Des P’tits trous, encore des p’tits trous ….

« Des P’tits trous, encore des p’tits trous ….
des p’tits trous, des p’tits trous, toujours des p’tits trous
Des trous d’seconde classe
Des trous d’première classe »
(« le poinçonneur des Lilas » – Serge Gainsbourg)

  Mathilde QUINCHEZ  Pendentif Elytre –
Son travail sera exposé pendant les « Circuits Bijoux » à L’age d’or  26, rue du Docteur Magnan 75013 Paris  Du 17 au 20 Octobre 2013

Monika Brugger broche

Monika Brugger – Fragile – brooch – silver

Haruka Oe -silver ring 2007

Haruka Oe -silver ring 2007

Rossella Cigognetti Tornquist Brooch (detail) Her work is particularly inspired by natural elements: surfaces like bark, wood, or structural elements from the animal kingdom, such as animal bones

Nevin Arig  Brooch: Return to the roots 2009  Chiseled silver, coral, pearl, gold halite

Sara Bran – using lace techniques with gold  

Julie Blyfield  Brooch: Shell 2011  Sterling silver

Leanne Ryan  (Perth, Western Australia)  Training and Further Education (TAFE) Central, Perth.  Brooch  Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, Raw silk cocoons, Seed pearls.  Approx. W 5.5cm x H 4cm  Photographer: Matt Reed

Leanne Ryan -Pendant  Sterling Silver, Heishi ‘Vulcanite’ Trade Beads, Raw silk cocoons – cut & edges dyed, silk cord.  Approx. diam. 6cm

Ursula Woerner – 2te heimat    

Ángela Bermúdez « Contigo & disancia » fermall/brooch

(recién graduada por la EASD de Valencia,  es portada en el blog Des del Sud con sus piezas de Proyecto Final del CFGS de Joyería, dirigido por la profesora Heidi Schechinger, en el curso 2011/2012)

Ángela Bermúdez (serie Turismo de interior)

Angela Bermudez (Viruthiers) ‘Media Pension’ broche 2012, plata

Angela Bermudez (Viruthiers) « Final de Trayecto » broche 2012, plata

Trinidad Contreras (BORAX08001)

Trinidad Contreras Brooch  (BORAX08001)

Trinidad Contreras brooch

Dana Hakim My Four Guardian Angels Brooch

Anya Pinchuk – Bloomington, Indiana  – silver brooch

Patricia Nowogrodski,  1001 Nights Brooch, Cooper, Black Oxide, Zircon.

Vera Siemund, necklace, 2011, enamelled steeldrilled, sawn, embossed, enamelled, mounted – 220 x 260 x 35 mm – steel hemispheres, red enamelled inside, drilled pattern   sawn portrait

Deganit Stern-Schocken  Necklace 2012  Silver, stainless steel, polystyrene

Eric De Gesincourt  earrings   from a ping pong ball

Dana Hakim, « My Four Guardian Angels, The Blue Series », Brooch 02, 2012         Iron, black mirrored plastic, cotton threads, paint, lacquer. 250X180X20 mm (from Bezalel Academy)

Lebanese designer Malaika Najem‘s Child Soldier collection

Malaika Najem – detail

Marjorie Simon First Thoughts on Miami Foliage Neckpiece

Maya Kini  

Julie Usel. Tear me Apart. 69 rings in copper: 1 in silver, ring box   

Romi Bukovec – wood – painted (several times) and brushed

Liangchao Shao (China)   – experiment : necklace – straws (BIAD)

EXPO ‘FERROUS’ – Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco (US) – 1er Mars-14 Avril 2013

FERROUS | Velvet da Vinci Contemporary Art Jewelry and Sculpture Gallery | San Francisco -

March 1 – April 14, 2013

(David Choi bracelet)

Jewelry in a New Iron Age by 60 International Artists

Velvet da Vinci San Francisco exhibition
March 1 – April 14, 2013
Artists’ reception Friday, March 1, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m.

FERROUS, an exhibition of jewelry using iron, steel, and steel alloys. Although the use of iron dates back more than two thousand years, this humble material is more commonly used for agriculture and industrial purposes than adornment. A significant exception is the Berlin Iron Jewelry of the early 19th century. The Prussian Royal family funded the uprising against Napoleon by encouraging wealthy citizens to exchange their precious gold and silver for intricately fabricated iron jewelry.Intricacy is just one aspect the 60 artists of FERROUS explore with this versatile material. Known for its strength and lightness, the steel and iron jewelry of FERROUS is both rusty and shiny, sheet and wire, bejeweled and modest. The exhibition will take place simultaneously at Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco and as a virtual exhibition at crafthaus online. In May FERROUS will travel to 18Karat Gallery in Toronto, Canada as part of The Society of North American Goldsmith’s annual conference.

