30th Marzee International Graduate Show 2016 – Marzee Graduate Prize – And the WINNERS are …..

30th Marzee International Graduate Show 2016

opening Sunday 21 August at 4pm  of the 2016 Annual International Marzee Graduate Show at Galerie Marzee.
During the opening we will also be presenting the Marzee Graduate Prize to this year’s most promising graduates -
The exhibition will be on show until 29 October 2016.

(Wei Zhou, Hints  CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts), China)

MARZEE GRADUATE PRIZE  2016

The Marzee International Graduate Show is an annual event and the highlight of our exhibition calendar. In organising this unique event, we hope to turn the spotlight on the fantastic work produced by jewellery graduates from all over the world.

Every year the Marzee Graduate Prize is awarded to a selection of the most promising students. The quality of work this year has been exceptional and so we are delighted to announce a record number of prize winners :

Wei Zhou (BA) – CAFA, Beijing, China
Alžběta Dvořáková (MA) – AAAD, Prague, Czech Republic
René Martin – Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nuremberg, Germany (NOT jewelry)
Yiftah Avraham (MA) – Hochschule Trier, Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Catalina Brenes (MA) – Hochschule Trier, Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Federica Sala (MA) – Alchimia, Florence, Italy
Jongseok Lim (BA) – Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
Yenim Park (MA) – Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
Katharina Dettar (MA) – RCA, London, UK
Luci Jockel (BA) – RISD, Providence, US

Congratulations to all the winners!

They won the Marzee Graduate Prize 2016 out of a selection of 106 graduates from 70 schools worldwide !!!

Catalina Brenes & Yiftah Avraham -  Marzee Graduate Prize 2016 – ©phot. by Galerie Marzee – Only two of the winners, but THE image of youth, beauty, happiness & SUCCESS ! Continue to give us all that beauty you make !

  Catalina Brenes (MFA 2016 (Idar-Oberstein Hochschule Trier)) • Brooch « 22 Uhr » • Carrara white marble, silver, steel and resin with natural pigments • ©photo by Qi Wang 

Marzee Graduate Prize 2016  Catalina Brenes (MFA 2016) • Neckpiece « 16:43″ • Carrara white marble, fabric and resin with natural pigments • 2016 • ©photo by Qi Wang

Marzee Graduate Prize 2016  Yiftah Avraham (MFA 2016 Idar-Oberstein, before at Shenkar) • Neckpiece « Tsunami on Beach, Number 6″ • Fine silver, copper, rock crystal, brass, plexiglass, simolux, paint, epoxy, steel, bone and the force of nature • 2016 • ©photo by Yiftah Abraham using Qi’s fathers camera

Yiftah Abraham – untitled, 2016, ring; obsidian, silver, synthetic sapphire, lichen, paint

Yiftah Avraham (MFA 2016 Idar-Oberstein) •  Brooch « Hello Kitty 2″ • Bone, epoxy, pvc, simolux, fungus, car paint, steel, fine silver, brass, safety card, key, rock crystal, olive wood, IDF uniform, wedding glass, sabra cactus thorns, dragon fly wings, poetry, sweet potato leaves, sunflower seeds, lichen and the artist´s hair • 2016 • ©photo by Yiftah Abraham using Qi’s fathers cameraKatharina Dettar    (BA 2013Idar-Oberstein, fresh MA graduate of the Royal College of Art) • Installation « 2,1 grams » • 24ct Gold (2,1 g) and shale (1.400 kg) & quartzit (140 kg) • 2016 • ©photo by Guillem Trius
« Awakening Awareness – To magnify a problem, to create dialogues and awake awareness about what lays behind some of the objects that surround us. 3D diagrams that communicate about the material waste of our nowadays goods.
Jewellery, tableware, furniture and silk clothes are present in our daily life, contrary to the unseen raw material we need in order to produce them. »

Katharina Dettar 1000 Moths for a Blouse, 2016, blouse; Bombyx mori moths, silk thread -  (BA 2013Idar-Oberstein, fresh MA graduate of the Royal College of Art)

Federica Sala - Controlled Freedom, 2015, necklace; glass, aegirine – Alchimia 2016

Federica Sala at Marzee graduation show 2016

 Alžběta Dvořákova, « The secret space », 2016, brooch; leather, silver, brass – Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (AAAD), Prague, Czech Republic

