AUTOR Contemporary Jewelry Fair – Grand Hotel du Boulevard, Bucarest (Romania) – 13-14 May 2017

AUTOR 2017

ready for its 16^th edition ! May 13-14,  Grand Hotel du Boulevard, Bucharest. Come discover the emerging talents of contemporary jewelry.

Out of the 190 applications received for the 2017 editionn, our jury selected 90 artists to be discovered during our international fair

 

AUTOR <3 community. AUTOR takes its 8 years mission further by shaping the contemporary jewelry community. We connect artists with passionate jewelry lovers, collectors, international galleries, distributors or specialised media. The 2017 jury includes Sofia Björkman – Jewellery artist and Founder of Gallery Platina in Stockholm Doris Maninger – Director of Alchimia Jewelry School in Florence, Lucia Massei – Director of Alchimia Jewelry School in Florence, Ruudt Peters – Artist, Professor Opere Summer School in The Netherlands, Paulo Ribeiro – Founder and Director of Joya Barcelona, Dan Pierșinaru – Founder and Director of Autor. This spring we launch the 4^th issue of AUTOR – the contemporary art magazine, one more reason to be there!

CRUSHED by Andra Oana Lupu, Romania

« A celebration of fragility, life and feelings in a beautiful brooch.
”Crushed is what you feel when something beautiful is ending, crushed is how you feel when you lose someone dear. But every ending is a new beginning, it’s up to you how you start over, or whether if you take the good or the bad of every experience. In my new collection, I use thin layers of « crushed » melted silver, to create a jewelry as a metaphor to the fragility of life, relationships, feelings”. »

Tubular Collection by Ana Pina, Portugal

« Ana’s jewelries celebrate multiple possibilities using geometrical wiseness. To infinity and back!
”The Tubular Collection combines round wires and tubes in a subtle way, creating both minimalist and statement pieces that aim to celebrate pure geometric lines and its multiple possibilities of combination. The rationality of orthogonal alignments is challenged by the mutable character of movement and by the seeming idea that the connections between the different elements are fragile and unpredictable, which accentuates the sense that any combination is possible – from the simplest isolated element to infinity” »

16psyche Collection by Anna Börcsök,  Hungary 

« Can a jewelry collection be an exclamation sign? Anna’s answer is yes.
”The jewelry and the wearer should be inseparable. Without them we are naked and helpless. These pieces are fractal based Armours and they determinate the movement and actions of the wearer’s position. I was studying the Ancient societies and examining the current social models to get a predictable image of the future. The collection is an exclamation point, an invitation to face our own limitations”. »

Second Shape by Giulia Boccafogli fashion jewelry, Italy

« The forgotten becomes unforgettable.
”Second Shape is a second chance for the material to be used in a different way and also a second chance for my jewelry to become something different: an ornament or almost a dress. I like the idea that a ruin could be such a great source of beauty and this is the reason why I tried to explore a different way to work the “forgotten” leather: a super clean and modern material that can be worked in an apparent rough way” »

Night Writing by Letitia Pintilie, România

« The sensory jewelry.
”Vision, our dominant sense, allows us to perceive the world through images, motion and colour. We use the information received from it to recognise and interact with objects and environments, interpret spatial cues. When impaired, one way of assisting it is by supplementing information through other means, like tactile. I translated this into the collection by constructing the pieces on elements that address both the vision and the touch” »

Alien Flowers by Gülnur Özdağlar/ tertium non data, Turkey

« Exploring new horizons of beauty  ”This collection is a search for creating deep sea corals and tropic flowers of another planet” »

Necklace series by Magali Thibault Gobeil Joaillière, Canada

«  »SOMEBODY GOT CRAZY WITH THE CANDY MACHINE »
Lost in my imaginary world where everything is so delightful. That little place inside myself where everything is calm, joyful and pretty. Where my mind goes when everything is so hard outside, in the real world. These crazy forms of nature made from artificial materials are the result of that retreating into that special world that protects myself from not going crazy in the real world. They touch all our senses. We want to eat them as if they were candies, to touch them because of their appearance so smooth, spongy and colourful We all need that little break to full our body with a bit of joy. »"

Atomic Visions by Sandra Tepla Jewellery, Czech Republic

« Jewelry stand for a vision of future.
”Atomic Visions: Human Impulse is about futuristic textile structures, exploring empowerment/dominance in a pre-apocalyptic ‘rise before the fall’. My infatuation with textile cord has enabled me to create large scale work of colours previously unknown to me. It is this ‘WHY NOT?’ attitude that does the trick; often producing the most striking creations” »

