EXPO ‘CONTEXT’ – Rob Koudijs gallery, Amsterdam (NL) – 20 Avril-1er Mai 2013

KAREN PONTOPPIDAN : « CONTEXT » -  Rob Koudijs gallery -   From 20 April to 1 May 2013

The difference in status between the fine and the applied arts is a phenomenon that has kept Karen Pontoppidan busy for some time now.

The difference in status between the fine and the applied arts is a phenomenon that has kept Karen Pontoppidan busy for some time now. Not only from her own professional perspective, but also from her position as professor at the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm where she educates the next generation of jewellery designers.
Her previous collection ‘Canvas’ referred literally to paintings, but this time she wanted to be more precise in comparing the two positions. In stead of just focusing on the end product, she this time incorporated also the making of the work into the concept. Where as the jeweller makes his or her work mostly in the solitude of the studio, fine art- and industrial design artists rely more and more on execution by others. It led Pontoppidan to a simple conclusion. She enlisted specialized assistance to produce her new work: painters coloured canvas, students made metal backings and goldsmiths the staples needed for fixating a three-dimensional form. Also the selling price was part of the idea: producing larger qualities leads to lower prices.
Based on these simple points of departure, Karen Pontoppidan realized a stunning group of a 100 different brooches, which Galerie Rob Koudijs has the privilege of showing in its entirety for the first time. Naturally Pontoppidan remains the creative author, but the way the work came about, gives an interesting comment on the usual workshop approach. Fortunately it also resulted in seductively coloured, very wearable pieces of jewellery, without, for the time being, a fine-arts-price-tag.

Ward Schrijver
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Karen Pontoppidan – Context Karen Pontoppidan – Context – brooches 2013 canvas, silver steel

Karen Pontoppidan – Context – brooches (BACK)

Karen Pontoppidan – Context – brooch – 2013 canvas, silver steel

 

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Schmuck 2013 – EXPO ‘Matadero’ – Cafe Clara, Munich (DE) – 6-12 Mars 2013

during SCHMUCK :  exhibition « MATADERO » by WALKA STUDIO (Claudia Betancourt + Nano Pulgar)

The MATADERO series, reflects on matters such as death, the relation between body and ornament, the primal origin of corporal ornament and its sacred meaning, associated to the cultures from Latin America and the Pacific Basin.

« Walka Studio represents duality in all the sense of the word. Claudia Betancourt, intuitive, emotional and profoundly interested in local crafting traditions, and Nano Pulgar, shrewd, rational and highly experimental stand at opposite ends of the spectrum of the creative process. Together they execute a fluid dance which teases the boundaries between art and design. They have a clear notion of the local and a wide, but critical, view of the foreign. And they often engage in clever actions to create a larger and more inclusive audience, intervening public realm and partnering with amicable spaces not traditionally associated to the exhibition of artistic jewellery.
On this occasion, Walka Studio, Cafe Clara and Otro Diseño, bring a Chilean exhibition to Munich, to be one of the many relevant satellite events that surround Schmuck adding true cultural diversity to this international event.
Matadero is the latest collection of the Walka duo. It contains a very specific narrative about Chilean traditional crafting materials, the historical and cultural nexus of the southern cultures of the Pacific Basin and the evolving influence of the conquest of Chile, initiated by the Spaniards in 1541. This narrative, however, is represented in an international language, allowing jewellers and jewellery enthusiasts of all nationalities to understand how this jewellery from across the ocean functions within a mostly western context.
Matadero is a series of necklaces and pendants, jewel categories that step away from the often resorted to European brooch and allude to the prevailing ornament of the Pacific cultures. The series is the product of a long investigation about the symbolical and aesthetic characteristics of body ornamentation in the Pacific Basin until its evolution into contemporary jewellery; as well as the experimentation with new methods to work the cacho de buey or bull’s horn, a traditional material in Chilean craft that has been worked by Betancourt’s family for generations.
The relationship established between body and ornament in Matadero reveals how social custom and stigmas around the subject of death or murder of animals, affect our capacity to deem animal remains as acceptable materials, thus disregarding the origin of body ornamentation and the sacred connotations associated with it in the cultures of the Pacific Islands (Polynesia) and Latin America.
Matadero uses both bull´s horns and hooves which had been part of a previous collection dedicated to the fashion industry, delicately tinted in a faint pink colour for that occasion. The fashionable neckpieces have been deconstructed, burnt and rebuilt as entirely new pieces that fascinate and repulse. The newly transformed pieces allude to one of the darkest periods in Chilean history: the 17 year long dictatorship that was common to many other Latin American countries and which is still a source of preoccupation and reflection for many artists from the continent.
The necklaces and pendants in this exhibition also allude to the particular geographical situation of Chile, a long, thin strip in Latin America which is wedged between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountain range. Every piece in the series uses soft, comforting supports and laces made of Andean Alpacas. Surprisingly, the pieces are extremely easy and comfortable to wear, once the repulsion produced by the idea of wearing burnt bones has passed. They are soft, light and smoothing. They are made to be used, as that is how they complete their cycle. And they show Walka’s regal acquaintance with fashion and wearability.
Matadero becomes now a synonym for duality: the series blends cultures, materials, processes, meanings and historical periods in an unusual but profoundly skilful way. I am certain that this exhibition will promote an interesting dialogue and exchange among the participants of Schmuck« .  Valeria Siemelink