Alžběta Dvořákova, « The secret space », 2016, brooch; leather, silver, gold leaf – Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (AAAD), Prague, Czech Republic

Alzbeta Dvorakova  – master work « the Secret space » – back of brooch 

  Wei Zhou - The Cages, 2016, necklace; silver, wood, parchment, thread CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts), Beijing, China

Luci Jockel,  MFA 16 JM (RISD) -  « Bloom », 2014, brooch; groundhog skull, fungi, honeycomb, beeswax, steel, brass – RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Providence, US

Jongseok Lim Specimen Series – 8, 2015, brooch; fine silver, sterling silver - Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea

Yenim Park -  untitled, 2016, brooch; horsehair, stainless steel – Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea

 

 

 

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EXPO ‘Marzee Graduate Show 2016′ – Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen (NL) – 21 Aout-29 Oct. 2016

30th Marzee International Graduate Show 2016

Please join us on Sunday 21 August at 4pm for the opening of the 2016 Annual International Marzee Graduate Show at Galerie Marzee.

During the opening we will also be presenting the Marzee Graduate Prize to this year’s most promising graduates -

The exhibition will be on show until 29 October 2016.

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(Wan Hee Cho (KR) necklace) RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) in 2013)

Wei Zhou, Hints / Untitled, 2016, necklace; silver, greenhide; CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts), Beijing, China

Wei Zhou, Hints  CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts), China 

  Fan WANG,  Sint Lucas Antwerpen

Alžběta Dvořákova, The secret of space, 2016, brooch; leather, silver, brass – AAAD (Academy of Art, Architecture and Design), Prague, Czech Republic

Luci Jockel, Royal Mourning, 2014, brooch; squirrel skull, lichen, fungi, insect pins, steel – RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Providence, US

Katie Kameen, Terrain, 2016, necklace; found objects, rubber tubing; Indiana University, Bloomington, US

Tain Jingwen, The winter Solstice, 2016, brooch; silver, oil painting, metal; CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts), Beijing, China

Federica Sala, Controlled Freedom, 2015, necklace; glass, egirina; Alchimia, Florence, Italy

Ronit Vishovski, Undivided, 2016, brooch; casted glass, wire; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, USA

Lena Wunderlich, Whiteness is Blindness, 2016, brooch; brass, acrylic urethane – automotive paint, stainless steel (model: Kamal N.); RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Providence, USA

Yenim Park, Horsehair Jewelry 4, 2016, brooch; horsehair, stainless steel; Kookmin University, Seoul, South-Korea

Stephanie O’Leary, Fragments, 2016, necklace; steel, sterling silver, enamelled copper, wenge, neodymium magnets twine; Middlesex University, London, UK

 Nadja Soloviev -  Akademie der Bildenden Künste  Nürnberg

Maya Shoshan - Shenkar College of Engineering and Design

Pallavi Verma – jewelry with hair – Jewellery Design Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten)

Mahvash Salim Raza (MFA 2016 Idar-Oberstein Hochschule Trier) • Necklace « My Perfect Universe » • Resin, gold, silver and ink on transparency • 2016 • ©photo by Muhammad Ashrafi

[and from   Idar-OberSTEIN  : Yiftah Abraham (MFA 2016), Catalina Brenes (MFA 2016), Ferran Iglesias Baron (MFA 2016), Julia Obermaier (Julia Obm)(BFA 2016) and Mahvash Salim Raza (MFA 2016) are selected for the graduation show]

Catalina Brenes (MFA 2016 (Idar-Oberstein Hochschule Trier)) • Brooch « 22 Uhr » • Carrara white marble, silver, steel and resin with natural pigments • ©photo by Qi Wang 

Julia Obermaier Necklace: Come Around, 2016 Agate, resin, pigment 27 x 20 x 3.5 cm Photo by: Julia Obermaier (Idar-Oberstein Hochschule Trier)

Ferran Iglesias Baron (MFA stud. Idar-Oberstein Hochschule Trier) • Brooch « Life in Happiness » • Silver, steel and pigment • 2016 • ©photo by Elena Gorbunova

and, from France – Strasbourg – Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR)  are selected Solene Dejean  and Camille Ancelin – Honneur aux françaises !