About Colour/ (Im)movable Collection by Konstanze Prechtl, Austria

« Colour sets us free
« I use a range of colours derived from my personal life and surroundings which are applied in different ways to various materials. Depending on the line of sight, the viewer and wearer discover different colour schemes. The series “(Im)movable” reflects on Movement and Restraint – Freedom and Restriction. Although each joint is movable, they are restricting and limiting each other”. »

REflections Collection by Jana Acevska/Kapka Jewelry, Macedonia

« Jewelry speaks for today.
“Jewels as reflection of our internality are containing stories of the present, but also past, transmitted through generations. Relating the traditional with the contemporary is an endeavour to generate new stories, unique and specific, which is the idea behind the Reflections, new KAPKA jewelry collection”. »

 Lamella Collection by Veronika Fazekas, Hungary – Playing with magic.

« With these pieces my aim was to make a setting in a ’magical way’, using optical illusion and the help of the light. To see the settled lens, you need light which reflects it into your eyes. I could reach this with the help of lamellar structures.” »

Identity by Franziska Höhne, Germany – A non-gender jewelry.

« ”The collection sharpens the senses to become more sensitive in dealing with each other. It encourages thinking beyond simple categories so everyone can become aware of their own identity and develop it freely without constant external conditioning. There are no obvious gender markers in the collection. Each person can decide for themselves how the jewelry is worn, giving hints of one‘s own identity or masking it” »

Colorful Emptiness by Adriana Díaz, Colombia/Spain

« A piece of jewelry to remind us how time flies. Each and every moment. ”These pieces are small receptacles that actually contain nothing except a patina that is evocative of the passing of time. They are like rusty cans that have been abandoned in some forgotten corner, exposed to the elements and disuse” »

Balloon bracelet + Silver earrings by Tengely Nóra Jewelry, Hungary

« Playing with balloons and chain lines to find new balances.
”My jewelries are made of sterling silver with the technic of rigidified chains. Each link is soldered one by one. The balloon collection was made to find a new closure method. The bracelets consist two flat separated parts and the balloons press them together – they are the lock of the two parts”« 

Deforested by  Mona Velciov Monotip , Romania

  Mona Velciov,  Her collection for AUTOR 16 is dedicated to transforming protest into a powerful aesthetic statement.
”Due to the last 20 years of vast illegal logging, both by private companies and the government, hundreds of thousands of hectares of Romanian forests, one of Europe’s last virgin forests, were deforested. This body of work is a protest and a confession: of the pain these actions are causing to the forests that it is also my pain”.

Girls in Red by Diederick Van Hovell, Belgium

 » What color is your mood? “With the contemporary jewel as a medium, I search, with detours, a specific color to translate a mood, a technique to express a touching feeling, to transpose emotions. A portrait, a jewel, a thought – as a testimony of an interest in the individual, as an evocation of the distinctive signs, to learn about the intersecting identities of each other. This is my subject matter”.:

Earth’s four elements -  Bracelets by Isabel Sabato Argentina

Fractured Bracelet by Kyri Hinkleman, USA
”Working with found objects, I am interested in taking the previous inferred meanings of materials and changing the context to represent a new experience. Discarded metal, found threads, forgotten hardware and even seemingly useless care tags are things that often go unnoticed. Through my work, I intend to rediscover and represent these findings through a fresh outlook”.
Tidal Surge by Heather McDermott Jewellery, Scotland
« ”Unconventional in size and structure, each piece is an expression of sculptural form and is designed to create a statement. The continually changing shoreline is my constant source of inspiration and my collection is the contemporary interpretation of these surroundings. Stainless steel and silver wire is hand formed into soft geometric shapes mimicking fishing nets and lobster pots” »

Framing the Unframeable by Letizia Maggio jewelry, Italy

The Morning After by Shiran Shashua, Israel
”In this collection, I used paper as a main element giving it high value by setting it in a jewel. Using two different materials with different properties side by side. My inspirations comes from maps, latitude and longitude, compasses, arrows and signs”
 Past, loss, future by Christine Jalio, Finland – Exploring emotions
”The collection shows that I am intrigued by asceticism, old age and sensitivity. The pieces have a sense of comfort and safety to them and look very heavy, but are very light. I am extremely fascinated by the human psyche and the emotions and reactions that are part of it. In my work I want to study the human life span and the transitions, choices and turning points of life”

Noha Nicolescu – Little Blue, ring, wood, silver
‘I am a sky where spirits live. Stare into this deepening blue, while the breeze says a secret.’ Rumi

WEK, Portugal ★
“It’s all about playing! Connecting long necklaces, matching colours. Join as much as you want! Play collection is focus on the lock, the main piece of the necklace. Thought to be more than functional, the lock means singularity, irreverence, the importance of details”.