Nano Pulgar Walka

Nano Pulgar Walka

Nano Pulgar Walka

Nano Pulgar Walka

 

Cafe Clara,
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Schmuck 2013 – TALENTE 2013 – competition/awards

Talente 2013 Competition Munich Germany jewelry award

Young artist working in the applied arts and technology will have the opportunity to show their work in the international competition TALENTE 2013 in Munich, Germany, during the International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades from 6th – 12th March 2013.
In an area of 600 m², the works will be shown to a wide audience, with an international jury selecting the winners of the TALENTE prize. An illustrated catalogue will be published.
The aim of TALENTE is to promote young people with a particular manual talent and to show an interested audience the enormous potential which lies in the new generation in crafts and trades. The works will be the outcome of formal or technical considerations and experiments, showing something new and exceptional.
Participants are chosen from any section of crafts and technology. They will have made the artefact by their own hands. Age limit is set at 33 in the domains of crafts, and at 35 in the domain of technology.

 

Selected artist for Schmuck/Jewellery :

Anna Ameling, Germany – Penka Arabova, Bulgaria/Germany – Andrea Coderch, Spain –  Adela Fejtkova, Czek Republic – Alexander Friedrich, Germany – Emi Fukuda, Japan/Germany – Tatjana Giorgadse, Georgian Republic/Germany – Eva Girbes, Spain – Jennifer Gray, Great Britian – Anna-Karin Haag, Sweden – Levan Jishkariani, Georgian Republic/Germany – Lydia Jones, /Great Britain – Sunyoung Kim, South Korea – Yong Joo Kim, South Korea/USA – Panjapol Kulpapangkorn, Thailand –  Yujin Lee, South Korea – Weronika Marek, Poland/Norway – Florian Milker, Germany – Marta Roca Solé, Spain – Yeseul Seo, South Korea – Hedvig Glomsrød Sommerfeldt, Norway – Shih-Dea Tseng, Taiwan – Nelly Van Oost, France – Laurence Verdier, France – Yan Zhang, China

Lydia Jones Necklace: Bottle Lids Porcelain, plastic lids, linen thread, slip casting

Yan Zhang, CN

Andrea Coderch (from Alchimia) brooches « Querida Yun » Gold, silver, Japanese fabric, cotton 3 x 3 x 1 cm each

Weronika Marek

Penka Arabova  Brooch: Haven  Agate, silver, poxipol, drilled, cut, soldered, glued  8 x 11 x 3 cm

Yong Joo Kim  Bracelets: In light of Space  Hook and loop fasteners, thread

Nelly van Oost

BLANC – Ephemerals de Doris Maninger

Ephemerals

« It is the fourth dimension that I am trying to explore. Through the repetition of an impulsive act I want to channel the action of forming in a performative endurance, aiming to master the senses and intellect of the spectator in a ‘hic et nunc’ continuous encounter. The one ephemeral act in the density of its perception can suspend and transform the experience of time. The inhabited form may live on or fade from existence.