 Solène Dejean  Ring: PIECES SERIE n°2, 2016  Brass, silver, plexiglass  5 x 8 x 5 cm (Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR))

Camille Ancelin (Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR)

 

Participating academies and universities:
Australia – Melbourne – RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
Belgium – Antwerpen – Sint Lucas Antwerpen
Belgium – Antwerpen – Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten
Belgium- Hasselt – MAD-Faculty
China – Beijing – CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts)
China – Beijing – BIFT (Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology)
Czech Republic – Pilsen – Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art (University of West Bohemia)
Czech Republic – Prague – AAAD (Academy of Art, Architecture and Design)
Estonia- Tallinn – EKA (Eesti Kunstiakadeemia)
Finland – Lappeenranta – Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
France – Limoges – ENSA Limoges
France – Strasbourg – Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR)
Germany – Düsseldorf – Hochschule Düsseldorf
Germany – Halle – Burg Giebichenstein – Kunsthochschule Halle
Germany – Hildesheim – HAWK Hildesheim (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst)
Germany – Idar-Oberstein – Hochschule Trier
Germany – Munich – Akademie der Bildenden Künste
Germany – Pforzheim – Fachhochschule Pforzheim
Germany – Nuremburg – Akademie der Bildenden Künste
Israel – Jerusalem – Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design
Israel – Ramat-Gan – Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
Italy – Florence – Alchimia, Scuola di Gioielleria
Japan – Tokyo – Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry
South Korea – Seoul – Kookmin University
Netherlands – Maastricht – Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design
Netherlands – Amsterdam – Gerrit Rietveld Academie
New Zealand – Auckland – Manukau Institute of Technology
New Zealand – Porirua – Whitireia Community Polytechnic
Spain – Barcelona – Escola Massana
Sweden – Göteborg – HDK (Högskolan för design och konsthantverk)
Sweden – Stockholm – Konstfack, University of Arts Craft and Design
Switzerland – Genève – HEAD (Haute ecole d’art et de design)
United Kingdom – Birmingham – Birmingham City University, School of Jewellery
United Kingdom – Edinburgh – Edinburgh College of Art
United Kingdom – London – Middlesex University
United Kingdom – London – Central Saint Martins
United Kingdom – London – Royal College of Art
USA – Bloomfield Hills – Cranbrook Academy of Art
USA – Bloomington – Indiana University
USA – New Paltz – State University of New York at New Paltz
USA – Providence – RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)
USA – San Diego – San Diego State University
 

 

 

 

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EXPO ‘Seams | Seems’ – MADA gallery, Melbourne (Australia) – 17 Juill.-20 Aout 2013

« Seams | Seems » 17 July – 20 August 2013  Exhibition and symposium curated by Marian Hosking (MADA – Monash University Art Design & Architecture) and Robin Quigley (Rhode Island School of Design).
Seams: bringing together, fitting, joining and overlapping.
Seems: to appear to have a particular quality.

Opening Address 19 July, 6pm Professor Edward Byrne AO, Vice Chancellor & President, Monash University

Upcoming exhibition  “Seams | Seems” which is a collaborative alumni exhibition by Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Monash University in Australia. This exhibition will represent a diverse selection of jewelry and objects to emphasize and broaden the discourse around where the boundaries lie for jewelry in 2013. The exhibition will be open from this Wed, the 17th of July until the 20th Aug, 2013 at the MADA Gallery, Melbourne in Australia. The opening event will be held on the 19th of July at 6pm.

Right now, our faculties, Robin Quigley and Tracy Steepy are officially in Australia representing the work of the RISD Jewelry and Metalsmithing Alumni and Faculty. They have begun the installation of the exhibition. Thank you so much, Robin and Tracy !! I will update you when I receive more photos from the exhibition.

Here are the participating Artists from RISD: Yoshie Enda — Kate Furman — Yong Joo Kim — Hye Yeon Park — Lauren Tickle — Mariah Tuttle — Mallory Weston — Robin Quigley — Tracy Steepy.

From MADA  : Melissa Cameron — Vito Bila — Lousje Skala — Laura Deakin — Jill Hermans — Biatta Kelly — Christine Scott-Young — Penelope Pollard — Maureen Faye Chauhan — Meredith Turnbull.

