‘NESTS’  exhibition at Nepo Gallery

Luo Yan-ze – Solo Jewelry Exhibition

  ***Luo Yan-zeLuo Yan-ze  «Nids de couvain»  2014 photo Wilber h. Luo Yan-ze – « Mutualism #9″

Luo Yan-ze – Mutualism #8

Luo Yan-ze Luo Yan-ze « mutualism #1″

Luo Yan-ze « mutualism #1″

PREZIOSA YOUNG 2015.
The first selection was made!! We received over 120 entries, and among these participants we have selected 24 artists:
Lisa Björke — Bifei Cao — Chae Sekang — Yu Fang Chi – Bartosz Maria Chmielewski — Marion Delarue — Duan Yanli — Annie Gobel — Daniela Hedman — Holland Houdek — Jhang Hao-Han – Lauren Kalman — Charlotte Kreuter — Tithi Kutchamuch — Lee Seoyeon — Vicky Lew — Bruno Micolano — Luigi Piantanida — Sang Deok Han — Jie Sun — Michal Taharlev — Yen-Yu Tseng — Youmi Kim — Sangji Yun.

Among this group we will choose the artists (6-8) that will participate in the exhibition in Florence, and will be included in the catalogue.

PREZIOSA is a cultural project designed and co-ordinated by “Le Arti Orafe”, since 1985 the most prestigious contemporary jewellery school in Italy.
The project, launched in 2005, has become one of the most important European events devoted to contemporary jewellery.
The conceptual quality, the presence of artists of international fame, the prestigious set-up, the elegant catalogues and the original formula that comprises the organisation of conferences with the artists taking part, make “Preziosa” an appointment that lovers of contemporary jewellery cannot afford to miss.
A country of exquisite jewellery traditions, Italy has no museum devoted to jewellery, and temporary exhibitions have always been rare.
The attention devoted by the communication media and the cultural institutions to initiatives devoted to this art form has – apart from a few shining exceptions – always been limited, while great interest has always been expressed by lovers of contemporary art.
Through the organisation of events such as PREZIOSA, the school wishes to help to fill a gap the discrepancy of which is more or less consciously acknowledged.
Since 2008, a « parallel » exibition for young artists is organized: PREZIOSA Young is already an international reference for new artists and goldsmiths

Lisa Björke Brooches made of copper and paint

Youmi KIM – Root of plant ,Brass wire, acrylic wire, porcelain, 2014 

Bartosz Maria Chmielewski

Sangji YUN - Confrontation with the past – Stranger, aluminum, steel, installation and brooches, 2013

Yu Fang Chi

Bifei Cao 2013

Tithi Kutchamuch pearly white  2011-2013

Michal Taharlev

Annie Gobel – RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) – ring, Cut From a Block , 2012, resin, timber, plastic toys

Exhibition
The PY exhibition will take place in conjunction with the international event PREZIOSA 2015, in Florence, in the prestigious Marino Marini Contemporary Museum of Art. The organizers could also plan other exhibitions along the year: the selected artists are committed to deliver their work to all the scheduled events. Each of the selected winners must present 5 to 10 pieces for the exhibition. These pieces must be the same (or similar) to those submitted for the selection

PREZIOSA YOUNG 2015
Contacts : +39 055 2280131
preziosa@artiorafe.it

Joyas Sensacionales – « En Singular » -

Expo « En Singular » en Sala Perill, Barcelona;
Joyas, pintura, escultura y actividades.
El grupo Joyas Sensacionales no para de hacer propuestas. Del 27 noviembre al 20 diciembre, un mes para disfrutarlo. Os esperamos!

 Grego Garcia Tebar

David Bielander,  Karin Roy Andersson,  Jie-Sun

structures en « écailles » …..