 

 

Participating artists:
Nanz Aalund, USA –  Anne Achenbach, Germany –  Dauvit Alexander, Scotland –  Talya Baharal, USA –  Michael Berger, Germany –  Lisa Bjorke, Sweden –  Aaron Bray, USA –  Elizabeth Callinicos, UK –  Melissa Cameron, USA/Australia –  David Choi, USA –  Kat Cole, USA –  Dialogue Collective, UK –  Andy Cooperman, USA –  Donna D’Aquino, USA –  Jaclyn Davidson, USA –  Ann Catrin Evans, Wales –  Maureen Faye-Chauhan, Australia –  Fekete Réka, NL –  Mirla Fernandes, Brazil –  Peg Fetter, USA –  Rebekah Frank, USA –  Motoko Furuhashi, USA –  Susie Ganch, USA –  Elliot Gaskin, USA –  Janna Gregonis, USA –  Dana Hakim, Israel –  Masako Hamaguchi, UK –  Tom Hill, USA/UK –  Heejin Hwang, USA –  Rob Jackson, USA –  Mary Frisbee Johnson, USA –  Lisa Juen Sinnott, USA –  Satomi Kawai, USA –  Maya Kini, USA –  Amy Klainer, USA –  Jenny Laidlaw, UK –  Lorena Lazard, Mexico –  Roxy Lentz, USA –  Timothy Information Limited, UK –  Kasja Lindberg, Sweden –  Tara Locklear, USA –  Sarah Loertscher, USA –  Drew Markou, UK –  Judy McCaig, Spain/Scotland –  Lindy McSwan, Australia –  Chris Nelson, USA –  Iker Ortiz, Mexico –  Claudio Pino, Canada –  Jo Pond, UK –  Suzanne Pugh, USA –  Meghan Patrice Riley, USA –  Mackenzie Sala, USA –  Natasha Seedorf, USA –  Sondra Sherman, USA –  Marjorie Simon, USA –  Melissa Stiles, USA –  Barbara Stutman, Canada –  Tore Svensson, Sweden –  Sarah West, USA –  Katie Wright, UK

Donna D’Aquino : Red/Black Necklace

 Helen Shirk: Neckpiece

Alexander Dauvit : Three Post-Apocalyptic Cocktail Rings

David Choi Brooch

Maureen Faye-Chauhan: Stainless steel Octahedral brooch

Sarah West – Coney Island/RCA Brooch

Susie Ganch : Pendant

Mirla Fernandes Eu sou a medida II/Fe (I am the measure/Fe) Necklace

Drew Markou Rust and Space Brooch #1

Tara Locklear – Faux Real KJ Lane Replica Earrings

Marjorie Simon First Thoughts on Miami Foliage Neckpiece

Sondra Sherman Study Valeriana Brooch

Barbara Stutman Boutonniere #11

Jennifer Laidlaw No use in crying over spilt milk Necklace (detail)

Lindy McSwan Day 7 NYC v2.1 and v1.2 Brooches

Dana Hakim My Four Guardian Angels Brooch

Meghan Patrice Riley Interstitial II Necklace

Kat Cole 405 Summit Catalog of Belongings Neckpiece

Kat Cole The Land Below – Winter Neckpiece

Sarah Loertscher Structure Neckpiece #13

Amy Klainer Safety Chain Necklace

Suzanne Pugh Brooch

Roxy Lentz Neckpiece

 Lisa Bjorke Frigg Brooch

Reka Fekete Juggling Brooch

 Lisa Juen I Make You Look Successful Brooch/Neckpiece

 Claudio Pino INOX Reverie Ring

Michael Berger Kinetic Ring

Motoko Furuhashi – Sentiment Brooch

Timothy Information Limited -  Gone Brooch

EXPO ‘Silk – Maya Kini’ – Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley (CA -USA) – 2 Fevr.-31 Mars 2013

‘Silk’  Maya Kini

Artist Opening Reception  Saturday February 02, 5-8pm

artist talk at 5:30pm

Shibumi Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Sacramento/Bay Area based artist Maya Kini entitled Silk featuring jewelry made using silk, silver, bone, gold, steel, and enamel. The opening will be held Saturday February 2nd with a free reception from 5-8pm and artist talk beginning at 5:30pm. Silk runs through March 31, 2013 at Shibumi Gallery.
Maya Kini speaks through both subject and material to address the cycle of generation, decay and transformation. Taking casts of age damaged silk saris purchased in Benares, India circa 1960 to create jewelry, Kini puts forth new items of luxury while pointing to the history of these once exquisite garments. Silk is a show that confronts the complexities imbedded in the materials of a jeweler. Gold and precious metals are presented as agents in a cycle of collection, use and re-use played out over the centuries. By casting these jewelry pieces, Kini implicates herself in the histories of gold and silk while illustrating a complicated system
that imagines all objects to be linked to one another. Her exhibition of these pieces is an open-ended invitation by which she offers the gallery patron the opportunity to enter into the lives of these objects and continue with their story.

Maya Kini received her MFA in Metalsmithing from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield, MI and her BA in Spanish Literature from Reed College in Portland, OR. Her work was recently featured in the exhibition Maps and Mapping at Tangent Gallery in Sacramento, CA (2012) and internationally at Galerie Louise Smit in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2011). Her work can be seen in a number of publications including 500 Rings Showcase, Lark Books (2012) and The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers, Darling Publications (2008). She currently maintains a studio practice in Sacramento, CA and is an instructor at the University of California Davis Craft Center, Davis, CA.

Maya Kini,  rings

Maya Kini, “Ceremonial Markings”, Machine and carved graphite rings

  Maya Kini vanishing points ovals  – hand perforated oxydized silver earrings with silver wires

Shibumi Gallery

1402 Fifth Street .

Berkeley . CA . 94710

t. 510.528.7736