by Ornamentum, Hudson, NY; Janosik and Jeong are represented by Charon Kransen Arts, NY)

Eun Yeong Jeong

Adam Grinovich – ‘Husk’ Circle Bangle, 2010  -synthetic plaster, lacquer, shellac, leather (ornamentum)

- Lecture Friday NOV 5 – Masters and Apprentices: The European Tradition and Contemporary Jewelry in an American Context – 11 am-12:30 pm Room 324
A presentation and panel discussion on the European tradition of goldsmithing; how it contrasts to the American university system, and the relevance of apprenticeship in contemporary jewelry-making. With artists Ayesha Mayadas, India; Peter Schmid, Germany; Juha Koskela, Finland; Britt Anderson North Carolina, USA; Liz Tyler, UK; Christian Streit, Germany; So Young Park; Stephen LeBlanc; Patricia Kiley Faber, gallery director/owner, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY.
Moderated by art historian Sue Barry

Peter Schmid (Aaron Faber Gallery, NY)

- Lecture Friday NOV 5 -  “And Viewers Like You” – 2-3 pm Room 327
Art Jewelry Forum board members Susan Cummins, former gallery owner and now director on the Rotasa Foundation Board and Chair of AJF and Susan Kempin, Secretary of AJF and a collector of contemporary jewelry, discuss the role of active viewing and the development of Art Jewelry Forum as an organization that promotes dialogue regarding viewing, collecting, wearing, owning, and displaying contemporary jewelry. Directly following this talk Agnes Larsson, this year’s Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award winner from Stockholm Sweden will discuss her work.
Presented by Art Jewelry Forum

Agnes Larsson (Ornamentum gallery)

Bruce Metcalf - ‘Large Rocket’, 2009 painted maple and birch, 24k gold plated brass (Snyderman Works gallery)
(Lecture Friday NOV 5 – Makers: The First History of Studio Craft in America – 3:30-4:30 pm Room 327 – discussion will be followed by a book signing)

 

 

Festival Hall
Navy Pier
600 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL  (USA)

 

BOOK:

presented during Lecture Friday NOV 5 – Makers: The First History of Studio Craft in America – 3:30-4:30 pm Room 327 – discussion will be followed by a book signing

« Makers: The First History of Studio Craft in America » – co-authors Janet Koplos, freelance critic and Bruce Metcalf, studio jeweler

 

 

et juste pour l’infini plaisir des yeux !

Yvel – Necklace – 20 by 21 mm to 20 to 25 mm multi-color baroque South Sea pearl necklace combining 18k yellow gold set with 15.20 ct. multi-colored diamonds from One of a Kind Collection Yvel, Jerusalem -

 

Je vous ECRIS un bijou ….. les bijoux et l’ECRITURE – EXPO ‘LETTERS+WORDS’ – Taboo Studio, San Diego (USA) – 6 Aout-17 Sept 2010

 EXPO  ‘LETTERS + WORDS‘ -  6 Aout-17 Sept 2010

Taboo Studio
1615½ W. Lewis Street
San Diego, CA 92103 (USA)
619.692.0099

 New Jewelry by   Boris Bally — Nancy Bonnema –  Trudee Hill — Clare Hillerby — Brittany Isenberg– Nicole Jacquard –SisterBloc –Clara Vichi –Sandra Wrightson

Clare Hillerby (UK)- ‘From a Bookseller’ Brooch – silver, silver, found papers, gold rivets, Perspex, patina. (Photo: Shannon Tofts )

Nicole Jacquard – ‘Letters & Notes’ - Silver, aluminum, nylon cord – 2004-7

Boris Bally (US)  Brooches  Recycled aluminum highway signs

Trudee Hill(US) Letters form Words Alphabet Rings Sterling

….et COUP de COEUR pour les bijoux en papier  de  Brittany Isenberg …… !!

Brittany Isenberg (US)-’Reinvention’ Pearl Necklace - Sterling, vintage papers, cultured pearls

Brittany Isenberg ‘Reinvention’ Bracelet ‘Tessuto di Firenze’- Vintage papers, elastic 2008

Brittany Isenberg Reinvention Bracelet Sterling, vintage papers, 14k, cultured pearls, citrine

Clara Vichi (UK ?)  ‘CrOreO’ Calligraphic Brooch – Silver, patina
Sandra Wrightson (AU ?) Romeo and Juliet Earrings (large beads) Porcelain beads, sterling

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et puis, et puis ………….. (tout à fait en dehors de l’exposition précédemment citée, mais sur le même thème, que j’affectionne particulièrement ….)

Pegah ASHRAFI -  poesia iraniana (Ecole Poli.Design bijou MILAN)- paper neckpiece (MERVEILLE !)

Manolya Konuk - ‘Les bijoux/ jewels’ – As an integral part to the design of the object , the pattern is not merely decoration of the structure but constitutes the structure of the jewel.

Using «les bijoux» from Baudelaire the text becomes a material, a substance, an object, and each strophe became a jewel to adorn clothes. // Les lettres même forment les motifs, la structure. Le texte devient objet pouvant se disposer comme ornement sur le vêtement, où chaque sphère représente une strophe des « bijoux » de Baudelaire.