Karin Roy Andersson  - Brooch: Catching Big Fish, 2013 Recycled plastics; icecream boxes, fast food containers, textile, steel

David Bielander  Melbourne Koi (black) bracelet, 2014 -  Thumb tacks, leather, gold clasp

Karin Roy Andersson -  Bracelet: Catching Big Fish 2013  Recycled plastics, textile  

David Bielander  Bracelet: Koi 2012  Thumb tacks, leather, silver

decouverte at « YOUTH MOVEMENT »

YOUTH MOVEMENT! NINE NEW GRADUATES -  ( bangle by Natalie Lee)

Natalie Lee, Birmingham School of Jewellery, 1st Class Honours, crafts Wired Wearables a collection of dramatic arm and neckpieces. An extension of her drawings, the fluid lines in steel are skilfully manipulated using a PUK welder and then enamelled in deep greys with highlights of powder blue and mauve. The continuous play of light and shadow the pieces cast when worn “symbolise the transit of time, a progression representing both the past and the future.” she says.

September 2011- July 2014 : BA (Hons) Degree, Jewellery & Silversmithing, School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University, UK.

Natalie Lee – Drawing with Wire – sculptural neckpiece with abstract 3D shapes

Drawing with line, Natalie’s work centres around encapsulating narrative concepts; using her own photographs and line drawings as basis for generating shapes, Natalie works in a spontaneous manner which is apparent from the end result. Using a PUK welder, a tool to weld two pieces of wire together, she manipulates wire as a line, effectively drawing with the PUK welder; drawing 3D linear shapes which hold a personal memory of her own.
Natalie’s jewellery features as a series of wearable sketches, creating a collection of moving shadows on the body, The play of light and shadow symbolising the transit of time, a progression representing both the past and future, The personal journey narrated through the pieces concerns a transformation from one phase of life to another; a move which is manifest geographically, The commencement of the journey is now forgotten and the destination yet to be realised; the shadows, colour and light represent moments of the journey. These fragments are juxtaposed and presented as a continuous line/series of shapes.
The past is coloured black, a colour of mourning for the past, The use of light blue and white is in direct contrast; colours which are more positive and open in their symbolism, indicating the future and her ambitions. (KathLibbert Jewellery Gallery – Youth Mouvement)

Natalie Lee, Birmingham School of Jewellery – ‘Wired Wearables’ – neckpiece in steel and enamel, modelled

Natalie Lee, ‘Wired Wearables’ – neckpiece in steel and enamel, modelled Natalie Lee, Birmingham School of Jewellery – ‘Wired Wearables’ – pendant in steel and enamel, modelled

Natalie Lee - drawing with wire piece off the body

Natalie Lee  - ‘Wired Wearables’ – bangle in steel and enamel

Natalie Lee - BA (Hons) Jewellery and Silversmithing aka Jewellery Design and Related Products – Graduate 2014 -

Ansiosa Hormona (Jessica Morillo), textile from Argentina : Sculptures portables, mais surtout EXPLOSION de COULEURS qui réjouissent l’oeil & l’âme par ces temps grisâtres ….

Ansiosa Hormona, diseñadora de indumentaria y accesorios, artista visual, escultora responsable y creativa de la firma ANSIOSA HORMONA, con la que ha desarrollado una línea de joyería contemporánea  textil, que se ha destacado en el diseño Tucumano por su fusión con el arte, proponiendo piezas únicas y no convencionales.

Ansiosa Hormona

Ansiosa Hormona

Ansiosa Hormona - Argentina

Ansiosa Hormona - Argentina

Ansiosa Hormona - details

Isabella Liu, discovered at JOYA 2014, where she was one of the finalists at Enjoia’t Estudiant award 2014.

You first see white porcelain pieces, like teapots, broken, and mended with gold lines …. and then you discover that, opening the piece, the « mending » is in fact a jewelry piece …. I found it so poetic ….

 Isabella Liu, Pieces, 2014 - Mending- One Brooch in a Midi Ceramic Pottery, 2014 – Ceramic, gold plated metal – 13 x 10.4 x 3.9 cm -  Object and jewellery

« Inspired by Japanese art of Kintsugi and her design philosophy, Isabella Liu believes that anything suffering damage has it’s potential to become more beautiful. In the ‘Mending’ collection, she has chosen to focus on broken and fragile objects, utilising narrative approaches and designs a set of ceramic tableware. Instead of hiding their damaged areas she opted to celebrate and highlight their fragility into a wearable piece of art of a sculptural form and giving them a new life. She pushes the boundary of object and jewellery. The golden crack is intended to be appreciated both on the body as a piece of jewellery as well as off within the porcelain as a piece of museum art in their own right, which engages audiences by transforming the piece. Isabella regards the design and creation of her work as a form of meditation and process of cultivation. She explores the spiritual belief by celebrating the factures of broken objects and the fragility of life. Changing our perspectives about life’s challenges, and engages with audiences mending with joy and peace, and then beauty and enlightenment can transpire from them.« 

Isabella Liu - Mending-  open the pure white porcelain, then surprisely discover a sophisticated golden brooch across your shoulder.

