COUP de COEUR : Robean Visschers, HUMOUR forever !

Robean Visschers, HUMOUR forever !

Complexe « constructions » -in an architectural sense-, breathtaking work, but always always present : HUMOUR !

« Constructions » because one thing I first adlired in his work is all these scaffoldings that surround the jewel, like to hold it, but in fact main (?) part of the jewel. Breathtaking !
And Humour when playing with words, with objects, with images from a modern city world
A modern city with tags, advertising everywhere, destructed walls, new constructions withscafffoldings ….. …. delectable !

« Jewellery is decoration for the body. Which does not mean that in jewellery there should not be a meaning. »

Robean Visschers  2013 ·    « Ring please »  Gold, Hema bel

Robean Visschers - PacMan-necklace gold, pearls 2012

« “Like nomads, Pacman has to gather food in his ‘field’. If we are ever concurred by the digital world and computerarcheologists start investigating us; they’ll look upon Pacman as a primitive nomad,” »

  Robean Visschers Pin up girls.  Earstuds.  Gold

Robean Visschers  – Butter-fly. Brooch. Silver, steel
(made for the exhibition « Papallona / Mariposa / Butterfly » organized by philip Sajet – at AmarantoJoies, Barcelona  2013 )

Robean Visschers  - Butter-fly. Brooch. Silver, steel

Robean Visschers – History repeats.  Ring.  Silver,piece of Berlin wall

Robean Visschers - 2013 ·   » history repeats » Made for NTJ, true colors (was not selected) -  ring including a piece of the Berlin wall. Very precious graffiti gemstone.

Robean Visschers – Pink ring. Ring. Gold, enamel, Silver, rock cristal
ring with « scaffoldings »

Robean Visschers – « under construction » made for New traditional jewellery 2006  
ring with « scaffoldings »

Robean Visschers – Rings. Gold  2010
even the more « classical » rings have an internal « scaffoldings »

Robean Visschers Ring. Gold, black diamond 1,02ct, white diamonds 0.05ct.

Robean Visschers – Cloud. Brooch. White gold
then … the scaffold remains alone, the main structure

Robean Visschers - Parking. Brooch. Gold. 

Robean Visschers Connection.  Necklace.  Gold,wood

Robean Visschers earrings – pearl -  (for   ‘Barocco’ exhibition– Museum of Art & Crafts ITAMI, Japan – 8-30 Sept. 2012

 

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Robean Visschers earrings – for   ‘Barocco’ exhibition– Museum of Art & Crafts ITAMI, Japan – 8-30 Sept. 2012

 

 

EXPO ‘Papallona / Mariposa / Butterfly’ – Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers, Granollers (Spain) – 29 Nov. 2013 – 2 Mars 2014

Papallona / Mariposa / Butterfly

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers

Check the online catalogue here

Paticipating artists:
Adriano Castoro — Alexander Blank — Ana Toledo — Andrea Wagner – Anne Wiedau — Annika Lange — Arek Wolski — Atsuko Fujishima — Attai Chen — Atty Tantivit — Beate Klockmann — Bernhard Schobinger — Bruno Sievering Tornow — Chiara Scarpitti — Christina Karababa — Cristina Martí Mató — Chang Wei Hsuan — Dana Seachuga — David Bielander — Davide Zambon — Diana Tipoia — Donald Friedlich – Edu Tarín — Emi Fukuda — Eva Burton — Fanny Agnier – Felieke Ven Der Leest – Florie Dupont — Francesca Ferrario — Gabi Dziuba — Gésine Hackenberg — Grego García — Gregory Larin — Hans-Joachim Härtel — Hector Lasso – Helen Britton — Herman Hermsen — Horst Feiler – Hu Jun — Jiro Kamata — Jordi Sànchez – Karina Lazauskaite — Karl Fritsch – Karolina Bik – Katharina Dettar — Kathleen Fink — Katja Prins – Kecskés Orsolya – Kvetoslava Flora Sekanova — Lisa Walker – Maarja Niinemägi — Manon Van Kouswijk – Manuel Vilhena — Mari Ishikawa – María Mamkaeva – Marina Elenskaya/Christian Van Der Kaap — Marta Roca Solé — Martin Wipperfürth — Martina Pont — Martina Tornow — Melanie Isverding — Mirei Takeuchi — Montserrat Lacomba — Natalie Luder – Nicolás Estrada – Nina Sajet –  Noon Passama – Otto Künzli — Patrícia Domingues — Pavel Opocenský — Peter Skubic — Petr Dvorak – Petra Zimmerman — Philip Sajet – Ramon Puig Cuyás — Robean Visschers – Rosa Nogués Freixas — Rudolf Kocea — Ryuichiro Nakamura –  Sandra Murray – Sara Shahak – Sehee Um –  Silvia Walz — Simone Knust –  Slawomir Fijalkowski — Stefan Heuser — Stefan Todorov – Stefano Marchetti — Surasekk Yushiwat — Suzan Rezac — Tabea Reulecke — Taweesak Molsawat — Terhi Tolvanen –  Theodora Vasilopoulou –  Therese Hilbert — Thomas Dierks — Ulrich Reithofer – Uta Feiler — Vera Siemund — Volker Atrops — Xavier Monclús.