Manolya Konuk :  The jewels/ Les bijoux – detail

GENIAL !
et je ne peux, comme Manolya Konuk, que citer le poème de BAUDELAIRE !
Les Bijoux

La très chère était nue, et, connaissant mon coeur,
Elle n’avait gardé que ses bijoux sonores,
Dont le riche attirail lui donnait l’air vainqueur
Qu’ont dans leurs jours heureux les esclaves des Mores.
Quand il jette en dansant son bruit vif et moqueur,
Ce monde rayonnant de métal et de pierre
Me ravit en extase, et j’aime à la fureur
Les choses où le son se mêle à la lumière.
Elle était donc couchée et se laissait aimer,
Et du haut du divan elle souriait d’aise
À mon amour profond et doux comme la mer,
Qui vers elle montait comme vers sa falaise.
Les yeux fixés sur moi, comme un tigre dompté,
D’un air vague et rêveur elle essayait des poses,
Et la candeur unie à la lubricité
Donnait un charme neuf à ses métamorphoses;
Et son bras et sa jambe, et sa cuisse et ses reins,
Polis comme de l’huile, onduleux comme un cygne,
Passaient devant mes yeux clairvoyants et sereins;
Et son ventre et ses seins, ces grappes de ma vigne,
S’avançaient, plus câlins que les Anges du mal,
Pour troubler le repos où mon âme était mise,
Et pour la déranger du rocher de cristal
Où, calme et solitaire, elle s’était assise.
Je croyais voir unis par un nouveau dessin
Les hanches de l’Antiope au buste d’un imberbe,
Tant sa taille faisait ressortir son bassin.
Sur ce teint fauve et brun, le fard était superbe!
— Et la lampe s’étant résignée à mourir,
Comme le foyer seul illuminait la chambre
Chaque fois qu’il poussait un flamboyant soupir,
Il inondait de sang cette peau couleur d’ambre!

 Manolya Konuk : Parade – Confrontant la forme et le fond,  les cocardes sont un symbole patriotique.  Dentelles de textes d’auteurs français.  Portées comme décoration de parade,  d’une mégalomanie grandissante,  le texte devient décoration d’une décoration.

Manolya Konuk ‘Parade’ is a succession of 9 rosettes in which the patterns are made out of famous French writings about the nation ( like Voltaire and Rimbaud, Céline). Using the letters as a repetitive pattern, the text becomes a decoration to show off with to all.

Valentine Herrenschmidt : bijoux poèmes, inspirés par ses années de théatre et par « le gout immodéré pour les textes, poésies, refrains, et paroles de vie » (Valentine Herrenschmidt) :

Valentine Herrenschmidt – ‘La vie est belle’  argent 925/1000

Valentine Herrenschmidt (FR) -  Collier ‘songe’ argent 925/1000

Nina Dinoff ( ring_a_day challenge)  ring composed of the entirety of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from August 28, 1963

Stefano Pedonesi - Anello « Contenitore di Pensieri »: argento, materiale scrivibile

Serge THORAVAL – bracelet poeme – à chaque fois on crée sa propre poésie …. 1 vers sur chaque anneau … ça dépend dans quel ordre on les enfile ! )

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« Secrets de bijoux » – Line Vautrin et onze créateurs d’aujourd’hui (expostion mars-aout 1999) -Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

Line Vautrin

Une sélection de bijoux de Line Vautrin des années 50 rend hommage à cette artiste créatrice de bijoux, de boîtes en bronze doré et de miroirs en résine ; messages chiffrés, rébus, symboles jalonnent ces œuvres à déchiffrer et mettent en lumière toute la malice ludique de Line Vautrin.«Poète du métal», «experte des petits riens», Line Vautrin possédait l’art de faire surgir des matières dites pauvres du bronze, du laiton, de la résine , des merveilles d’invention destinées à embellir les élégantes de l’après-guerre. Lorsque Line Vautrin, née en 1913, crée ses premiers bijoux elle possède quelques notions de ciselure et de dorure acquises dans l’atelier de fonderie de son père. Mais c’est à l’Exposition internationale de 1937 qu’elle se fait véritablement connaître. Elle ouvre une première boutique rue de Berri, qu’elle transfère en 1943 au 63, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré ; plus tard elle restaure un hôtel particulier de la rue Vieille-du-Temple afin d’y installer ses ateliers et son domicile.

La guerre crée une atmosphère propice au développement de la «bijouterie d’art» ou «bijouterie fantaisie», la pénurie de moyens constituant une dynamique par la contrainte.

Jusqu’en 1950, Line Vautrin utilise le bronze doré pour des bijoux et des accessoires conçus dans un genre très personnel souvent allégorique, s’appuyant sur les thèmes de l’amour et de l’amitié, interprétés avec poésie et humour.

Line Vautrin – bracelet en bronze doré, « Dante » ou « Composé des neuf cercles de l’enfer », d’après la Divine Comédie (vers 1302) de Dante Aligheri

Au début des années soixante, Line Vautrin s’installe rue de l’Université et abandonne la création de bijoux pour la décoration, créant miroirs et cadres en résine incrustée de petits miroirs colorés, procédé inventé et breveté par elle à la fin des années cinquante. Line Vautrin disparaît en 1996, laissant derrière elle une œuvre riche et élégante, témoignage d’un art où décoration, parure, sculpture et mode se confondent.