Isabella Liu Pieces: Mending – Double Rings in a Ceramic Pottery, 2014 Ceramic, gold plated metal 13 x 4.8 x 7.8cm Object and jewellery

Mending’ collection from Isabella Liu Jewellery

Isabella Liu Pieces: Mending – One Big Ring in a Midi Ceramic Pottery, 2014 Ceramic, gold plated metal 13 x 6.8 x 4 cm Object and jewellery – at  Shanghai Design Week 2014

« When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful” – Billie Mobayedt Inspired from this Japanese philosophy and her personal experiences, Isabella Liu has chosen to closely focus on broken and fragile objects. She collected a large number of broken and abandoned objects such as barks that had fallen from trees in a cemetery, broken china from vintage markets, etc. Liu examined these items in order to discover where they were broken. Instead of hiding their damaged areas she opted to illuminate them and resultantly transforming their fragility and cracks into a real piece of art and giving them a new life. Isabella regards the creation processes of jewellery as a method of self-cultivation. She recognizes the cracks and fragilities of life and is able to transform injuries and imperfections into beauty. In the ‘Mending’ collection, she presents this inspirational and hopeful belief that by changing our thinking about life’s injuries and by mending them with joy and peace, beauty and illumination can transpire from them.« 

Isabella Liu – Mending II-   2014

Isabella Liu – Mending-  2014 – A pair of earrings, surprisingly discovered from a pair of petite porcelains

The Art Jewelry Forum (AJF), the nonprofit organization that supports appreciation of art jewelry worldwide, has awarded Seulgi Kwon the 2014 AJF Artist Award.

The award is given to an emerging jeweler who exhibits “poise, innovation, and individuality.”

Since 2000, AJF has been offering an artist award to recognize promise, innovation, and individuality in the work of an emerging jeweler. The AJF Artist Award is awarded to makers of contemporary art jewelry who have completed their academic/professional training and are making new work as part of their post-training career. The winner of the AJF Artist Award receives a $7500 cash prize, will have their work shown at a major international art fair with an AJF gallery supporter, and will give a short lecture. Their work will also be featured in an AJF advertisement.

The 2014 Art Jewelry Forum Artist Award (AJFAA) was awarded to Seulgi Kwon

PROUD & HAPPY for her !

« raindrop » of awards from everywhere, last years, on her work  :

2013  BKV Prize 2013 « Third Prize », Munich, Germany
2012 Cominelli Foundation 2012 Award  « First Prize »,  Fondazione Cominelli, Italy
2011 BKV Prize 2011, Munich, Germany
2011 Preziosa Young 2011, Florence, Italy
2010 Cominelli Foundation 2010 Award, Fondazione Cominelli, Italy

Seul-Gi Kwon 2014 work – « a soft rain » (detail)

Seulgi Kwon, Deep in the Night 1, 2014, brooch, silicone, pigment, thread, glass, 180 x 170 x 60 cm, photo: artist

Seulgi Kwon, Still Life 1 (alternate view), 2014, ring, silicone, pigment, thread, 90 x 100 x 60 mm, photo: artist
Seulgi Kwon, The Evolution of Defense 1, 2014, silicone, pigment, thread, paper, plastic, 180 x 105 x 70 mm, photo: artist

« We are pleased to announce that Seulgi Kwon has been selected to receive the 2014 Art Jewelry Forum Artist Award for an emerging jeweler. Kwon was chosen from 123 entries representing 27 countries. She will receive a $7500 cash award, and her work, along with that of the other 4 finalists, will be featured by Platina Gallery at Handwerksmesse, which takes place in Munich in March 2015. Kwon will also receive a one-year professional membership to AJF and will serve as a juror for the 2015 Artist Award competition.