Arek Wolski – Brooch: Untitled, 2013 -  Steel pins

Philip Sajet – ring  Papallona/Butterfly, 2013  Niello on silver, enamel on silver, gold

Ulrich Reithofer – Ring: Grey on green with gold butterfly, 2013 – Jade, rock crystal, gold leaf

Marta Roca Solé – Pendant: Madame butterfly, 2013 – Glued newspaper, oxidised silver, cotton thread

 Fanny Agnier – « papallona » ring

Beate Klockmann - ‘papallona d’or’ brooch 

Christina Karababa (GR) ‘crisalide’ pendentif

 Karolina Bik -  ‘graphium’ ring – peridot, argent oxydé

Montserrat Lacomba - broche ‘papallona blanca’ – cobre, esmalte

Katharina Dettar - brooch – labradorite, or

Gesine Hackenberg – ‘papallona de mandarina’ brooch – cuivre

 

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers
Carrer de Palaudàries 102
08402 – Granollers
Spain
Telephone: [phone]
website: www.museugranollersciencies.org
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EXPO ‘Mariposa/papallona/Butterfly’ – Amaranto joies, Barcelona (ES) – 4 Avril-18 Mai 2013

Mariposa/Papallona/Butterfly

Una exposición comisariada por PHILIP SAJET

 55 creadores = 55 mariposas

Philip Sajet

“There are as many butterflies as that are people, probably even many more.

Mystica tells us, that departed souls sometimes return as butterflies to comfort and reasure us.

But whatever the case, one thing is sure in this life they live short.

They are light and extremely agile and in the eyes of some are considered as very beautiful

The only animal who looks alive while not being it.

That is their tragedy. To be pinned on a board. 

The butterfly for the artist is also a metaphor for life.

How big or small, how light or heavy do you make it?

It was my personal curiosity to ask artists whose work fascinate / intrigue me to show me their Butterfly.

Yes almost as intimate as this question sounds, so intimate in a way it is.”   Philip Sajet

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Petr Dvorak - Garnet/garnet/Butterfly 

My garnet/garnet/titanium butterfly is a transformation of my perception of the world, my vision of impressions, desires and illusions. Within each of us is a butterfly

Peter Skubic - Butterfly  2013

The pieces is a butterfly in my still. It means the reflecting steel-sheats makes the piece as well as invisible,
because mirrors are invisible. You can only see the reflection of the surface and the colour and imagine spaces.
I make it from a suggestion of Philip Sajet.

Patricia Domingues  Descanso – broche Fotografía Manuel Ocaña

 Ramon Puig Cuyàs – “Rerum natura I”

Vera Siemund
I always liked to mix different quotations in my pieces.

To do a butterfly seemed to be very easy, but suddenly this insect really gave me problems. It became so serious but at the same time too sweet. I had to leave nature immediately and go back to the topics I am familiar with.

Manon Van Kouswijk Butterfly.

Originally made for the 10 year anniversary of PEAH, a jewellery label run by Felix Lindner and Samantha Font-Sala.

