COMINELLI FOUNDATION AWARD 2015 – VI EDITION

CALL FOR ENTRY – Fondazione Cominelli (IT)

 The competition is open to artists from all over the world.

Registration for selection must be submitted by no later than
10th APRIL 2015

and is subject to applications being sent to: premiocominelli@agc-it.org

For MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS, , please visit the AGC website

e-mail : premiocominelli@agc-it.org

The selection will be made by Mrs Renate Slavik, Gallerist in Vienna.
Exhibition opening reception and awards: 29th August 2015

Exhibition dates: 29th August – 4th October 2015
Organisers for Cominelli Foundation Rosanna Padrini Dolcini
Organisers for AGC – Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo
Maria Rosa Franzin – Rossella Tornquist

Fondazione Cominelli
Palazzo Cominelli
- Cisano di San Felice del Benaco
Italy
website: www.agc-it.org
mail: premiocominelli@agc-it.org

in collaboration with AGC – Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo, JOYA Contemporary Jewellery Fair Barcelona and Klimt02 International Art Jewellery Online

A competition open to designers, artists, goldsmiths and handcrafters, scholars and professionals, for an unreleased piece of jewellery inspired by the following theme:

in addition to the support of AGC, we will collaborate with  a project supported by ADI Lombardia dedicated to designers approaching a theme related to EXPO2015: “non di solo pane (not just bread)“.

un-conventional jewellery

“unconventional jewellery, which is food for the soul: material, spiritual, precious, affordable“.

 bando di partecipazione/english text: Gioielli in fermento 2015_Announcement

COMUNE DI PIACENZA
Gioielli in Fermento ® gioiellinfermento@gmail.com
T.+39 3358083039
www.gioiellinfermento.com
www.torrefornello.it Ziano Pc Italy
curaduría Eliana Negroni
www.gioeillinfermento.com

http://gioiellinfermento.com/jewels-in-ferment-the-theme-of-2014-competition

http://www.agc-it.org/eventi/

Registration

  (Alejandra Koreck – broche « La Dicha II » – plata, rafia sintètica, paper)

 avec :  Alejandra Koreck — Bárbara Paz – Sabina Tiemroth – Valeria Hasse – Ana Arlia — Gabriela Bonelli – Tota Reciclados (Valeria Hasse + Marcela Muñiz) – Lilia Breyter – Graciela Lescano — Mabel Pena — Fabiana Gadano — Paola Victoria Saavedra — María Rosa Mongelli — Ansiosa Hormona (Jessica Morillo) — Patricia Trigub — Mai Solorzano –  Elida Kemelman — Fabiana Vodanovich Casañas — & Luis Acosta

 Ansiosa Hormona (Jessica Morillo) – Collar « Necklace II »  – llana, tèxtils 

Maria Solorzano - Collar « Revolt » -  cotó 

Luis Acosta – Collar « Quipus » – paper teixit  Peça única

TOTA RECICLADOS (Valeria Hasse – Marcela Muñiz)  – Collar « Die Gleichisse Jesu » – material trobat

Lilia Breyter – Polsera « Gauzes C5″   – fil ferro de coure teixit xapat en or

Mabel Pena - Anell « Cycles III »  – plata, bronze, nylon

Elida Kemelman-  Penjoll « Surprise »   -guant de pell, plata

Fabiana Gadano – Fermall « Party » – gasa, tela de cotó, llana, alpaca

This is the first time an exhibition of this size, themed on Argentine jewelers, is performed in Europe.
Will be presented :
*in April 2014 at the Galerie u Help zelven Netherlands, www.helpuzelven.nl ,
*in May at Galerie Cebra Düsseldorf, Germany, www.galerie-cebra.de ,
* and in September in Lalabeyou gallery in Madrid, www.lalabeyou.com .
Now for the first time presented in Catalonia in Context Gallery in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Bcn), www.context.cat  .