Kate Furman   « Reconciled » – brooch -     (2012 MFA in Jewelry + Metalsmithing at Rhode Island School of Design)

 Yong Joo Kim : Brooch, Requisite Variety S2-EV8, Velcro hook and loop fasteners and Sterling Silver, 6” x 8” x 4”, 2013

Lauren Tickle, $12.50 Brooch, US Currency, Silver, Latex, and Monofilament, 2011

Yoshie Enda –  Presence : Arms – silicone

Hye Yeon Park -  “Grasping at Clouds”

Tracy Steepy – steepy plyportraits -  2012 – resin, wood, steel

Laura Deakin brooch

Meredith Turnbull – Red-and-Green-painted-brooch

Maureen Faye-Chauhan, Octahedral brooch (2011)

MADA Gallery is located at the Caulfield campus of Monash University
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Annual MARZEE selection of GRADUATE WORK JEWELLERY 2011 (NL) – 7 Aout-24 Sept. 2011

SELECTION of WORKS to see HERE

Jade Drakes and her dogs – Brooch, electroformed copper. Gold plated

Satita Rojpojjanarat and her « Thai clouds »

 Nadege Roscoe’s intimacies

(THANKS to Alchimia blog for pictures !)

Alla Malova Guy - necklace Post Fossil 2011, ceramics, metal chain, flocking, epoxy resin, iron, magnet – Switzerland, Geneva, HEAD

Antje Stolz – necklace Steinlos I (Stoneless) 2010, stone veneer, enamel lacquer, oxidised silver, lead, coral cement  – Germany, Idar-Oberstein, Fachhochschule Trier

Agata Bartos – necklace Storytellers – Precious Buttons 2011, porcelain, epoxy resin  – Netherlands, Arnhem, ArtEZ

Bell Zhou – necklace Protect 2011, glass, silver, gems, paint, seed, copper, yellow plastic thread, steel  – Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Andrêa Martins - brooch Shadow of Truth 2011, silver, cord, fishing line  – Portugal, Senhora da Hora, ESAD

Marine Stampfli - bracelet Paradoxes 2011, silver, cotton, resin  – Switzerland, Geneva, HEAD

Satita Rojpojjanarat – brooch 2011, silk, nylon, magnet  – Italy, Florence, Alchimia, Scuola di Gioielleria

Hanna Liljenberg (MA) – brooch 2011, black paper, shellac, silver  – Sweden, Gothenburg, HDK

Alice Bo-Wen Chang (MFA) – necklace Bodyspace/bodyscape series 2011, silver, gold plated copper, copper  – UK, Edinburgh College of Art

Mariko Sumioka (BA) – necklace Bamboo Necklace 2011, oxidised copper, enamel on copper, kimono, gold-plated steel cable  – UK, Edinburgh College of Art

David Choi (MA) – brooch 2011, steel, oxidised silver  – USA, New Palz, State University of New York (SUNY)

Younghee Hong – brooch Drawn to Nature #2 2011, polymer filament, plastic price tags, silver – USA, Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook Academy of Art

Anne Achenbach - necklace Kuh (Cow) 2011, zinc coated steel  – Germany, Dusseldorf, Fachhochschule

Sachiyo Higaki – necklace 2010, wood, thread  – Germany, Idar-Oberstein, Fachhochschule Trier

and ………..