Fanny Agnier Butterfly

Philip Sajet

Andrea Wagner – Lepidoptera Reef Enclave

Lisa Walker

Robean Visschers – butter-fly brooch

As a child I was already wondering how « things » got their name. Sometimes a word or a name is a combination of 2 or more words. also in the case of the Butterfly. Why?? I combined a pack of butter with a fly. Quess what? It doesnt look like a butterfly. For me its a strang name for a beautiful animal.

Silvia Walz -   Morpho con alas desplegadas –

El morpho es una mariposa azul que vive la mayor parte del tiempo en el bosque con las alas plegadas. Sin embargo cuando esta en búsqueda de compañero, sale de su escondite, desplega las alas y vuela en lo alto.

Atty Tantivit – Lepidopterophobia

Gregory Larin

Florie Dupont

 Eva Burton Heteroneuma

Tabea Reulecke

Beate Klockmann   Gold Butterfly

Grego García

 

Edu Tarin  – Alas

La crisálida dejó su esqueleto olvidado para ver nacer las alas de mariposa. Alas que llevará a través del viento. Alas que el cuerpo posee y que maneja a su antojo.

Chang Wei Hsuan

Manuel Vilhena  The brooch comes with a book, The book is (ia a way) the statement for the piece. Fotografía Neumuller

Surasekk Yushiwat Butterfly Effect. The keyword of this product come from question “Butterfly colors this world but how they color anyone who wear t-shirts ?”. The graphic of butterfly effect come from difference movements during daily routine activity of wearer in each days, so there are no cliché graphical.

 

Amaranto joies
Sant Domènec 23
08012 Barcelona
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SIERAAD Art Fair 2012 – Amsterdam – 1–4 Nov. 2012

SIERAAD Art Fair, international jewellery design fair – 01.Nov.2012 – 04.Nov.2012

(ring by Serin Oh from Korea, one of the winners of the biennial international design contest New Traditional Jewellery 2010)

This year the poster will feature a ring by Serin Oh from Korea, one of the winners of the biennial international design contest New Traditional Jewellery 2010: True Colours. After the great success of last year another delegation of Korean contemporary jewellery designers will be present at the fair this year – definitely something to look forward to because in our Western eyes these artists give a unique interpretation of their cultural history.

 Pieces from Serin Oh

Vivian Meller brooches

Ute van der Plaats, porselein, zilver en katoen

Kika Alvarenga, ring – silver green turmalines

Lien Hereijgers  VOSTOKRING

Sound jewellery of ceramics, Audiowear consists of a series of musical jewellery made of ceramics, inspired by musical instruments like flutes and xylophones. It is a unique project of Elasticbrand, a design studio in Brooklyn, NY run by the artistic duo Arjen Noordeman and Christie Wright

TZURI GUETA tour du cou chardon -  His organic/futuristic jewellery in silicones refer to biology, neurons, algae and plants. He himself calls it ‘lace fed by silicones’, and he took out a patent on his invention. He also designs fabrics using this unique process which he has sold to all the great couturiers: from Gaultier to Armani and from Vuitton to Dior. His latest achievement is the collaboration with French couturier Stephane Rolland for the 2013 fall/winter collection

 Linda Ezerman  – stand 28 – Necklace, handmade, unique piece  from the series ‘tide land wet beach caught by seaweed’, felt, kelp, miyuki beads, resin, rubber, ink

Uli Rapp, stand 52

Xinrui (Sherry) Yu

Alice Bo-Wen Chang, stand 55

Stefania Lucchetta

Jillian Moore

Ute Decker – snapshot from the bench with new arm sculptures by ute decker for Sieraad, Amsterdam stand 27

Uk Collect_ive stand 35, a new generation of UK Art Jewellers, with Farrah Al-Dujaili –  Laura Bradshaw Heap – Melanie Codarin — Katie Lees — Yu-Ping Lin — Grace Page — Natalie Smith — Anna Wales

Katie Lees

Farrah Al-Dujaili Brooch 2011 -  Copper, enamel paint, watercolour, pencil, pastel – Dimensions: 14cm x 8cm x 5cm

 

SIERAAD 2012
Gasholder WesterGasfabriek
Klönneplein 1
1014 DD – Amsterdam – Netherlands
Telephone: [phone]
website: www.sieraadartfair.com
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ALL PARTICIPANTS here

with, among them :

Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Firenze Italy:
Valentina Caprini IT — Andrea Coderch Valor ES — Patrick Davison GB — Catalina Gibert Nadal ES —  Sam Hamilton IR — Dinah Lee USA — Weronika Marek PL — Izabella Petrut RM — Giulia Savino IT — Anna Helena van de Pohl de Deus USA

 

‘NEW NOMADS’ New Traditional Jewellery 2012

More Info: http://www.newtraditionaljewellery.com

exhibition New Nomads

exhibition New Nomads will be shown during SIERAAD Art Fair, 1 – 4 November 2012, in the Gashouder, WesterGasfabriek, Amsterdam  www.sieraadartfair.com 

For the 2012 design contest and exhibition the professional jury of New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) has chosen the theme ‘NEW NOMADS’, because both literally and figuratively this theme offers many possibilities for inspiration.

the professional jury of New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) at (hard !) work ….

The history of jewellery is as old as mankind. While people went in search of parts with the best living conditions they carried their valuables with them, wearing them on their bodies. Jewellery that represents economic and social status, as it still does nowadays in the case of nomadic tribes. The dissemination of religions went hand in hand with an unprecedented range of religious jewellery and ornaments, ranging from small containers for religious texts to reliquaries and portable altars.
To this day, jewellery made of stable materials like gold and gems is the guarantee for your ‘ticket home’ in times of crises or when you have to flee from high-risk areas. Due to the global financial crisis prices of this so-called ‘flight gold’ have skyrocketed. Is there an alternative? Nowadays there are quite different streams of migrants but the principle is the same: people in search of parts with better living conditions. The whole world is on the move, from refugees to tourists, from emigrants to employees of multinationals. And you don’t even have to get up from your chair: Skype e.g. has made videoconferencing into a social medium.
NTJ asks contemporary professional jewellery designers to build bridges between the traditional jewellery of e.g. nomads, pilgrims, explorers, globetrotters, refugees or colonists and possible symbols bearers representing the mobility of the ‘NEW NOMADS’. Check the attachments for conditions and criteria.

all nominees New Nomads:
Ariane Ernst D — Alejandra Solar Mex — Auk Russchen NL — Barbora Dzurakova SK — Casey Fenn UK — Dana Hakim IL — Daniela Malev D — Edu Tarín ES — Hee Won Kang ROK — Heng Lee RC — Hester Popma-van de Kolk NL — Jie Sun CN — Judy McCaig UK — Juliane Keßler D — Katharina Dettar D — Laila Smith UK — Leon Mommersteeg NL — Maria Hees NL — Matthew+Amanda Caines UK — Maryvonne Wellen NL — Minna Karhu FIN — Noa Liran IL — Patricia Domingues P — Peter Vermandere B — Petra Bole SLO — Raewyn Wash NZ — Ricarda Wolf D — Robean Visschers NL — Roseanne Bartley Au/NZ — Sang-Hee Park ROK — Saskia Govaerts B — Sina Wassermann D — Sung-Min Jung ROK — Tabea Reulecke D — Verena Klette D — Vernon Bowden NZ –

The exhibition during SAF: 1-4 november at Gashouder Westergasfabriek Amsterdam

the exhibition “New Nomads” will be then shown in MMKArnhem (museum for Modern Art in Arnhem) ,  November 24. – January 27. 2013!
The next exhibition will be published after the summer.

Maria Hees (NL) – Necklace: foam, porcelain, rubber

Roseanne Bartley (AU/NZ)

Noa Liran (IL)

Robean Visschers ring (winner New Traditional Jewellery 2006)

Robean Visschers – for 2012 competition

Auk Russchen – (NL) Broche ‘Ode’, 2010 (winner for 2010 New Traditional Jewellery « True Colours »)

Sang-Hee Park

Matthew+Amanda Caines – Necklace – Suffolk dump dig pottery figure with Thames

Tabea Reulecke

Jie Sun – from JOYA 2012 (ENJOIAT award) to SIERAAD Art Fair,  nominated piece for New Nomads