Galería CONTEXT
C/Viñolas, 10
08173 Sant Cugat del Vallès (BCN) Spain
T 0034 935 893 806
http://www.context.cat/galeria@context.cat

23-Apr-2015 – 26-Apr-2015 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC

Category Jewelry : Ashley Buchanan — Namu Cho — Kate Cusack — Steven Ford & David Forlano — Maria Eife — Sandra Enterline — Pat Flynn — Donald Friedlich — Christina Goodman — Rob Greene — Valerie Hector –Ian Henderson — Reiko Ishiyama — John Iversen — Christy Klug — Loretta Lam –Seung-Hea Lee — Tara Locklear — Ken Loeber –  Aaron Macsai — Carolyn Morris Bach — Mai Orama Muniz — Emiko Oye –So Young Park — Gustav Reyes — Meghan Riley — John Ruff — Biba Schutz — Klaus Spies — Myung Urso — Kiwon Wang — Andrea Williams — Roberta & David Williamson –   Liaung Chung Yen

Category: Wearable Art  - DANIELLE GORI-MONTANELLI  Millions of Pencils Collar – Hand cut and assembled wool felt. Dimensions: H:18.00 x W:18.00 x D:4.00 Inches

Category: Jewelry –   Sandra Enterline -Diamond Necklace – Hand fabricated kinetic mechanisms, each diamond slice is set on a two tiered component to let maximum light flow through the diamond. Each unique stone requires an individually designed setting. Diamond slices, sterling silver, 950 palladium white gold, 14k gold, stainless steel. Dimensions: H:10.00 x W:10.00 x D:0.25 Inches

Category: Jewelry -  ASHLEY BUCHANAN – Iconic Decorative Necklace – Necklace hand-pierced from 20g brass then powder coated cream. Necklace design inspired by images found in historical jewelry.Dimensions: H:12.00 x W:6.50 x D:0.03 Inches

 Category: Jewelry  – SO YOUNG PARK - « Red blooming »-  oxidized silver, carnelian, labradorite –Dimensions: H:3.50 x W:2.50 x D:1.50 Inches

Category: Jewelry  – REIKO ISHIYAMA  Brooch 142 -Made of sterling silver. Hammered, oxidized and constructed. Dimensions: H:1.00 x W:5.50 x D:3.25 Inches

Category: Jewelry  – GUSTAV REYES  - « Square Knot Circle » necklace – The Square Knot Circle piece was created by hand, using Walnut and Cherry wood. An experimental design that plays with simple shapes to create an intriguing statement piece. Gustav attempted to elevate wood to its rightful place in studio jewelry. Dimensions: H:29xW:3xD:1.50 Inches

Category: Jewelry  – SEUNG-HEA LEE  – « oval illusion » necklace – 18k gold, coral, fabrication Dimensions: H:1.00 x W:0.50 x D:0.50 Inches

Category: Jewelry  – BIBA SCHUTZ  – WYRED – One of a Kind Brooch – Using threads of wire I am creating the illusion of inside outside undulating forms. – Steel & sterling silver Dimensions: H:4.30 x W:3.80 x D:2.00 Inches

Category: Jewelry  – JOHN IVERSEN  - « Hold On »- One of a kind and entirely hand constructed. In18Kt and 14Kt White, Yellow, and Green Gold. With Sterling Silver Dimensions: H:16.70 x W:4.50 x D:0.03 cm

Category: Jewelry  – MYUNG URSO  – Neckpiece – Stroke – Bold sterling silver wire forms are covered in Hanji(Korean mulberry paper) then brushed in black Asian ink and lacquered on its surface. Dimensions: H:10.75 x W:11.50 x D:1.50 Inches

 Category: Jewelry  – ANDREA WILLIAMS – Fringe Nest Brooch – Beach stone brooch/ pendant with layers of sweeping 18k gold  inlay. Dimensions: H:8.00 x W:8.00 x D:2.00 Cm

The Seven Deadly Sins (les 7 péchés capitaux) by Emmanuel Lacoste Exhibition  /  Putti Art Gallery

The project The Seven Deadly Sins, by French conceptual jewellery artist, Emmanuel Lacoste will be displayed at the Latvian gallery.  This exhibition was inspired the list of the Seven Deadly Sins as defined by Thomas Aquinas during the 13th century – wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, gluttony.