Marcos Guzman (BA), Catherine Da Costa (BA), Inari Kiuru (BA), Bin Dixon-Ward (BA), from Australia, Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)  –  Marleen Henot, Sofie De Bakker, Hannes Groffy, from  Belgium, Hasselt, Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg — Ren Kai, Liu Xiao, from China, Beijing, Central Academy of Arts — Alena Hesounová, Karla Olsáková, from  Czech Republic, Prague, AAAD Academy of Art, Architecture and Design — Kadi Kübarsepp, Liina Lõõbas, Katrin Kosenkranius, Kadi Kübarsepp, from  Estonia, Tallinn, Eesti Kunstakadeemia — Krista Ruohonen, from Finland, Lappeenranta, South Carelia Polytechnic — Marie Masson, from France, Limoges-Aubusson, l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Art (ENSA) — Julie Connellan (MA), from  Ireland, Dublin, The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) — Laura Alvarado, Ricarda Tesch, from  Germany, Dusseldorf, Fachhochschule — Sabine Conrad, from Germany, Idar-Oberstein, Fachhochschule Trier –  Hyoun Jung Sung, from Germany, Halle, Burg Giebichenstein, Hochschule für Kunst und Design –  Stefan Heuser, from Germany, Munich, Akademie der Bildenden Künste — Laura Rittlinger (BA), Michaela Prange (BA), Yasutaka Okamura (BA), from Germany, Pforzheim, Fachhochschule — Yael Nissan, Rotem Fishler, from Israel, Ramat-Gan, Shenkar College of Engeneering and Design — Keren Grinfeld, Shir Pins, from Israel, Jerusalem, Bezalel — Carissa Hsu, from Italy, Florence, Alchimia, Scuola di Gioielleria — Makoto Tachihara, Koji Toyama, Haruka Masuda, from Japan, Tokyo, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry — Morgane de Klerk, Atsuno Takase, Benedikt Fischer, Marina Elenskaya, from Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rietveld Academie — Jie Sun, from Nederlands, Amsterdam, Sandberg Instituut — Iris Verstappen, from Netherlands, Maastricht, Academie Beeldende Kunsten — Jessica Winchcombe, Julia Middleton, from New Zealand, Porirua, Whitireia Polytechnic –  Ilse-Marie Erl, from New Zealand, Auckland, Aotearoa, Unitec — Typhaine Le Monnier (MA), Maria Emília Martinho (BA), from Portugal, Lisbon, AR.CO — Ji-hye Lee, Jihyun Lee, Heon-Joo Ji, Heejoo Kim, from South Korea, Seoul, Kookmin University — María Saura Estruch, María Sol González Martínez, from Spain, Barcelona, Escola Massana — Barbora Hainzová, from Slovakia, Bratislava, Academy of Fine Arts and Design — Malin Peter (BA), Xiang Dai (MA), Charlotte Maslov (BA), Mikael Sellersjö (MA), from Sweden, Gothenburg, HDK — Katrin Spranger (MA), from Sweden, Stockholm, Konstfack — Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton, Xiaohan Ren, from UK, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design BIAD — Jenny Laidlaw (MA), Vershali Jain (MA), from UK, Edinburgh College of Art — Ruth Reifen, Mariah Tuttle, from USA, Providence, RISD — Allyson Bone (MA), Allison Ullmer (MA), from USA, New Palz, State University of New York (SUNY) –

many mant THANKS to Gallery Marzee for their pictures !!!

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Yong Joo Kim : Reconfiguring the Ordinary

Yong Joo Kim

upcoming exhibition :
*Reconfiguring the Ordinary II (Nov 22- Dec 1, 2011 )
Hangaram Design Museum of Seoul Arts center, Seoul, Korea

« Why I do what I do

After reading the past two posts on competition and plastic surgery, some people asked me how those subjects relate to my work. So today, I wanted to share more of the story behind my work.
I was born and raised in Seoul, the metropolitan capital of Korea, teeming with a population of over ten million. While Seoul is a beautiful city on the surface, what lies beneath is the seldom talked about presence of the cutthroat competition that permeates the culture.
Immersed in competition, I was taught that recognition was the ultimate goal. My peers believed that scoring high on exams, and entering high-ranked universities were the only ways to gain recognition. For my female colleagues and I, competition didn’t end in academics. While I was too afraid of going under the knife, ten of my friends eventually went on to receive plastic surgery. They believed firmly that beauty affords greater probability of getting a good job or finding a successful husband: both effective ways to gain recognition.
A similar desire to achieve beauty was the goal of my undergraduate artwork. I started each project with a clear vision of what each piece should look like. I then judged and valued my work based on how closely my production matched the design. I spent a long time filing, sanding, and polishing precious metals. I did not enjoy this process, but I felt that it was a small price to pay to achieve the beauty that I so desired.
All this changed when I moved to Providence for graduate work. Living in a different city came as a shock. I was completely alone, and it was hard to meet people. The culture shock, the language barrier, and the workload all made it very difficult for me to feel at home.
I then realized that without the cultural restrictions of home, I am able to explore my environments more freely. I didn’t know what the social norm was so I wasn’t pressured by it. With nobody to stare at, and nobody to be stared by, I started to dress down. Day by day, I felt the longing for beauty start to dissolve. In its place was now a new desire: a desire to explore the new environment, to understand, internalize, and to empathize.
Through this process of exploration, I realized that the world is full of unnoticed objects. I found such overlooked objects beautiful. As I began to recognize their full potential, I was compelled to collect them.
I became interested in taking these mundane objects and evolving them into something new. Instead of my usual repertoire of precious metals, my choice of materials now came from the corners of our everyday lives. By assembling, grouping, clustering, and piling these small and simple elements, I learned that beauty could emerge from an unexpected source.
As the wearer approaches my work, I hope their perspective shifts and the sudden and unexpected realizations spark wonder, discovery, tension, joy, and play.  This approach challenges the traditional and cultural notions of value in jewelry, which focuses on expensive metals and stones that emphasize the wealth of the wearer. I am looking forward to  introducing unconventional use of familiar artifacts into a world full of conventions. » (july 2011)