EXPO ‘Barocco’ – Museum of Art & Crafts ITAMI, Japan – 8-30 Sept. 2012

Barocco – Baroque Pearl Jewelleries by 24 Artists  08.09.2012 15:00 ~

Chitose Ohchi × Jun KonishiKarin Seufert necklaces

« `Baroque-water-pearls´ got their name, next to other aspects, because of their irregular outer shape. And just because of this special shape, they are sometimes also categorist as `scrap water pearls´. They are not first choice, their shapes don’t fit into special norms and conceptions, they are not perfect round with a smooth straight surface and their luster is broken due to their vivid appearances.
The image, which came up into my mind was to hide every visible detail because they do not fulfill certain expectations. I thought to put them into textile in a way that you only can feel them. It is then your fantasy, which gives the pearls their beauty without seeing them ever.
But nevertheless pearls are always beautiful just because of their unique shapes, their special colors, their sizes and their luster. And every pearl is individual because of this. It is a creation of nature and this beauty is worth to be shown, unless different expectations.
To emphasize this idea, I decided to not hide them.
It seemed to be much more interesting to place them into transparent textile, instead of hides them totally inside an opaque material. Now it is possible to see a bit of their shapes, to feel the weight, to hear the sound when the pearls touch each other and to move them like you want.
The design, which was the result of this idea, is a square tube.
It should be as minimal as possible to give all attention to the pearls inside. The textile I used for this tube/bag is black organza silk. Depending on where the pearls are, the form of the bag will be different and is made by the movement of the pearls. » Karin Seufert

Karin Seufert – detail 1

Karin Seufert – detail 2Jiro Kamata  Pearl Ring 2009
« So,”what does it feels like to be inside of a pearl?” With such a simple questions, these rings were coming. it’s just like a taking a taboo in my mind.When I shaved it, I found another pearl inside. As if you were in a time machine inspecting the history of pearls.Here are the extraordinary pearl rings.« Jiro Kamata « So,”what does it feels like to be inside of a pearl?”

Jun Konishi – Natural shapes and  artificial shapesFelix Lindner  - brooch, orange plastic & pearls
« How to put pearls in my jewellery? So easy – it was love at first sight – I guess I am not the first one – later on I try to classify, making small groups, some pearls are attracting me more then others, but in almost every kind I can find details that are beautiful – I am amazed! » – „ice cream“   Felix Lindner – „pimp my ride“ – I can pimp your tin toy ride… cultured bubble pearl wheels – other parts were taken from my work “les nouveaux classiques”… „Babe we’ll ride in style movin’ all along…“Beate Klockman neckpieceBeate Klockman neckpiece (detail) –
« The landscape around here inspires me. It is very rough and wild. The weather is changing fast, everything moves. Only the mountains are a constant. I find perfect harmonies in this chaos and bring those to the body. I create Jewelry in a same way as the nature grows. Letting the same coincidental imperfections, decide the character of the jewel. I make jewelry like drawings. The Pearls are the shiny dots in my composition… » Beate KlockmanAnnelies Planteijdt -  city-White place 2009Annelies Planteijdt -  city-White place 2009

Mariko Yamashita – ‘party’ necklace – pearl, 18k, paintPhilip Sajet necklace & detail

Mirei Takeuchi – necklaces – pearl, panty

Mirei Takeuchi détails necklacesIris BodemerRobean Visschers earringsKatja Prins ringsKarolina Bik  necklaceFlorie Dupont brooches

Dorothea Dahnick – “floral swing”

 

 

The Museum of Art & Crafts ITAMI 
2-5-28 Miyanomae, Itami, Hyogo 664-0895
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ENVIRONNEMENT MODERNE

…. environnement urbain : travaux, béton, ferrailles, échafaudages, palissades, barrières, outillages, machineries, matériaux de construction, lignes, cartes, plans, routes, échangeurs, sens interdits …….. démolition, reconstruction ….  tout cet environnement, même hostile ou menaçant, fascine ….. un moment, le mouvement est arrêté, « photographié », pensé, intériorisé puis réinterprété selon chacun, retraduit, « miniaturisé » pour devenir bijou … une construction nouvelle, en quelque sorte ….