Ana Barbu Uzura , România
”As more as I get closer to plants and nature and work with them, I feel like a more powerful concept is taking over in this approach, the awareness of fragility of life, and for that to be more obvious I need to leave my plants more to hazard. In order to do that I have this new way, more voluptuous, of exhibiting dying organic matter, just by putting it into small protective exoskeletons made of precious metals or under thin glass”.

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Laura Forte, Linda Ezerman, Fabrizio Bonvicini, Francesca Mazzotta,

Mia Maljojoki, Noelia Macchi , Tal Barash Efraim with myday-byday Gallery in Rome selected at the Autor Fair 2017 !!

 

 

 Grand Hotel du Boulevard, Bucharest
Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta 5, București, Roumanie
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EXPO ‘BIJOUX! 2015’- Norton Museum, West Palm Beach (USA) – 26 Fevr.-1er Mars 2015

‘BIJOUX! 2015’,  Norton Museum of Art

The fourth annual exhibition and sale of contemporary art jewelry by international artists.

Preview Party:  Wednesday, February 25, 2015 / 6 PM

 

ARTISTS
Noy Alon, Israel	Matt Lambert, USA
Selvaggia Armani, Italy	Amy Lemaire, USA
Annemieke Broenink, NL	Tara Locklear, USA
Ashley Buchanan, USA	Elizabete Ludviks, Canada
Theresa Burger, South Africa	Marina Massone, Argentina
María Carelli, Argentina	Naomi Mcintosh, Scotland
Avital Coorsh, Israel	Giuliana Michelotti, USA
Kate Cusack, USA	John Moore, United Kingdom
Donna D’Aquino, USA	Grainne Morton, Scotland
Nirit Dekel, Israel	Kathleen Nowak Tucci, USA
Jeffery Lloyd Dever, USA	Gülnur Özdaglar, Turkey
Maria Eife, USA	Inni Pärnänen, Finland
Leslie Ann Genninger, Italy	Kim Rawdin, USA
Liat Ginzburg, Israel	Meghan Patrice Riley, USA
Jed Green, United Kingdom	Biba Schutz, USA
Tzuri Gueta, France	Sara Shahak, Israel
Mia Hebib, USA	Inbar Shahak, Israel
Aki Ichiriki, Japan	Frank Tjepkema, Netherlands
Reiko Ishiyama, USA	Maria Tsimpiskaki, Greece
Sally Kay, USA	Myung Urso, USA
Alyssa Dee Krauss, USA	Elise Winters, USA
Shay Lahover, Israel	Laura Wood, USA

 

Nirit Dekel

Reiko Ishiyama

Inni Parnanen

Maria Carelli

 

Norton Museum of Art
1451 South Olive Avenue,
West Palm Beach, FL 33401 – USA
http://www.norton.org/
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….. et plonger dans le grand BLEU !

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 

Recyclart ….. be greeeeeen ! le monde de la RECUP’

Recyclart

Recyclart est né!  » vous pouvez aller proposer vos propres créations (en cliquant sur “contribute”), et celles que vous croisez sur le net. L’idée finale étant juste de pouvoir inspirer d’autres gens en faisant une bibliothèque d’images liées au recyclage, à la réutilisation, au détournement d’objet, à la customisation, en débordant un peu sur les loisirs créatifs.  »
Excellente initiative!

quelques exemple, bijoux of course !!

« An environmental project in Costa Rica involving making eco-jewelry from recycled materials, for these examples, aluminum beverage-can pull-tabs and frayed strips of recovered cloth remnants. These are made by women responsible for their community recycling programs in remote villages, as a means to demonstrate that “no es basura”: just what can be done with throw-aways, a step in promoting a culture of recycling in this developing country. « 

cans caps necklace

« Voici des créations … réalisées par  Silvina ROMERO, qui réalise des bijoux à partir de récupération de textiles. Elle a commencé voici 4 ans, lors de la crise économique en Argentine, en jouant sur le recyclage, mais par nécessité … Depuis, en transformant ces déchets en petits trésors de création, elle a acquis une belle renommée pour ses travaux uniques, inspirés et surtout complètement dans l’air du temps. Un peu trop loin pour s’en procurer (argentine), mais allez voir son site pour le plaisir des yeux. »