The goal of the AJF Artist Award is to acknowledge promise, innovation, and individuality in developing jewelers. This year’s competition was open to art jewelry makers 35 years of age or younger who were not enrolled in a professional training program; submitted work had to have been completed between 2012 and 2014. The jurors were Sooyeon Kim, jewelry artist and winner of the 2013 award; Carin Reinders, director of the Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands; and Karen Rotenberg, founder and director of Alianza Contemporary Craft and a collector of contemporary jewelry. Criteria used in judging were originality, depth of concept, and quality of craftsmanship.

Kwon uses the theme of plant images to express meanings and symbols of memories of her daily life. Plants change their form at each stage of growth: seeds sprout, spread roots, and bloom. This course of change gives rise to unpredictable organisms and organic forms. Kwon’s work actively expresses the organic movements of plants, with their mysterious colors and constantly changing forms, creating texture with the materiality and transparency of silicone. Kwon tries to express the living in her work, so most of her pieces have rich colors and unique shapes.

Carin Reinders stated, “Seulgi uses silicone, glass, and pigments with great beauty and poetic transparency. The brooch A Soft Rain has the softness and the vulnerability of the first soft and refreshing drops. Deep in the Night gives the awareness of a night in the jungle with the great emerald green stone, glowing in the dark. Seulgi’s work has great poetic power and classical elements, but is constructed in a very contemporary way.” Sooyeon Kim commented, “Because of Seulgi’s deep understanding of silicone as a material, it seems like she has power over the material. This would not be possible without ceaseless study. Her exotic forms and bright colors have a special fascination.” Ms. Rotenberg added, “Seulgi demonstrates an innovative and beautiful use of material; her work is visually compelling.”

Kwon earned a bachelor’s (2007) and a master’s (2010) of fine arts metalwork and jewelry at Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea. » (AJF)

Seulgi Kwon, All Things Shining, 2013, brooch, silicone, pigment, thread, glass bead, 130 x 140 x 55 mm, photo: artist

Seulgi Kwon, A Soft Rain 1, 2014, brooch, silicone, pigment, thread, paper, plastic, 180 x 170 x 65 mm, photo: artist

“In my work, I actively express the organic movements of plants with their mysterious colors and constantly changing forms, creating texture with the materiality and transparency of silicone. I always try to express the living in my work so most of my pieces have rich colours and unique shapes.”

PS : just received my « It rained yesterday » ring ! HAPPY !

Seulgi Kwon - « It rained yesterday » ring 2014 Ring∣ silicone, pigment, thread 90 x 90 x 70mm

Take a HORSE, carefully cut it in pieces, and you get a neck-piece ….. no, a conversation-piece …..

for my part, I was fan of  THIS « Horses » ! :

Cliquer ici pour voir la vidéo.

Izabella Petrut -  « Blood on the ground » necklace – Innocent project – plastic toy, acrylic paint, copper, silk thread, varnish, 2013

The “Innocent” project gives me the chance to express an issue I am very much concerned with: the abuse against animals. The plastic toys are a way of representing an innocence that can only imply the horrible things that could / might have happened. I cut the animal toys the way butchers do, whilst others I use in twisted positions. After that I melt them, creating situations that I imagine they end up in. I paint them in lively colors that are not specific to those animals and this way the first impression of the audience is of a happy piece of jewelry and only then, after a closer examination, they truly see the animal and its suffering. Most of them are hand painted so that every brush stroke I make allows me to connect with that animal and feel it’s pain. The electroformed pieces represent the animals that live in cold metal cages, while the silk represents a natural material that stands for blood (red silk) and the darkness of the night (black silk). By creating more feminine pieces of jewelry I am trying to nurture those animals’ suffering.
1% of all money made from selling these pieces of jewelry will be donated to an animal shelter.
Materials: plastic toys, electroformed, alpaca, silver, paint, varnish, onyx, silk, pigments, copper, gold leaf. Izabella Petrut

Izabella Petrut -  Innocent project   – « Horse doing 9 to 5″   necklace – plastic toy, copper, pigment, silk thread, 2013