Line Vautrin – bracelet rébus ‘la parole est d’argent et le silence est d’or’ (LA-PAS-RO-L’HAIE-d’(argent)-M’HAIE-le-SI-LANCE-HAIE-d’(or)

Line Vautrin - bracelet ‘c’est la vie’ – bronze
… et onze créateurs d’aujourd’hui
Parallèlement à l’exposition de Line Vautrin, une sélection d’œuvres contemporaines révèle le travail de onze créateurs français et étrangers ; tous s’expriment à partir d’une mise en scène d’images et de signes indéchiffrables dont ils donnent et refusent à la fois les clefs. Ils établissent par là une relation particulière entre le bijou et celui qui le porte, ayant moins le souci de l’effet produit que celui d’intriguer, voire de mystifier le spectateur, laissant ainsi au seul propriétaire la véritable connaissance du bijou.

Pour cette raison, ils créent des bagues dont une partie reste cachée dans le creux de la main, des pendentifs dont le décor est enfermé à l’intérieur, des colliers construits à partir d’un texte en fil d’or, des broches anamorphoses dont le motif n’est révélé que par la lumière.

Alyssa Dee Cross, Manfred Bischoff, Patrick Muff, Torben Hardenberg, Johanna Dahm, Ruudt Peters, Christer G. Jonsson, Gilles Jonemann, Florence Lehmann, Brune Boyer et Jacomijn van der Donk participent à cette exposition collective.

 

 » Secrets de bijoux : Line Vautrin et créateurs d’aujourd’hui », Catalogue d’exposition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 10 mars-30 mai 1999, p. 57-58

 

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Ces bijoux, inspirés par les mots et l’écriture, me font penser à d’autres bijoux, eux aussi des « mots contre les maux ». Ces bijoux visualisent les mots/maux, cela ne veut pas dire que les bijoux où l’on ne voit aucun mot n’aient rien à dire ! Au contraire ! tout bijou est un message …. tout bijou « parle » à celui qui le porte, qui l’a choisi, qu’il a touché ….

Akiko KURIHARA  « 1000 G » necklace – « necklace consists in 1000 similar characters, the ‘G’- each ‘G’ weights exactly one gram (1g) and the total wight of the necklace is thus 1kg.« 

Victoria CONTRERAS Romantic, poetical typographic jewels- each piece featuring a quote by a famous author…

Eun YEONG JEONG – ‘Those sweet words’ 2007 – Silver, Letters from DY (paper), Wool, Nylon Thread

Ela CINDORUK  – let my words be….. earrings

Colleen BARAN – translation series -’Love and Lust’ Bracelet (2003)-polyester resin, ink, Mylar, acrylic -Varied conotations of the words love and lust translated into 26 global languages

Fatima Tocornal – TEMA: LO SECRETO – el corazon inspira la palabra

Michaela NIEGEMANN necklace – copper & rubber- words, words, words ….
« Michaela Niegemann chooses forgiveness, understanding, love and hurt as the focus for her jewellery of copper and rubber, and uses silhouettes of people who have hurt her and those that she loves as nail-clad pendants.  » (mocoloco)

« This is my jewellery about love and pain. But most of all about forgiveness and understanding. Words that say forgive me.  Wine labels shaped as tears and together they create a mess.  Silhouettes of a secure love. The wine bottles on a fragile string. The nails against my body.« (Michaela NIEGEMANN)

Michaela NIEGEMANN necklace – rubber & steel – 2009- (Bachelor year at Ädellab/Metal Design)

Michaela NIEGEMANN necklace – copper & rubber

 Kat Cole – ‘Can’t Find the Words‘ Brooch  Brooch in steel, tin and brass. 2.5 x 1.5 x .25″.  (Exhibit: « Women Working Words » at Facere Gallery)

Galatée Pestre – Une histoire qui n’en finit pas… Never ending story..

« PORTRAITS en PIEDs » – « WHO IS THIS JEWELLER ? «

« appel du pied » !        Hey !! ALL of  YOU, JEWELERS !!!
j’ai remarqué que vous aimiez bien prendre … votre PIED !! ou en tout cas des photos de vos pieds !! je voulais faire un « bobinoscope » des créateurs sur mon blog, je vais faire un « pied-de-nez_OH!_scope » !! ENVOYEZ-MOI vos photos en PIEDS !!!!
I saw that you like to take pictures of your feet … so instead of publishing your faces on my blog, to allow people to know « WHO IS THIS JEWELLER ? », I will publish … your feet ! please SEND ME YOUR FEET’s pictures !!   (cet article reste sur le « pied de guerre » !! tout pied est constamment la bienvenue pour augmenter la galerie de portraits ! all « feet’s portrait is anytime welcomed, to increase this picture’s gallery !!!)(summertime is crazy-time, isnt’it ?)

Sylvie Jousset … les doigts de pieds en éventail ! – … et un des ses bijoux (bracelet) – c’est ce qui s »appelle « faire des pieds et des mains » !

Alina Alamorean … c’est le pied (sexy) ! ….. & deux de ses bagues sculpture

Augousta Themistokleous (CY) – une des ses bagues ….. et rougir de plaisir de la tête aux pieds !

ALCHIMIA Jewellery School – là, c’est l’ecole ALCHIMIAde pied … sans cap ! )
mais comment (re)trouver chaussure (créateur)  à son pied ???!!
Sur cette photo : Marianne Casmose Denning (DK), Angela O’Keefe (UK) , Camilla Teglio (IT), Doris Maninger (AT), Eun jea, Marina Elenskaya (RU), Katie Gruber(UK) , Eugenia Ingegno (IT) , Michelle Kraemer (LX)!!!!!!!!!