« on continue dans le recyclage d’accessoires de sport en accessoires de mode. Cette fois-ci l’idée nous provient d’Elke MUNKERT, artiste allemande qui revisite les balles de tennis en bijoux, bracelets et bagues pour ces dames« 

moult recyclage dans le monde du bijou !! ) nos créateurs sont écolos en diable !

récup’ de Barbie et LEGO et autres jouets : voir l’article « Retour en enfance – bijoux, joujoux ….. Emiko OYE & autres » (bijoux d’Emiko Oye, de Margaux LANGE, Jana Natier, Tom Binns, « CERAQUOI », Kylie GARTSIDE, ‘UnMicroclima’ … )

 

Emiko Oye‘s limited-edition ‘Pink Martini’ bracelet reuses Legos

Mon amie Catherine JACQUET (FR), sur le site Odexpo, fait des bijoux UNIQUEMENT en récupération de plastiques (tétines de biberons, CDs, rideaux de douche, bouteilles, etc etc !!),

Catherine Jacquet – Collier ‘Goutelettes’- plastique recyclé
Cynthia del GIUDICE  – oversized plastic necklace (2009)

Gulnur OZDAGLAR (Turquie) fait de merveilleux colliers à partir d’ex-bouteilles en plastique, Cynthia del GIUDICE (Argentine) fait des merveilles de poésie à partir de … sacs en plastique, etc etc

 à vous de m’en proposer d’autres, que je ne connais pas encore !!

 

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VALENTINE …..

 Patricia LEMAIRE- ‘Toujours l’amour‘ – socle et suspension maillechort, argent, turquoise

Alors il parait que c’est la St Valentin, la fête des amoureux, etc etc …. j’avoue que, personnellement, ça me « tape sur le système » !

J’animais un atelier de création de bijoux pour ex-malades psy, il y a 2 ou 3 ans de cela, et je les faisais travailler par matériau, essentiellement de la « récupération » vu que l’association dont faisait partie l’atelier n’avait pas un sou.
Ce jour-là, travail à partir du feutre. But : faire une broche.

Et voilà pas que toutes mes « pt’ites dames » se mettent à faire … des coeurs ! moi, en bonne gourmande, je faisais une petite « pièce montée » (un gateau !) en feutre rose et blanc …. Je ne comprenais pas …. jusqu’à ce que l’une d’elles me dise, stoïque, « c’est pour la St Valentin ». Ahhhhhhhh !! ………

Voici donc une petite sélection qui « voit rouge », mais qui vient « du fond du coeur » !

Felieke van der LEEST – ‘Spermheart’ Brooch 1996 – Gulnur OZDAGLAR – « I love you as much as I love the world » heart brooches — Tosca TERAN – heart of glass

Et puis ….. REMERCIER la Galerie CARACTERE, à Neuchatel (CH), qui a fait une jolie newsletter/sélection pour la Saint Valentin « pour ceux qui sont amoureux » (j’adore les boutons de manchette « petites ailes » de Simone GUGGER !), « pour ceux qui cherchent encore l’âme soeur » (deux bagues pleine d’ironie de Gema BARRERA !)

Gema BARRERA – bague triptyque modulable ‘à la recherche de l’âme soeur…’ OU bague ‘à la recherche du prince charmant’ – j’ADORE !

mais AUSSI une sélection pour ceux qui « détestent la saint Valentin » (un bracelet souris de Ineke OTTE et une bague tête de mort de Cbijoux !)(ces bijoux se trouvent à la galerie CARACTERE, bien sûr !)

bracelet souris de Ineke OTTE et une bague tête de mort de Cbijoux

Merci pour cette attention et, surtout, pour cette note d’humour, que j’apprécie tant dans la vie comme dans le bijou ! 

 

Bonne fête, Valentins zé Valentines !

dans un MONDE SUB-AQUATIQUE naissent des BIJOUX ……

Ce n’est pas du matériau utilisé d’où je veux partir (genre je vais vous montrer des bijoux en nacre, en corail, etc ….) non, c’est de « l’impression marine » donnée …. comme une vague, de tous les côtés, qui doucement envahi les créateurs ….