Yong Joo Kim- Reconfiguring the Ordinary: Rounded, Aligned and Twisted #1, neckpiece  – Velcro, thread

 

« Think of beans, straws, pins, nails, velcro, snaps, cable ties, and electric caps. These objects are not normally considered beautiful or valuable. I explore the value of such mundane objects, and discover their hidden beauty through a process of reconfiguration. Think of the velcro: a long strip of rough, bland, and industrial object, seen on shoes, bags, watches, and at the grocery store. As I pay close attention to it and its system of organization in my environment, I find new ways of looking, new ways of decomposing and composing them, and new ways of creating a relationship between it and our body. My work introduces unconventional use of familiar artifacts into a world full of conventions.

By assembling, grouping, clustering, and piling, the simple elements become complex, and give rise to the unexpected. As the wearer approaches my work, their perspective shifts and sudden realizations spark wonder, discovery, tension, joy and play. My investigation of creation, innovation, and transformation questions the definition of value, and provides a never-ending field for invention  « 

Yong Joo Kim-velcro necklace

Yong Joo Kim

Yong Joo Kim– 2010

« This spring 2010 work is an extension of my previous body of work, Reconfiguring the Ordinary. After graduation, I was left with a limited set of tools and equipments at my home studio. Given the limitations, I focused on a single material, Velcro, which can be freely cut, attached, stacked, piled, rolled, bent and sewn together with my own bare hands or by using simple hand tools. With the material at hand, I began to explore a wide variety of possibilities in form. Given the physical properties afforded by Velcro, I was also able to experiment with the fabrication of unusually large pieces as well. » Yong Joo Kim

Yong Joo Kim– 2010

Yong Joo Kim– 2010

 

Yong Joo Kim– 2010

 

Yong Joo Kim– 2010

Yong Joo Kim-  RISD graduate show embraces the new austerity – 2009 – « The pieces in Yong Joo Kim’s « Reconfiguring the Ordinary » collection are made from an unlikely mix of Velcro, zip ties and dried beans. »

Yong Joo Kim- 2008

 

COUP de COEUR ! Efharis Alepedis

From Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence (USA). Born in 1969 in the Massachusetts . Bio sur le site de Charon Kransen Arts, où je l’ai découverte ….

structures rappelant des amalgames de microcosmes marins, coquillages, coraux…. intrigants, attirants…. en quelles matières ? mystère !

« My name is Efharis Alepedis, not the easiest name to remember or pronounce. So just call me “Effie the Greek.” I am one of two children of Greek immigrants. ….. I did not come from an art background, so art school opened up my eyes to fields that I had never heard ofbefore. Since my degree was in Art Education I was required to take a diversity of classes so that I would bewell rounded. However, after finishing my undergraduate degree, I felt the need to concentrate in the one fieldthat had caught my interest – metals/jewelry. So I went to graduate school at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1993-1995, receiving a Master in Fine Arts. This enabled me to be more competent in my field. After graduation I decided to move to Greece for a while and work at a very prominent jewelry company there known as Ilias Lalaounis, basically the « Tiffany’s of Greece ». Though I was interested in making one-of-a-kind work, I thought it would be interesting to get a taste of high-end production in the retail world. Living and working in Greece was a great experience. I moved back to the U.S. in 1996. »

 Efharis Alepedis - Necklace, 2010 – red patent leather, silk cocoons, epoxy resin, silver  – Charon Kransen Arts

« Coral »  Brooches, 2010