This work is the continuation of my experiments in textile.
The soft and floating thread knotted, entangled, twirled, interlaced, felted….. forms a continuos cloth, a “nest” for our bodies a second skin, ornament and neccesity.

The cloth turns into “stone” and what remains is just an idea of life that has been. »

Doris Maninger – « Ephemerals » – 2012-13 – pendant, papermachè, resin, textile

Doris Maninger – « Ephemerals » – 2012-13 – brooch, papermachè, resin, alpaca

Doris Maninger – « Ephemerals » – 2012-13 -  – brooch, papermachè, resin, alpaca

Doris Maninger – « Ephemerals » – 2012-13 – brooch, papermachè, resin, alpaca

Je les ressens comme de petits personnages, qui se tournent et se retournent, n’arrivant pas à dormir, cherchant la position ….. émouvants, attendrissants (les petits pieds …), anonymes, intrigants …. si « laiteux », moelleux comme une chaussette tombée là et en même temps « craquants » comme de petites meringues …..

EXPO ‘New Nomads. New Traditional Jewellery. Edition 2012′ – MMKA Museum, Arnhem (NL) – 24 Nov. 2012 – 27 Janv. 2013

(cf SIERAAD Art Fair 2012 – Amsterdam – 1–4 Nov. 2012)

The Museum of Modern Art Arnhem invites you to the opening of the exhibition New Nomads on Friday 23 November at 3pm. Isabella van den Bos, jury member New Traditional Jewellery, jewellery collector and chair of the Foundation Art in Business, will open the exhibition.

Each edition of the biannual international design competition New Traditional Jewellery has a different theme. This year’s theme is New Nomads. Contemporary jewellery designers take the traditional jewellery of for instance nomads, pilgrims, explorers, world travellers, refugees and colonists, as the starting point for new designs. The jury selected five winners from a group of 300 competitors. Contemporary themes as globalisation and digitisation can be found in many of the designs. Personal stories, family history and local traditions are often used as source of inspiration. The exhibition consists of 37 pieces of jewellery from more than 14 countries, including Israel, Mexico, China, New Zealand and The Netherlands.

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2 WINNERs 2012 New Traditional Jewellery Edition : Sang Hee Park & Hester Popma van de Kolk

3 Student WINNERs 2012 New Traditional Jewellery Edition : Patricia Dominques, Maryvonne Wellen & Juliane Kessler

A reflection on the preservation of worldwide cultural heritage, on the reassessment of symbol bearers, on the creation of new traditions and on the simultaneous revival of old ones in a new form, was the purpose of this year’s” New Traditional Jewellery” contest with the title “New Nomads”.

Hester Popma van de Kolk  Necklace: Wearable Home 2012  Chips from sim cards, credit cards, mobile phone cards, yarn  two-sided necklace  WINNER 2012 New Traditional Jewellery Edition

Hester Popma-van de Kolk, NL - “Wearable Home” – 2-sided necklace  - Chips from sim cards, credit cards and mobile phone cards, yarn -
On the underside the chips are woven together with yarn to form a flexible square mat. One side is decorated, the other is gold. The yarn remains visible as a reference to the contacts that are made using chips.
“This necklace is only done justice when it is worn”, says the jury. “In several, playful ways things are hidden and things are made visible, and at all times only one side of the necklace is visible. The decorated side refers to the issues of the day: time, communication, money. The golden side (the back of the chips) calls up associations of illustrious civilizations, like the Egypt of the pharaohs and the Mayas. At the same time the chips contain information not visible to the naked eye. This necklace is a bridge in time”.