Ce n’est pas tant le matériau qui compte, quoique …. corail, nacre, coquillage(s), oursins, galets…. ils ont leur mot à dire. Est-ce qu’ils viennent donner la « touche marine », en … « touche finale »,  ou sont-ils à l’origine de l’idée ? N’est-ce pas plutôt leur texture, leur aspect, leur granulé, je dirais presque leur « grain de peau », qui inspire ? qui donne l’idée de « faire comme si » ? Beaucoup de ces bijoux »aquatiques » sont en papier, silicone, argent, porcelaine, verre, feutre …. rien à voir avec ce que l’on est censé trouver en fond de mer (oui, enfin, rien de ce que l’on ETAIT censé trouver ….. maintenant ….. pfff ! ma brav’dame ! ……… ), mais ce qui merveilleux c’est que ces matériaux « terriens », voire industriels, nous parlent du fond des mers avec maestria, presque mieux que les « vrais », car ils ont un pouvoir d’évocation très fort, le rêve, l’imagination, l’interprétation sont libres de s’envoler : ce n’est pas « vraiment » du corail, mais ça fait penser au corail, ou à plus, à ce que l’on veut, à ce que l’on ressent  …. enfin, la maestria des matériaux qui nous parlent, je m’entends, plutôt la maestria des doigts de ces créateurs que j’envie tant (les doigts ET les créateurs ! )

Bon, assez parlé, des images !

(à chaque nom de créateur, cliquez et vous aurez accès à son site ou sa page web)

Ashley VICK (US) -  Sea Urchin Rings  –
Arcangelo BUNGARO - (IT) bague coquillage, perles, argent

Tzuri GUETA -(FR) collier ‘corail’ silicone  –  Ana HAGOPIAN -(ES) ‘coral’ necklace – papier

Aline KOKINOPOULOS (FR) bague oursin, argent & corail –bague ‘La ronde des Etoiles de mer’

Catherine JACQUET (FR) – colliers ‘Corail vivant’ et ‘cascade’ – plastiques

Barbara PAGANIN (IT) broche ‘fiore di luce’ – verre  (Galerie SLAVIK) –  GIIA (IT) « blue wave » felt neckpiece

Esty GROSSMAN  (FR) b.o. meduses-polypes – argent & cuivre 
Laurence OPPERMANN – (FR) bague oursin ‘constellation’ argent

Gilles JONEMANN (FR) collier-galet- LE fameux collier galet ! 
Evert NIJLAND (NL) necklace white porcelain… comme des squelettes marins ….
Gulnur OZDAGLAR – (Turquie) PET plastic necklace  -
Jean-François PEREÑA (FR) Galuchat de raie – Galuchat de roussette – Galuchat de requin – Plexiglas – Erable teint  Laiton – Maillechort – Cuir – Aventurine – Ebène ….. (cette liste me réjouit ! )

Patricia LEMAIRE (FR) Bague Péché d’Orgueil (photo Laurent Thion)–’ Eclat de Mediterranée’ – tour de cou suspension maillechort, argent, os, corail

Tosca TERAN (USA)  2009- an Un-Natural History – ‘Epigeous Conidiophorus’ – silver, enamel, silicone, borosilicate 
Victoria TAKAHASHI (USA)  wishing rock box

Willemijn de GREEF (NL) -  « weavings » necklace -wool, imitation coral, thread, plastic

Willemijn de GREEF (NL) -  broche  –  necklace (2005) zinc, teakwood, cotton-

Et pour finir, parce que la mer a besoin des rivières, et les rivières de la pluie, finissons sur/par un petit nuage !

Kyoko HASHIMOTO - (Japon) collier petit nuage (proposé par la galerie CARACTERE à Neuchatel (Suisse)

Gulnur OZDAGLAR bijoux en plastique recyclé – Jewelry from PET bottles

Gulnur OZDAGLAR (Turquie) creates jewelry and other objects from PET bottles. Most pieces are characterized by the many tiny holes which Ozdaglar individually pierces by hand.

              necklace -                     &            necklace segments

c’est incroyable la poésie qui se dégage de ces …. ex-bouteilles en plastique !

la transparence du verre, ces coloris de fonds aquatiques, la légéreté …. c’est magique ! j’adore ! Cette jeune femme, architecte de formation, vit à Ankara (Turquie). Bonne continuation !
http://gulguvenc.blogspot.com/ 

For information : « what is PET bottle? a domesticated bottle kept for companionship or amusement «   LOL !!

shop her creations at  : http://www.etsy.com/shop/gulguvenc

BOOK:

« tertium non data » (book on all things transformed from bottles) – livre sur ses bijoux/objets

(en vente sur Etsy.com)