Marianne Casmose Denning (DK) — Marina Elenskaya (RU) 

Angela O´Keefe (UK) – Rings Untitled 2009 – Diverse materials
Michelle Kraemer (Luxembourg) – brooch

Katie Gruber (UK) – Necklace: Untitled 2009 – Diverse materials

Viktoria Münzker (left), Michelle Kraemer – Viktoria Münzker « C’mon ring » – C’mon !!

UIUC Metals School -  Sur cette photo : Billie Theide (on left) , Kristi Wilson , Eun Yeong Jeong (en bas, celle qui « pointe » tout le monde du pied !), Soyeon Kim (à droite chaussure brune), Keri Kwik (la « nouvelle » à la chaussure rouge !)

Eun Yeong Jeong – ‘vessels of life – growth ‘
Soyeon Kim- Sensual Elegance, 2009 - fine silver, glass, red and pink coral, traditional chain making technique

Keri Kwik (US) – ring – une NOUVELLE découverte ! quel … PIED !!
Billie Theide necklace

avec Hanna Hedman ai perdu (son) pied !! reste plus qu’un doigt ….   - necklace

Susanne Klemm (CH) – « Beach’s feet » !   - … et FABULEUX collier !

 Gary Schott - ‘impatient shoes’, brooch – and IMPATIENT to find a MAN’s foot !!!!!!!!!

Heidemarie Herb - ‘my herbs’ ring

Marta Miguel Martínez-Soria – ‘primeros pasos’ … pour ses chaussettes vertes ou pour son collier ?

 
Galatée Pestre - ses pieds parlent pour elle ! -  broches ‘bulles’ de BD

Aude Médori (FR)- De cette nécessité de mouvement et de la liberté qu’elle implique….

Barbara Paganin – bon… elle est partie en vacances …. – spilla ‘corallo nero’

Catalina Brenes &  Ara Kuo – high heels for graduation day !!

Ara Kuo. Ring ‘brush’, pearls gold

Catalina Brenes – feet’s fan !  « vieni qua » ring – zirconia, plata 925

Maru Lopez - pinky feminity ….. « telling stories » (necklace),  silver

Kathryn Wardill (AU)- 7 Sites, 7 Neckpieces – Studio Ingot6 – 21 Aug 2010 « Stairs of Passion »

Chryssa Damianidou (GR) (c’est ce qu’on appelle le « pied grec » !

Federico Vianello – un créateur tout en PIED ! ….. anello ‘piedi’… « hand made » !

Maricha Genovese (US) – “Diamond Ring” Ring: needle felted wool, thread, sterling silver  

Beth Legg (Scotland) -  larkspur and rosewood brooches

Mirla Fernandes – ….. ou faire des pieds et des mains !

Rachel Timmins – tired feet… after a Ruudt Peters’ workshop ! -silicon rubber bracelets

Corrado de MEO – qualè il gioiello ???

Montserrat Lacomba – ‘Too often we are late’… with our feet …- ‘Far away’ brooch – silver, copper, garnets (for me, Montserrat Lacomba is « Mrs mar de Color Rosa » !! )

une découverte !! (aujourd’hui 21 aout 2010, grâce à Montserrat Lacomba : tout ça pour vous dire que NON, je n’ai pas copié l’idée !) ! lesecond blog deDominika Naborowska : promenades vue(s) des pieds  !!!

Genne Laakso -  « au pied levé ….  » neoprene ‘O’ rings, sterling silver, fishing line, latex, fish hooks, copper, steel, 2009. NJB Photography

Silvina Rio – broche ‘lo invisible’

Daniela Hedman

Agnes Figueres   (du groupe « Bijou5″)- en vert et contre tout ! bague en matériaux de récupération, ligne ‘pétillante’

Tiina Rajakallio – « mini vacations » for feet ! -  necklace 

Patricia Lemaire …qui m’a fait « faire le pied de grue« … pendant qu’elle était « au vert… - ‘Grand Jardin’ maillechort et … (Hte couture – 1998 - pièces conçues et réalisées pour Olivier Lapidus)

Manolya Konuk- comment, au pied levé, faire « pieds » ET « mains » ! bracelet ‘semainier’

Chiara Trentin – piedi « Romani » ! è collana ecobottoni

Frédérique Trinchese – pieds …. cousu(s) main ! Bague/pendentif Cannette

Poly Nikolopoulou

Discrets, les pieds des « FOUR » ! – « FOUR » are the jewelry artists: Hanna Liljenberg, Karin Roy Andersson, Malin Lövgren, Ellen Jacobsen Holvik, from Sweden

Nadine Abdallah – son pied … et ses « poissons-bijoux » en galets

Rosanna RO (« Niiro Jewelry« ) -  pieds d’hiver & Entangled wire necklace

et … TA-DAAM ! mon pied ! et un des bracelets de « charms » que je fais & qui racontent chacun une histoire. Ici « La vie en rouge », excessive ….

BON ! Maintenant, vous savez à quoi ressemblent « vos » créateurs ??!!??
Now you KNOW what your favourite jewellers look like !!