Hester Popma van de Kolk  Necklace: Wearable Home  Chips from sim cards, credit cards, mobile phone cards, yarn  two-sided necklace  WINNER 2012 New Traditional Jewellery Edition

  Juliane Kessler  Brooch: Traffic Sign 2012  Aluminium, steel  Student WINNER 2012 New Traditional Jewellery Edition

Juliane Kessler – Title: Traffic sign (brooch)   Material: aluminium, steel
Juliane Keßler: ” Some animals roam the world, using the currents of the wind and the sea for transport. We, the new nomads, consume a lot of fossil energy for our fast progress. Overall, economic efficiency dominates. I oppose this by recycling old traffic signs made of aluminum. Traffic signs regulate movements of people. It takes a lot of energy to transform this aluminum into jewellery with guilloches.”

 

 

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EXPO ‘Jardins d’hiver’ – Galerie Elsa Vanier, Paris (FR) – 29 Nov. 2012-2 Mars 2013

Jardins d’hiver

Cette exposition fera suite à l’exposition Niessing, qui se terminera mercredi 28 Novembre.
Bijoux de Nathalie Dmitrovic, Esther, Karen Gay, Patricia Lemaire, Laurence et Philippe Ratinaud et parfums d’Ann Gérard.

Quatre joailliers jouent avec les pierres comme les peintres avec leur palette, chaque touche, onéreuse, est pesée. Chaque pierre, extraite de sa gangue terrestre, taillée ou sculptée pour exhaler sa couleur est comme cueillie par des jardiniers aux mains d’or.
Ils ont choisi des gemmes vivantes et leurs bijoux symbolisent une nature luxuriante et colorée.
Dans une démarche plus narrative, les pièces de l’orfèvre Patricia Lemaire peuvent évoquer un jardin pétrifié. Les formes sont végétales mais les matières organiques qu’elle affectionne : corail blanc ou os, offrent un dialogue purement formel avec le métal.
Afin que les couleurs soient exaltées par les senteurs, notre jardin d’hiver sera parfumé par Ann Gérard, le Joaillier Parfumeur. Ses trois Parfums, créés en collaboration avec le Parfumeur Bertrand Duchaufour seront en vente à la galerie tout le temps de l’exposition.

Patricia Lemaire – Bague « Le froid de l’hiver »
Mi sculpture-mi bague, cet objet extraordinaire en argent, nylon et coquillages évoque un buisson figé par le gel. Pièce unique.

Patricia Lemaire – Pendentif  » Cage à corail » – Pendentif en argent massif et branche de corail.Pièce unique

Patricia Lemaire – Bague « Fruit empoisonné » – Bague en argent massif, boules de corail.

Patricia Lemaire – Bague Péché d’Orgueil -  argent massif, toute en volutes, semée de « baies » de corail et ponctuée d’or.

Nathalie Dmitrovic - Bague Ivresse – Bague en argent plaquée or noir , sertie de saphirs roses.

 

Galerie Elsa Vanier7 rue du Pré aux Clercs – 75007 Paris
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Heidemarie Herb : splash of colors, sobriety of the geometry

Heidemarie Herb new works : « Network 2012″
(Brass, pigments, 925 Sterling Silver, Wire)

Un changement radical – La nature a laissé place aux « cris » de la ville (je pense « cris » en relation avec le Fauvisme, le cri des couleurs face aux rondeurs du classicisme), les couleurs saturées ont remplacé les teintes de plantes séchées, et les structures plus « agressives » dues aux humains ont relégué structures animales et végétales dans une arrière-cour ou un jardin d’un autre temps. Aucune agressivité, plutôt une affirmation : la douceur reste dans la legèreté des matériaux choisis ….. un joli virage …

« My creations are inspired by thoughts on the relationship between man and nature in all its expressive possibilities: colours evoking feelings and thoughts, sounds, the life cycle from birth to death, mysteries and secrets concealed by nature.
I like to awaken the senses and the mind, to conjure feelings, to try and destroy the superficiality and individualism prevailing in modern men and women.
My works are there for you to look at, to experience, to make you think and to share.  »

Heidemarie Herb  Necklace: NETZWERK 2012  Brass, pigments, ag, wire

Heidemarie Herb  Necklace: Netzwerk I 2012  Melted colours, silver, pigments, brass, iron