Izabella Petrut, The Circus, necklace

by Rebecca Hinwood (ACTivate: Un-Earthing Jewellery workshop, Australian National University, School of Art Gold and Silversmithing, Canberra, AU)

Roxana Davidescu ‘con el pensamiento de ella…’ Horse necklace – JOYA Barcelona 2014

Anat Golan – White Steed 1 -

Anat Golan brooch/medallion 2014

Tabea Reulecke – Idar Oberstein – 2004

Levan Jishkariani – Fachhochschule Trier, Idar-Oberstein, Germany – necklace, n.t., 2013, wood, perspex, paper, leather, polymer clay- winne… (Marzee graduate show 2013)

Réka Lörincz  Necklace: The Good the Bad and the Flawless 2011  Plastic, gold, pearl, textile

Anna Davern Brooch: Hunter and Hound, 2006 Copper, found biscuit tin. 8,5 x 3,5 x 0,5 cm Photo: Terence Bogue

Tanel Veenre

Sari Liimatta Object: Expectations, 2006
Glass beads, metal pins, paper price labels with threads, piece of a jewellery, plastic toy
Jewellery sculpture

Felieke van Der Leest  Crazy Horse  Brooch – textile, silver, gold, plastic -   Charon Kransen Arts (SOFA NY 2012)

May your

Xmas holidays

and New year 2015

be as happy coloured & jewelled

as this vintage Xmas tree brooch !

PS :  vintage Xmas tree pins (see book )

Selen Özus  jewelry …. like little sculptures, like drawings to wear …. importance of the body represented

Selen Ozus: pregnant / brooch – silver, 2009

Selen Ozus : « will » / brooch – silver, 2009

Selen Ozus: « in Firenze » / brooch – silver, iron, 2009

Selen Ozus Jewelry   « day in + day out » – brooch – silver, silk fabric – 2008

Selen Ozus – « as » brooch – porcelain, iron 2011

Selen Ozus Jewelry – « thoughtful »  Brooch – Silver 2009

Selen Ozus « close » brooch silver 2009

Selen Ozus Jewelry – « lover » brooch – silver 2009

comparaison non pas pour les bijoux mais pour leur matière, leur texture …..

Liana Pattihis

Alina Carp – ring

Amy Peace-Buzzard -  selectionnée pour TALENTE 2015

« There is a brutal transience in our fragile surroundings. Things fade and deteriorate. Over time we repair and mend. A fresh coat of paint, a crack filled. Inevitably these fixes themselves deteriorate, but in this we gain something new, something different from the original. Amy Peace-Buzzard’s jewellery reflects a sense of the lost and forgotten. Fascinated by objects that show a battered life: proudly displaying their impermanence, but going unnoticed, she focuses on a balance of the resilient with fragility. How we protect the damaged or allow it to continue alone in its decline. As much as time deteriorates, there will always remain a sense of what was once there.  »
Amy Peace-Buzzard  2014

BA (Hons) Degree, Jewellery and Silversmithing- School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University, UK | September 2011- July 2014

Forgotten shadows – 2014

Amy Peace Buzzard – Forgotten shadows – 2014

Amy Peace Buzzard – (Birmingham City University, UK) Forgotten shadows – 2014 – Ring – Silver, Shibuichi, Silicone and Wax

Amy Peace-Buzzard. – 2014. Ring | Silver, Shibuichi, Silicone and Wax.

Amy Peace-Buzzard. – 2014. Ring – Silver, Shibuichi, Silicone and Wax.

Amy Peace Buzzard - Forgotten shadows – ring – 2014 – silver, shibuichi, silicone & wax

Amy Peace-Buzzard – 2014 – neckpiece

Amy Peace Buzzard – Forgotten shadows – 2014 – silver, shibuichi, silicone & wax – detail

Amy Peace Buzzard – Forgotten shadows – 2014 – silver, shibuichi, silicone & wax – detail

Amy Peace-Buzzard. – 2013. – ring, silicone, card & wax

Ezra Satok-Wolman and Wendy McAllister:

Genesis, Life and Form Through Different Lenses

Klimt02 gallery – 3-12-2014/15-01-2015

Genesis: Life and Form Through Different Lenses is a duo exhibition of jewelry by Ezra Satok-Wolman and Wendy McAllister at the Klimt02 Gallery. The concept was born in Barcelona in 2012 after Ezra’s trip to the Sagrada Familia, when he came to realize that Gaudi’s infamous project was the perfect archetype for the macrocosm microcosm concept with nature as the basis for its artistic concepts and many of the structural elements. After seeing Wendy’s work in person for the first time at Sieraad Art Fair in 2013, Ezra realized that they were both inspired by the same subject matter and trying to represent very similar concepts in their work. On that same note, their interpretations are vastly different and the lens paradigm began to evolve into an exhibition concept. Not only did this draw a clear parallel with the Sagrada Familia project, but their subject matter was in line with Gaudi’s artistic motivation, to demonstrate the beauty and wonder of nature’s grand design and its connection to the rest of the Universe.

Ezra Satok-Wolman Brooch: The Mathematical Fingerprint of God, 2012 791 (19k) yellow gold, 750 white gold, silk 5.8 x 5.8 x 1.7 cm Back view

Ezra Satok-Wolman Necklace: Genesis, 2014 3d printed nylon, meteorite, 500 palladium, 917 white gold, silk 11 x 11 x 11 cm Unique piece

Wendy McAllister Necklace: Arctic Summer, 2014 Vitreous enamel, copper, oxidized sterling silver 21.95 x 21.95 x 6.35 cm

Wendy McAllister Brooch: Polar Vortex Vitreous enamel, copper, oxidized sterling silver 13.3 x 12.0 x 4.5cm

Ezra Satok-Wolman Necklace: Nebula, 2014 3d printed nylon, 750 white gold, silk 10 x 10x 10 cm Unique piece On display

Ezra Satok-Wolman Earrings: Nautilus Galaxies, 2011 750 gold, natural violet diamonds 2.7 x 2.75 x 6.0 cm Hammered, fabricated

Wendy McAllister Brooch: Amplus Vitreous enamel, copper, oxidized sterling silver with 24k gold leaf 4.25 x 3.25 x 1.33 inches Alternative view

Ezra Satok-Wolman Brooch: The Perpetual Motion of the Universe, 2013 950 Palladium, 791 (19k) yellow gold, 750 white gold, natural coloured diamonds 6 x 6 x 2 cm Awarded at: Selected finalist for the 2014 Friedrich Becker Prize Smithed, fabricated Front view

Ezra Satok-Wolman Brooch: Cosmos, 2014 Carbon fibre, 500 palladium, 750 gold, 917 gold, diamonds 5.6 x 5.6 x 0.9 cm Front view

Blue Trillium, 2014 Fractal image, generated with ‘Blue Penta-Hydra’ by Wendy McAllister, brooch 2014 Original photograph by Victor Wolansky

Klimt02 Gallery
Riera de Sant Miquel, 65
08006 -  Barcelona
SPAIN
tel 00 34 933687235klimt@klimt02.net

Sieraden van Nel Linssen

Nel Linssen in Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen – Nel Linssen gifted her core collection of jewellery, which she has produced over the past thirty years, to Museum het Valkhof, where this can be seen until 15 February 2015 -

Museum Het Valkhof toont in het Prentenkabinet een overzicht van de bijzondere papieren sieraden van kunstenares Nel Linssen. Aanleiding voor deze tentoonstelling is het feit dat zij haar basiscollectie sieraden dit jaar als schenking aanbiedt aan het museum. Nel Linssen vouwt al zo’n dertig jaar van het vertrouwde materiaal papier, de meest bijzondere objecten. Haar creaties worden wereldwijd getoond en gewaardeerd en zijn vertegenwoordigd in vele (inter)nationale toonaangevende design- en sieradencollecties. Nel Linssen woont en werkt sinds de start van haar carrière in Nijmegen.

Nel Linssen – papier, fil de nylon – collier

Schenking sieradencollectie
Nel Linssen maakt een genereus gebaar door haar basiscollectie sieraden, in de afgelopen 30 jaar ontstaan, dit jaar te schenken aan Museum Het Valkhof. Het gaat om een omvangrijke collectie papieren sieraden: armbanden, hangers en colliers die draagbaar zijn en tegelijk kunstobject. Zij voelt zich verbonden met de stad Nijmegen en wil dit uitdragen door haar collectie in het Nijmeegse museum onder te brengen. Museum Het Valkhof zal in de toekomst delen van de collectie regelmatig tonen.