FELT FELT FELT… jewelry – upcoming book ’500 Felt Objects’

« Trumpet sound ! Some time ago, the call for entries went out for 500 Felt Objects, a book slated for fall 2011 release*. After seeing Fashioning Felt, the terrific show she curated, I enlisted Susan Brown of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to serve as the juror for this book. We’ve been reviewing the images to include in the book, and I’ve come across some really exciting jewelry made with this extraordinary material!
Now, please don’t think the decisions have been made for the book–we’ve still got a loooong way to go before selections are finalized. Just wanted to share the fascinating things some talented artists from around the globe are making. » (Larkcrafts)

* parution prévue pour l’automne 2011

Maria EIFE, a resident of the City of Brotherly Love, necklace

Justyna Truchanowska (Dublin) – necklace

Eun Yeong Jeong-  ring           –                Jennifer Moss (of Kalamazoo)

Chien-Ching Liao (Taiwan) – this piece incorporates felt so airy that light filters through

Lynda Watson (US) neckpieces :  ‘Eucalyptus’ & ‘Octopus Garden’

Kristin Mitsu Shiga

Maricha Genovese  « Under Pressure » Necklace: needle felted wool, thread, sterling silver

Maricha GENOVESE (US) – ‘Felted Balls’ Neckpiece – needle felted and dyed wool 

Jens A. Larsen (Norway) - necklace

 

SEE ALSO, for FELT / a VOIR AUSSI, pour le FEUTRE :

 

Wool Necklace Set – by « C’est la Chine«  (from JIA SUO Collection)(to shop on Etsy)

Anna Hinkes -Wood and Felt Bracelets – 2010

Kate Ramsey – felted flowers neckpiece adornement blue – (you can buy it on Etsy at « FeltFieltroFilc« )

bracelets by ‘dans mon corbillon‘ (Nadine Raymond) – blue serie felted bangles by « Dans mon Corbillon » (to shop at  « A little Market« )

Hanan Kedmi (design graduate of Shenkar college, tel aviv) has created a series of jewelry made from heat sink devices that are attached to computer parts which tend to get overheated

Dora Haralambaki : « my participation to the <> »

Cath Dearsley (NZ) – felt mouse pendant & jewelry

« Inspired by my furry friend Mr Nibbles, these pieces are made by needle felting wool into objects and jewellery, referencing my attraction to toy animals and childrens book illustration.
Metalwork embellishes the pieces to create the attachments for wearing on the body.  Additionally I created a series of holders for these pieces to sit on, hang or interact with, adding to their playfulness and fun. » (Cath Dearsley)

Sophie Taylor-Brockie (NZ)- necklace- Amethyst, Felt, Embroidery Cotton, Curtain Weight (on kit & caboodle)

Cèlio Braga gives form to his relections through hand-made felt, silk, cotton fabric and glass beads…

Anat Gelbard (IL) has developed her jewellery through an exhaustive exploration of felt making techniques and created beautiful understated organic pieces.

Thea Clark (US) – necklace - felted wool oxdized silver, and citrine

Cynthia Toops, felt bracelet

Vacide Erda Zimic (Perou)

Amy Klainer (US) -Laser cut 100% wool industrial felt, earth magnets

Hisano Takei (JP) – ‘linked’ 2006 - feutre/felt chain
Hisano Takei - felt neckpiece

GIIA (Italy) felt neckpieces (to SHOP on Etsy)

Brigit DAAMEN (NL) felt ring & necklace – she was recently featured in the exhibition “Fashioning Felt”, at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Brigit felts plastic costume jewelry with merino wool and transforms them into precious edgy neck pieces.

 
Karin Wagner (CH) bien sûr ! (collier ‘fleurs’ et collier ‘bolitas’)

Anna Wales (UK) – ‘Blooming Boa’ Necklace, oxidized silver and red felt

Meiri ISHIDA (JP) layered felt jewelry
« inner voices » Brooch, 2005 felt, silver — ‘spiral city’ Necklace, 2006 – felt,plastic glass,silver

Catherine Svensson (SE) « OlliesWoollies » – Woolly Bobble Punk Bracelet  & leaf necklace in blue
(to SHOP on Etsy)

 Hanneke Paumen (NL) – felt discs necklaces

Hanneke Paumen (NL) -  felt Collar

Zorica Djukic (‘3FUN’ shop on Etsy) – Brown-Blue Multi Strand Felt Necklace – ‘Manic Organic’ (Felt Necklace or/and Bracelet)

Colleen Baran (CA) Felt Rings

Colleen Baran – Daily Recycled Rings (Ring a Day) – knot felt ring

Sabrina Bottura (IT) -  Anello/ring  ‘Explosion’ – argento, feltro lavorato a mano

Marchi Wierson (to shop on Etsy at « Marchi made it »!)

Marchi Wierson – Big Blob Bracelet – wool felted blobs, shaped & sewn together with inner cotton liner & cuff
WOW ! more to discover on her « kit&caboodle » page

Gail Crosman Moore (US)

Lily Yung -  felt ‘boa’ (‘Die cut‘ serie)

 Janine Berben (NL) – felt Rings with coral beads — ‘Coral’ set
HAVE A LOOK at her « new work » on Flickr !!!!