Heidemarie Herb  Necklace: Untitled 2012  Brass, melted colours, wire

Heidemarie Herb  Brooches: Untitled  Brass, melted colours, silver, pigments  6 x 5 x 5 cm

EXPO ‘Les 5 sens’ – ALLIAGES, Lille (FR) – 20 Oct.-3 Nov. 2012

Les 5 sens – Elisabeth ALBA

Exposition de Bijoux Contemporains visible du samedi 20 octobre au 03 novembre 2012.
Vernissage le vendredi 19 octobre 2012 de 18h30 à 20h30 en compagnie de l’artiste.

 « Les 5 sens ou leur absence. Les experts disent que la vue est le sens le plus parfait et évolué des êtres humains, même si elle peut nous manquer un jour. Lorsque nous sommes privés de ce sens, les autres se développent davantage : nous devenons plus sensibles au toucher, nos  doigts deviennent nos yeux. C’est de cette façon que nous arrivons à voir, que nous arrivons à reconnaître le monde qui nous entoure, notre monde. Notre oreille est aiguisée, nous guide et mesure les distances. L’odorat peut détecter, selon la fragrance qu’il perçoit, si nous sommes face à la beauté.
Le goût est peut-être, selon moi, le plus insipide des sens, parce qu’il ne semble pas altérer la fonctionnalité de notre vie quotidienne.
Si nous manquons d’ouïe, nous plongeons dans un silence apparent, même si notre esprit et notre coeur s’agitent davantage et ne cessent pas de nous parler dans notre silence. » Elisabeth ALBA

 

 

ALLIAGES – 111, Boulevard Victor Hugo – 59000 LILLE
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Decouverte : Nelli Tanner

Une ombre, une trace, un souvenir, évanescent, en pointillé … dans le métal ….. c’est l’impression laissée (dans le métal) par les titres des bijoux de Nelli Tanner : « Traces », « Shades », « Light to Carry », « Staying in the shadows », « Covered by snow  » ….. une attente blanche depuis la Finlande, forte de sa délicatesse …. comme des traces d’oiseau laissées dans la première neige, comme l’écriture d’un souvenir, en creux, en braille ….

« Starting point for my working is in everyday life. I make long detours by listening stories on my way home on the bus, finding beauty in broken objects, walking in my surroundings where there is wood and forgotten man made marks on the landscape.
I carry camera and sketchbook with me all the time. I stop my walk on the street to take a snapshot of a moment which otherwise will be forgotten or unseen. I try to catch something I don’t understand or makes me troubled.
I collect other people’s photos, characters of people, make small stories of these with materials to my working table. This transfers into jewellery through a process-based working.
Sometimes jewellery is only about a small hole on a white paper. What remains is the memory of the act. « 

Nelli Tanner – Brooch: Translations II 2012 – Silver

Nelli Tanner  Brooch: Traces of I 2012  Birch, silver

Nelli Tanner  Brooch: Shades of II 2012  Silver

Nelli Tanner  Brooch: Translations III 2012  Silver

Nelli Tanner  Brooch: Tuomas 2012  Silver

Nelli Tanner  Brooch: Huurre | White frost 2009  Silver, aluminium

Nelli Tanner  Brooch: Traces of II 2012  Birch, silver    (all photos: Kimmo Heikkilä)

EXPO ‘Foreign body’ – Allenby 94, Tel-Aviv (IL) – 16-31 Aout 2012

« Foreign Body: Giving Jewelry a Second Look »

Foreign Body: Giving Jewelry a Second Look features the work of 15 Israeli jewelers who demonstrate an unfaltering commitment to individual expression through highly-developed techniques in jewelry-making. The works in the exhibition challenge traditional, mainstream attitudes toward this ancient practice with surprising investigations on scale, wearability, materials, and narrative or critical content, positioning the body as a locus for unfamiliar encounters between jewelry object and wearer

Shiri Avda, « The Mechanism of Reading, » 2010-12

Merav O Roth

Edda Vardimon necklace

 

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