Complexe vouwpatronen
Nel Linssen combineert vakbekwaamheid met raffinement en ruimtelijk inzicht. De vouwpatronen die zij gebruikt zijn door haarzelf ontwikkeld. Voor een buitenstaander komen ze bijzonder complex over, voor Nel Linssen zijn ze vanzelfsprekend en systematisch eenvoudig. Haar werk ontstaat intuïtief.  Met grote precisie onderzoekt zij hoe door een ingenieuze constructie een nieuwe vorm en structuur kan ontstaan.

Draagbaar
Nel Linssen vouwt het alledaagse materiaal papier, en sinds enkele jaren ook vellen met plastic coating, tot draagbare voorwerpen met een bijzondere structuur. Zij  verklaart: “Ik probeer voortdurend om logische constructies te ontdekken, geïnspireerd door ritmes en structuren in de botanische wereld”. Ze ziet haar werk als draagbare toegepaste kunst. Tegelijk kunnen haar sieraden ook als kunstvoorwerpen worden beschouwd die worden gewaardeerd vanwege hun bijzondere vorm.

Wereldwijd bekend
Het werk van Nel Linssen wordt wereldwijd getoond en gewaardeerd. Met haar papieren sieraden en objecten  is zij vertegenwoordigd in vele (inter)nationale toonaangevende design- en sieradencollecties. In 2001 ontving Nel Linssen voor haar hele oeuvre de Karel de Grote-prijs, de cultuurprijs van de gemeente Nijmegen

Museum Het Valkhof

Kelfkensbos 59 6511 TB Nijmegen – NL
info@museumhetvalkhof.nl
024 360 88 05

Wendy McAllister, Actually exhibited at Klimt02 Gallery (Genesis: Life and Form Through Different Lenses ) ……

Wendy McAllister Brooch: Blue Penta-Hydra, 2014 Vitreous enamel, copper, oxidized sterling silver 10.1×10.1×3 cm

Blue Trillium, 2014 Fractal image, generated with ‘Blue Penta-Hydra’ by Wendy McAllister, brooch 2014 Original photograph by Victor Wolansky

« In the natural world the vibrant exuberance of enticing and often forbidding forms, all with an endless array of textures and clashing colors, excites me even as I struggle to accept its impermanence.
Seeking to express my profound wonder for the natural world, I turn to jewelry with its intimate connection to the body. Jewelry has the magical ability to transform how a person presents oneself while bringing a sense of theater into our lives. Why be so cautious with our adornment, our “costumes”, before we exit this stage? I am enamored of the brooch as a sculptural form and the ease with which it can be worn and brought to life by the movement of the wearer.
My use of vitreous enamels (glass fired on metal at 1500F/800C) is irreverent but skilled and it complements my intuitive process of responding to a piece as it evolves. This openness often results in a piece that I didn’t foresee at the start but that is consistently rooted in its underlying geometric beginnings.« 

Wendy McAllister Brooch: Blue Leaf Vitreous enamel, copper, oxidized sterling silver 7.6 x 8.3 x 1.9 cm

Wendy McAllister Piece: Blue Moon Vitreous enamel, copper, oxidized sterling silver 8.3 x 8.9 x 1.9 cm Brooch/Pendant

Wendy McAllister Brooch: Blue Chariot Vitreous enamel, copper, oxidized sterling silver 7.6 x 10.2 x 3.2 cm

Wendy McAllister Brooch: Robin Eggs Vitreous enamel, copper, oxidized sterling silver 7.6 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm

Wendy McAllister Brooch: Blue Hydra Vitreous enamel, copper, sterling silver 9.5 x 9.5 x 3.2 cm

 Wendy McAllister.  Blue Vines brooch – Vitreous enamel, copper, sterling silver, 23k gold.  – 3.50″ x 2.75″ x 1″

Nous sommes tous CHARLIE  – 7-01-2015 – Paris