Danielle Gori-Montanelli (IT) – large ‘red loopy collar’ felt necklace

Danielle Gori-Montanelli (IT) – felt  ‘licorice’ brooch (j’adore !) (to SHOP here ! )

Ellen Weiske (US) – multi-layered use of color in this necklace

Michaela Binder (DE) 

 

some nice FELT shops on Etsy :

VAIVANAT

OPUS MAGNUM

HARLEQUIN Feltworks

Fashioning felt exhibition

 

BOOK :

Felt Fashion: Couture Projects from Garments to Accessories  - Jenne Giles – Quarry Books (oct 2010) – 128pp

rose scarve (!!) from ‘harlequinfeltworks‘ on Etsy ! (Jenne GILES)

découverte(s) on METALinclinations – APPEL à CANDIDATURE / CALL for ENTRIES pour METALinclinations2 – Deadline 18 Juill. 2010

online Metalsmithing and Jewelry Competition and Exhibition

 

METAL Inclinations, an International online Metalsmithing and Jewelry Competition and Exhibition (2008-09) is presented by The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths (St Louis, Missouri, USA). This exhibition includes selections of the most exemplary fine metal art created by metalsmiths, silversmiths, goldsmiths and jewelers all over the world. 

 

pour PARTICIPER à l’expo 2010 :

Call for Entries: Extended Deadline: July 18, 2010
METAL Inclinations2 will debut on the Internet October 31, 2010- and remain online for two years until October 31, 2012.
METAL Inclinations2 International juried all jewelry (jewellery) exhibition for 2010-12 will include selections of the most exemplary fine metal art jewelry created by metalsmiths, silversmiths, goldsmiths and jewelers all over the world. The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths is a not-for-profit organization. Check this site frequently for updated information.
Information:
• TO ENTER right now, use the Juried Art Services website.
• To download a printable PDF of the complete propectus
• Start your application process on the Juried Art Services Website.
• To ask questions about this exhibition go to the METAL Inclinations Forum:
www.metalinclinations.wetpaint.com

(Brooch by Gillian Hillerud, a selected artist for METAL Inclinations1)

CHAO-HSIEN KUO (Lahti, Finland) – ‘Lilac’ bouquet ring – silver – All parts move, so ring sits comfortably on hand.
‘Lumipallo’ ring – silver – All parts move

« I have been building a garden of my own for many years. A garden of imagination. I collect the seeds of inspiration by taking close-up photographs of flowers and plants, which I encounter in my daily surroundings or during traveling. I like to observe how a bloom is set on the stem, how the petals unwrap to reveal an enclosed surprise and how leaves sprout from branches, from which I can almost hear the popping sounds. I want to capture the gesture of a flower and to depict the energy and liveliness of a plant. » (CHAO-HSIEN KUO (Finland))

ALLYSON BONE (USA) – Pierced Brooch #2 – hand pierced, fabricated oxidized sterling silver
Pierced Ring #5  - oxidized sterling silver

« The work I create is a balance of my desire to create something that is simple and also complex. I want my designs to appeal to a large audience, but I also want to reward those who are curious and investigate further. To accomplish this I include hidden details. Piercing the surface of the metal, I can create intricate surface patterns which often disguise the silhouettes of whimsical creatures. I have found that the process of hiding the iconic outline of a rabbit or a horse in a complicated pattern is very gratifying for me, like telling a secret. » (ALLYSON BONE (USA))

TURA SUGDEN (AU/USA) – ‘black Swallowtail’, 2008 – copper, fine silver, imitation rhodium plated, anticlastic raised – (photo Bob Toy)

« Communication between the fields of art and science plays an important role in the advance of both disciplines. A relationship between the two is inevitable. I question both the fear and the acceptance of insectual images, and I have found that working with entomological images and patterns has inspired dialogue and exposed the beauty that insects can inspire and reflect. » (TURA SUGDEN (USA))

VINA RUST (USA) – Equisetum Bracelet – Stained Cell Series – sterling silver, 14K gold, liver of sulfur patina, hand-fabricated

« This body of work is concerned with revelation of the interior, with slicing past the surface. Inspired by botanical illustrations and photomicrographs, it has allowed me to both explore the idea of exposing intricate internal structures with devices such as the cross-section or selective staining of cells, and pay tribute to imagery that has cultivated a sense of wonder in me. My influences vary from Rackham illustrations to « ethnic » jewelry, but tend to share a common thread: acute awareness of natural forms, and of the tension between beauty and menace so often found in nature’s defenses. » (VINA RUST (USA))

Vina RUST (USA)- Spartina Study (Brooch)- Stained Cell Series – sterling silver, gold, liver of sulfur patina
Vina RUST (USA)- Marram Study (Brooch) – Stained Cell Series – sterling silver, gold, liver of sulfur patina

Diane FALKENHAGEN (USA) – Rococo Landscape -Oxidized Sterling Silver, 23 Kt Gold Leaf, 14 Kt Gold, Mixed Media Image on Sterling Silver

« In my mixed media jewelry I combine two-dimensional pictorial space and three-dimensional jewelry forms. Instead of gemstones, pictures form the central elements of my fabricated brooches, lockets and neckpieces. My diminutive pictorial expressions are either invented or borrowed from historical sources. I use a variety of art materials and techniques to create the images which are chosen for their emotional and intellectual impact as well as their aesthetic value. The jewelry forms that support the images are contemporary yet suggestive of historical styles of ornament. They are primarily fabricated from metal, but often incorporate more eclectic materials. » (DIANE FALKENHAGEN (US))

