Architectures …………… en broches
Poly Nikolopoulou – Brooch « Break » – silver, glass
Karen Vanmol – ‘under construction’ brooch – wood, concrete, cotton, paint, silver
« Karen Vanmol seeks in her work harmony to unite two worlds.
She is looking for a delicate balance between elements of the busy, modern city life and references to the silence and the slowness of nature. Her jewelry combine in a sensitive way clean organic shapes, and building materials with natural materials. Such as ground plans of a house look like farmland, a forests look like skyscrapers, in Karens work blurs the boundary between town and countryside. »
Suzanne Beautyman – Foundations & Façades serie – ‘confession’ brooch 2011
(comme ces fenêtres à « rejas » de Séville, ou les moucharabiehs ….)
« …my recent work presents deteriorated architectural forms as objects of adornment. As a series of brooches, they reference jewelry’s historical representation of wealth, while their forms capture degraded fragments of local architecture. Folds and cuts in iron surfaces invite peering into their voids, where delicate patterns set in colored enamel offset the dark metal façade. Reminiscent of wallpaper, the patterned interior surfaces speak of a careful care and consideration put into adorning ones own personal space. Voyeuristic glimpses inside the pieces reveal worn surfaces suggestive of domestic interiors. » (2010)
Suzanne Beautyman – Foundations & Façades serie – ‘Hall window’ brooch 2011
Soyeon Kim, urbanitie series
Marlene Beyer – brooches: Urban signs 2009 – Polyester resin, polyurethan resin, pigment, silver
Carolina Apolonia - “Heliopolis I” – brooch- silver, wood, enamel paint 2010
“My work reflects my intimate world. Often I construct abstract versions of rooms, buildings, boxes, nests, clusters, and cities that mirror my feelings, dreams, and fears. Some of them relate to memories I have, people in my past, my family history, others to the people around me. Yet others deal with my needs for protection, my fear of being locked in or shut out and my fascination with visible and invisible boundaries and territories. I am intrigued by the process in which walls simultaneously define and shut out space. I love the imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete; cycles of growth and decay, eroded geological structures and abandoned buildings inspire me. I often make unorthodox combinations of materials to create tension and balance. Sometimes I use found objects: quiet mirrors of other intimate worlds.“
Paolo Scura ‘Urban inspiration‘ – ‘The city new and old buildings‘ brooch
Sylvia Walz – serie « casitecturas » – « Piso de Alberto » brooch 2008
« En esta serie me dediqué a juntar paredes imaginarias, a construir pequeñas arquitecturas llevables que convocan la memoria a tiempos pasados: a vivencias, experiencias y convivencias. “Las Casitecturas” se convierten en recipientes de sensaciones.
Pequeños laberintos de la memoria, que invitan a paseos imaginarios por sus interiores.
Pasillos, ventanas y paredes, que forman un conjunto y que se comunican entre ellos. Suelos cuyos superficies han sido pisados miles de veces hasta gastarlos. »
Sylvia Walz - « La casa de Mariane » 
(bracelet)
Sybille Richter – Felder (Fields), 2009 brooch, aluminium, silver 935, uvarovite
Alice Bo-Wen Chang – Brooch – Bodyspace/bodyscape series – Silver, aluminium, paint (on Kit&Caboodle)
« Previously trained as an architect, I have always envisioned buildings as machines. Architectural elements are designed to form spaces that manipulate activities and movement. While jewellery cannot divorce itself from the human body, the most intimate space lies in between the body and the object(s). I approach jewellery design as constructing spaces on the topographic contours. »
Yu-Chun Chen – brooch 2008 steel, lacquer, jade, silver, slate
Annemie De Corte – brooch, 1999 silver
Hyo-rim Lee – brooch Window 8 2010, sterling silver, glass, PVC, fabrication, C-print (Kookmin University Seoul (KR))
Christine Matthias - brooch, 2009 silver
Stefano Marchetti – brooch, 2010, silver
Michael - ‘Flood’ – bracelet—sterling silver; pyrex; driftwood (on Kit&Caboodle)
Okinari Kurokawa – rings 2003/2004 gold 835