(voir également l’article « Architectures …………… en broches »)

Andrea Zeuner  – Superhighway Brooch 2011  Brass, asphalt crack repair, steel

Andrea Zeuner – Superhighway Neckpiece – Brass, asphalt crack repair, nickel – 2010

Andrea Zeuner – Neighborhood Brooch – sterling, copper, raw garnets, wood, steel

Caitie Sellers Transistor Brooch – sterling & steel

Caitie Sellers topographic brooch – Sterling Silver.
The inside of this brooch is composed of 5 pierced disks to make that image. The top of the brooch screws off so the wearer can take out the slices and do something else with them

Phoebe Porter - transit necklace

Andrea PIneros – Broche CIRCUITOS, 2011. The city, the friends, the family and you – Brass, Cristal, car paint

Stephanie Barbié -Lo natural, lo artificial – broche – alpaca, plata, resina, metacrilato
« El mapa de una ciudad, como primera aproximación de un espacio, reune lo artificial y lo natural, lo simbólico y lo real. Confronta imaginación y deseos con vivencia y realidad. Esas piezas surgen de esta confrontación. «

 

Michael Dale Bernard Excavator necklace, stainless steel, silver, vinyl tubing, powder coat,  2009

Michael Dale Bernard Dozer brooch, one of a pair designed for the Neo-Rococo show. Stainless steel, aluminum, silver, brass, iron pyrite, powder coat, 2010

Maru Lopez – Derrumbe paredes – 200 – Silver,Iron and cement

Vanessa Arthur - ‘Demolition necklace’ – Reclaimed wood, laminate, copper, wooden beads, gold elastic, 925 silver.

Diego Bisso – Environmental Jewelry – Marmo (marble)

Dana DiPlacido (2011 graduate from MassArt, Massachusetts College of Art and Design ) – House bracelet, 2011 – stainless steel

Robean Visschers  «under-construction» structure ring -Gold, silver (oxidized)- 2006

Robean Visschers  - construction/structure ring

Robean Visschers Untitled 2009 Brooch

Bin Dixon-Ward – brooch – 2009

Ara Kuo – ‘MAZE’ brooch

Alice Bo-Wen Chang Bodyspace/bodyscape serie – red brooch

Linda Hughes Square Neckpiece and bracelet

« Colour plays a very important part in your jewellery and it is often bold and bright. Would you consider this a signature style or do see yourself moving towards a different palette in the future?
The palette relates directly to street signage but I do feel free to incorporate other colours and don’t feel inhibited by it.
What ignited your interest in signs? Was it marked by a particular experience or moment?
Some of the urban landscape in Australia seems particularly contrived, like a theatre set. A mixture of international influences all mixed up, often without connecting to the environment. My attention is drawn to signs as ‘street furniture’ if you like, ‘props’. « 

Linda Hughes – Necklace

« In her new body of work, contemporary jeweller Linda Hughes explores the ‘stripe’, historically favoured as a metonym for danger, exclusion and as a device to attract attention. Hazard signage, ubiquitous in the urban landscape, changes when placed on the body as jewellery. In this exhibition, Hughes applies the visual language of the stripe to the sculptural form of the wearable. Displayed against as a series of graphic backdrops, the work explores the tension between body and environment, critiquing the complex theatre of public space. »

Linda Hughes -  necklace  – « It’s got legs » exhibition

« Shared Zone, is both the culmination of Linda Hughes master’s research and her first solo exhibition.
Hughes utilises the familiar urban language of invisible everyday objects such as road signs, posts and hazard markings. Juxtaposing these symbols on the body she uses them to define space and create landscape. Her work invites the wearer to become a part of the “theater of the wearable” that arises when the brooches, neckpieces and bangles are placed so as to interact and create their roles – transforming the body into a stage. »

Linda Hughes, Wing Brooch, Red & White Series, 2009, laminate and acrylic. Photography Argonaut Design

Galatée Pestre   sautoir ‘Sens Interdit’ – argent noirci, émail.