SUN KYOUNG KIM (US) – ‘Pair ‘ – ring for two people – Sterling silver

« The artist creates jewelry that involves participation of public to produce lively experiences for individual participants. The artist’s interactive jewelry invites two or more people and lets them interact with it. The wearers of her work create a truly impromptu performance while interacting with her work. The artist’s work is refined, elegant, and feminine in aesthetic. She employs curved lines in the design and uses precious metal, sterling silver to accentuate the elegance. The artist’s work is more or less intimate and private in that it does not accommodate a large group of people. » (SUN KYOUNG KIM (US))

SHARON MASSEY (USA) – steel bracelet

« I am interested in defining preciousness in my work through sentimentality, intimacy, and emotion. I seek to pay homage to goldsmithing traditions through technique and format, while challenging conventional materials and their value. I borrow historical ornamental motifs and reinterpret them to suggest a feeling of familiarity, as well as the passage of time. The content of my work lies in its use of appropriation and material innovation. In my work, I hope to express the value of sentimentality through ornamentation. » (SHARON MASSEY (USA))

JILLIAN A. MOORE (US)- ‘Symbogillis’ – electroformed & fabricated copper, nickel-silver, paint and ink
‘Knobbles’ – electroformed & fabricated copper and brass, paint

« My work combines electroforming and fabrication to achieve incidental organic textures as well as smooth biological forms. The surfaces are then painted. Abrasives remove paint from high points in the organic surface, and areas of interest may be printed on. The resulting objects belie their processes and instead reference living creatures of my own invention. » (JILLIAN A. MOORE (US))

Renee ZETTLE-STERLING (USA) – Object of Mourning #3 – silver, copper, doily dipped in latex paint, rubber casting, fabrication, mix media

 » Objects of Mourning  2007-Present Through this body of work, I am investigating how objects are a source of meaning beyond their physical properties. I am especially interested in how objects help us move through the difficult passage of mourning. During the process of mourning objects can links us to loved ones that have passed or moments in life that are fleeting, such as childhood. The objects that I am creating become an outlet for displacement, emptiness, loss, and sentimentality. » (Renee ZETTLE-STERLING (USA))

MARY HALLAM PEARSE (USA) – ‘That Little Something’ Brooch – Sterling Silver, Fine Metal Paper, Pearls, Glass 2008 Printed, Fabricated

« In my current body of work I seek to examine how jewelry functions as an image, a means to construct desire, and the consequence of transfer from image to object and back to image. Found images are appropriated from a variety of sources, including magazines and various publications then printed on thin sheet of metal paper resembling the historical tin-types. This game of skill requires that the player complete the image by putting the jewels in to the impressions. These pieces are similar to the games children once received as party favors and to the game bagatelle. » (MARY HALLAM PEARSE (USA))

MARY HALLAM PEARSE- ‘Feeding Desire’ – Brooch  2008 Sterling Silver, Fine Metal Paper, Pearls, Glass Fabricated 

SUNG-YEOUL LEE (USA)  – ‘Penetration’ – Poly Rope, Resin, Copper, Tool Dip, Powder Coating (Resin Casting, Rubber Coating, Powder Coating, Forming) 2007

« My goal is associating the idea of intimacy in jewelry objects to the body while the rope functions as a vehicle which conveys metaphorical meaning of connection. When the piece is on the body, it seems to penetrate or bind the wearer. I feel that it expresses the physical and conceptual connection between piece and wearer. It is important to me that the wearer can be able to relate to the symbolic meaning of the rope and at the same time feel themselves tied and connected with the rope or knot while wearing my work. » (SUNG-YEOUL LEE (USA) )

EUN YEONG JEONG (USA) ‘read or dead’ – Loofah, Wool, Sterling Silver, Plastic, Stainless Steel. Techniques:Dipped, Dyed, Soldered, Felted, Hand-Fabricated.

« Natural forms, processes and movement inspire me to create jewellery. When a form emerges from different elements, it tends to follow no exact model in which it crystallizes. Materials like stones or life forms like plants all have a different shape and character which has its origin somewhere in a void not comprehendible for the human mind. We try to understand how and under which circumstances they receive a life but the creation of these forms remains invisible for the human eyes. » (EUN YEONG JEONG (USA))

Ecce HOMO ! ;-)

Bon, le bijou c’est BIEN !

Mais il y a un moment où il faut savoir aller à l’ESSENTIEL !!

Anna Orska (PL) jewelry

Eun Yeong Jeong - ‘Growth…’ – bi metal, wood, horse hair 2009
Eun Yeong Jeong -’Growth’ from Growth series – copper, wool, wood, horse hair
Eun Yeong Jeong -Growth from Growth series – silver, wool, wood, horse hair …. et sur son site ils disent que c’est « AVAILABLE »….