Analiese Stinson (2011 graduate from MassArt, Massachusetts College of Art and Design )- Map Bracelet #2–The Trip to School and the Long Way Home, 2011 silver, fabricated

Fabrizio Tridenti’s complex structures

Bergner Schmidt – Concrete jewellery

Benita Dekel, Massconstruction – silver & concrete (ciment)

« Benita Dekel, a graduate of the Department of Jewelry Design at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design (Israël), developed a series of jewelry pieces that combine silver with concrete. The results of the combination of concrete, which we usually associate with heavy, industrial construction, and delicate constructions in silver is that despite being made of concrete the pieces do not appear heavy. The shapes of the pieces, which are very familiar, almost as though they have been taken from various construction sites, manage to surprise both in their shape and new function« 

Todd Pownell – architectural nest

Donna Veverka – Spiral Staircase bracelet

Silvia Walz – série « Casitecturas » Victors Haus – brooch – silver, copper, enamel

Sabine Conrad – necklace Burnt Future 2011, copper, silver, wood, paint

Esther Knobel – 4 brooches From “The Mind in the Hand” series

Renzo PASQUALE – OLIMPICA – spilla (brooch) – omaggio a Palladio (2008)

Christina Elleni Cox « Changeable Cities » bracelet (on Kit&caboodle)

some RINGS discovered here & there ……………

Each time I see great rings I think about the great « ring web site », « The Carrotbox » ! and my dream would be to help her to discover new rings ….. but she knows ALL about rings before everybody ! so keep up dreaming !

………….. and trying to STOP this post !!!! finding every hour new GORGEOUS rings !!!

Alina Alamorean

Julia  deVille

Lisbeth Nordskov ring – Nylon, sølv, elfenben og granater.

Susanne Klemm

Rita Marcangelo – silk (burnt) & silver rings

Lucia Massei- « Le parole vengono dopo  » 2011

Lucia Massei- 2 Pigmented shibuichi (silver & copper) rings

Patty Nieman – Ring (exhibition « Finger symbols » 2010)

Marcus Marguillier- 3rd hologram series ring

Ingjerd Hanevold – Norway

Ingjerd Hanevold – Norway

Medan Toril ring (saw on Helena Johansson blog)

Shannon Carney ring

Helena Johansson‘s contribution to the book New Rings: 500+ Designs from Around the World

Violaine Ulmer - céramique, argent

Tomasz Zaremski – Poland

Tomasz Zaremski (Poland) – rings

Amber O’Harrowseashell ring

Esther Knobel

Tasso Mattar

Marie Bonfils  (DK) – ‘Ode to Manfred’ ring

Katherine Wheeler existence ring

Susanne Klemm – sleeping-beauties – couldn’t resist to them …………

Joe Wood (US) – ball rings 1999 – cast sterling silver, with 18K gold liner

Augousta Themistocleous  – ‘ping pong’ ring – collection 2009

Melanie Moulhen – émail – bagues ? (blog Bijouterra)

Winfried Krueger ring 1999 (blog Bijouterra)

Sun Kyoung Kim

Iwaki Yu

Agata Friedman

Liisa Hashimoto – shoe ring

Margaret Bridgewater – ‘Floating’ rings

Anthi Voyatjes - « Death encapsulated » - Sterling silver, pearls, animal skull; hollow form construction

Keri Kwik (US) – ring

Kaylee Russotti

Robean Visschers so well-known « under-construction » structure ring -Gold, silver (oxidized)- 2006

Robean Visschers  - another construction/structure ring – glorious !

Lisa JUEN – ring (exhibition « Finger symbols » 2010)

Yoko Izawa - veiled rings (exhibition « Finger symbols » 2010)

Nora FOK – ring ?  (exhibition « Finger symbols » 2010)

Rhona HOGG (UK) ring

Jenny Llewellyn set of rings -  like jelly worms …..

Isabelle Hertzeisen – twist tie rings

Ashley Akers

BOOK

New Rings – 500+ Designs from Around the World – by Nicolas Estrada – Thames & Hudson, 272 pp – available in JUNE 2011 -

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GREAT RINGS saw on this Flickr page about « Finger symbols » exhibition  held in 2010 by Shetland Arts (Finger Symbols, an exhibition exploring rings and finger ornaments, curated by Mary Smith can be seen at Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, Shetland from 7 August to 5 September. 2010)

Felieke Van der Leest – ring ……. LOL !

VIDEO à voir ABSOLUMENT sur les bagues de l’expo  « Finger symbols » !

 

GREAT page too on this Flickr gallery : The Ring Show !!(The Ring Shows: ‘Then & Now’ and ‘Putting the Band Back Together’ at the Georgia Museum of Art in Georgia, US- It runs August 23-November 2, 2008)

Yael Krakowski

Vickie Sedman (US)