Katharina MOCH - neckpiece plastic (fluorescent partly), enamel, epridot, pvc cord, copper (glow in the dark)

« Message in a jewel ….. » (chanson bien connue) – « Dear JAMES », Munich (DE) 3-7 mars 2010

 » « Dear JAMES » is based around the idea of six artists sending one another a series of letters over a six month period. The contents of the letter in unprescribed, the only stipulations being that that the letter is written intuitively on a given date and posted immediately to a given address. Each artist will use the letters they have received to stimulate the creation of a collection of pieces taking what they will from their fellow artists thoughts and observations. This will result in an exhibition of contemporary Jewellery and Metal work that has been inspired by written words. The complete set of 30 letters will form a snapshot of each of our individual thoughts over a six month period from across the world, only coming together at the first showing of Dear JAMES to form the complete picture alongside the work it has inspired. » (Klimt02 information)

participating artists are  :
Christine Graf (Germany), Lisa Juen (Germany, China), Toni Mayner (UK), Patrick McMillan (USA), Kathryn Partington (UK), Jessica Worley (UK)

The JAMES Exchange

Dear JAMES
Atelier Klarastrasse
Atelier Klarastrasse 1 RGB
80636 – Munich (Germany)

Why « JAMES » ??  : « Jewellery  And Metalsmith Enquiry Show » !

 

Ces bijoux à venir, inspirés par les mots et l’écriture, me font penser à d’autres bijoux, eux aussi des « mots contre les maux ». Ces bijoux visualisent les mots/maux, cela ne veut pas dire que les bijoux où l’on ne voit aucun mot n’aient rien à dire ! Au contraire ! tout bijou est un message …. tout bijou « parle » à celui qui le porte, qui l’a choisi, qu’il a touché ….

Akiko KURIHARA  « 1000 G » necklace
Victoria CONTRERAS Romantic, poetical typographic jewels- each piece featuring a quote by a famous author…
Eun YEONG JEONG – ‘Those sweet words’ 2007 – Silver, Letters from DY(paper), Wool, Nylon Thread
Ela CINDORUK  – let my words be….. earrings
Colleen BARAN- ‘I miss you the second you leave’ ring

Colleen BARAN – translation series -Love and Lust Bracelet (2003)-polyester resin, ink, Mylar, acrylic -Varied conotations of the words love and lust translated into 26 global languages
Michaela NIEGEMANN necklace – copper & rubber – uses silhouettes of people who have hurt her (1, 2, 3, 4)(on MocoLoco)

 

Et finissons par ce « bijou » « message-pied-de-nez » de benjamin Lignel …………….

Benjamin LIGNEL -Broche ‘Support your local jeweller’ 2006- set of 2 badges (edition de 150)

EXPO ‘Paper or Plastic ?’ – Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh (USA) – Nov 2009-Jan 2010

« Paper or Plastic ? »
EXPOSITION  de groupe, oeuvres en papier ou plastiques  // GROUP SHOW Exhibition featuring artwork executed in paper, cardboard or plastic materials

participants / Participating Artists :

Papier :
Hoyeon Chung (USA)
Artemis Herber (USA)
Ellen Jantzen (USA)
Eun Yeong Jeong (USA)
Ji-Eun Lee (USA)
Amy Lipshie (USA)
Ryan S. Murphy (USA)
Midori Saito (USA)
Emi Savacool (USA)
Hyeseung Shin (USA)
Michelle Sotolongo (USA)
Francesca Vitali (USA)
Brian Weissman (USA),

Eun Yeong Jeong -’Those sweet words’
Michelle Sotolongo- Pod Necklace

Ji-Eun Lee – « The Spring Time of Life »
Midori Saito -   paper, silver, resin jewelry
Francesca Vitali - paper jewelry (Frucci design) – ring « girasole giallo »

Plastic :
Eliana Arenas (USA)
Stevie B. (USA)
Melissa Borell (USA)
Brenda Bregman (USA)
Burcu Buyukunal (Turkey)
Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez (USA)
Bifei Cao (USA)
Cynthia del Giudice (Argentina)
Sung-Yeoul Lee (USA)
Emiko Oye (USA)
Michelle Pajak-Reynolds (USA)
Mary Hallam Pearse (USA)
Jon Radermacher (USA)
Carol Ann Rafferty (USA)
2Roses (USA)
Rickson Salkeld (Canada)
Anthony Tammaro (USA)
Carolyn Tillie (USA)

Stevie B. (US) – « The plunge » brooch – Sterling silver, plastic laundry detergent cap, Plexiglas, epoxy resin, Prismacolor, found objects, patina
Burcu Buyukunal (TR)- kaleidoscopic rings & brooches made of drinking straws
Michelle Pajak-Reynolds – Lily necklace

Beaucoup de merveilles, mon coup de coeur allant aux parures faites de sacs en plastique cuits/repassés/fondus … enchainés ! de Cynthia del GIUDICE

Cynthia del GIUDICE necklace – white ‘flowers’ or ‘petals’ – fused plastic grocery bags

Artiste Argentine, vivant à Buenos Aires,vous pouvez voir et acheter ses créations sur   http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5198877

Le plus « joli » dans ces bijoux c’est qu’ils ont été faits à l’origine pour une jeune mariée qui voulait des bijoux juste pour le jour de son mariage! BRAVO à cette jeune femme dont « l’audace » me rempli d’admiration

« I originally designed this necklace for a bride. She wanted a versatile piece which could be worn not only on her wedding day, but also as a casual piece … » says Cynthia del Giudice

Delightful jewelry !  it’s incredible how plastic grocery bags can be poetic & romantic !

LUKE & ELOY GALLERY
5169 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201 – USA
412.784.1919
du 14 nov. 2009 au 16 janv. 2010
(heures d’ouvertures :  mardi-vend. 11-2  – Sam. 11-5)