Photograph: 7 Deadly Sins - Photo by: Alexandre Keller, Michael Mohr

La liste, toujours actuelle, des Sept Péchés Capitaux a été définie par Thomas D’Aquin au XIIIe siècle. Elle devait servir de repère aux ecclésiastiques afin d’observer une conduite spirituelle parfaite. On les appelle capitaux car c’est d’eux que découlent tous les péchés envisageables.
En mars 2008, l’Église Catholique a annoncé vouloir ajouter à cette liste « sept péchés modernes » d’ordre social, mentionnant le trafic de drogues, les manipulations génétiques, la pollution, etc.
Il m’a donc semblé intéressant de revenir avec ironie sur cette liste primordiale et surannée qui, à mon sens, trace assez bien le cadre de la fragilité humaine. Car sans ces péchés nous ne serions pas ce que nous sommes.

During the 4th century, the monk Evagrius Ponticus published a collection of books, one for each moral transgression that anyone should avoid doing not to offend God. The final and still commonly accepted list of the Seven Deadly Sins has been defined by Thomas Aquinas during the 13th century – wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, gluttony. It was supposed to be a frame of reference for the ecclesiastics in order to keep a perfect spiritual behavior.
In March 2008, the Catholic Church announced its will to renew this list and add some social sins, like genetic manipulation, use of drugs, environmental pollution, poverty, etc. At this time, Emmanuel Lacoste found an interest in looking back to the original, primary and outdated list with a kind of soft irony. In his opinion, these seven sins shaped the frame of human weakness, because we wouldn`t be what we are without them.                        
These sins are not really forbidden acts, but more what Thomas Aquinas used to call passions that submit us to temptation. What underlies these sins is desire. And what kind of object could be a better medium for desire than a jewelry piece? The exhibition “The Seven Deadly Sins” represents humoristic point of view about these temptations. Each piece of jewelry comes with a sculpture that represents a part of a woman’s body. In these pieces the relation between the object and the body is more than just aesthetic, because every piece causes a physical punishment if the person who wears it surrenders to the related sin.
Human body is one of the last sanctuaries for individual creativity. These seven pieces are in line with a research for an accepted egocentric eccentricity.
 
“The perfection of the righteous is formed from the right composition of the seven deadly sins – just as white light is from the composition of the seven traditional colors.” Paul Valéry

  Emmanuel Lacoste. Object: Gourmandise (Gluttony), 2008 Citrin, white gold Photo by: Fassih Belmokhtar On display

Emmanuel Lacoste - Necklace: Avarice (Greed), 2008 – Gold-plated silver, semi-precious stones and crystal, mink fur -Photo by: Fassih Belmokhtar On display

Emmanuel Lacoste Ring: Orgueil (Pride), 2008 Silver, mirror Photo by: Fassih Belmokhtar On display

Putti Art Gallery
16 Mārstaļu iela
1050 -  Rīga
LATVIAgallery@putti.lv
Phone:+371 67214229 / +371 67214230

« En Tránsito »

EASD València and Escola Massana Barcelona at Cervantes Institute in Munich

Vernissage: 12 March 2015.  4 pm

Organisation:  Silvia Walz  and  Heidi Schechinger

« Transition is a never-ending movement, a perpetual passing by without stopping. The artistic creation process is a walk along unforeseen and unknown paths. A jewel is an object in transition, especially when it leaves its ornamental function and becomes an artistic work piece, when it acquires the strength to move us, when it sets in motion the symbolic being that lies within us. » Ramon Puig Cuyas.

Rodrigo Acosta brooch « Ritmo cardiaco », EASD València

Artist List EASD València:
Amparo De Ramón – Ángela Bermúdez — Anna Maria Staiano — Aránzazu Sainz  — Azahara Santoro — Beatriz Díaz — Tina León — Edu Tarín — Elvira H. Mateu — Elvira Mellado — Erika Jordán — Esperanza Pascual — José Antonio Molina — Marie Pendariès — Mónica Arce — Myriam Moreno – Natalia Araya — Laura Guillot – Laura Salguero — Rodrigo Acosta – Rosa Borredá — Sue Ibars.

Artist List Escola Massana:
Auba Pont – Alicia Giraldez — Carla Garcia – Carme Roher — Clara Niubó — Diogo Alves — Eva Burton — Eva Girbes – Fatima Tocornal — Gastón Rois – Gemma Canal — Lola Gratacós – Lourdes Carmelo — María Diez — Montse Basora — Natsumi Kaihara — Noelia Sanchez – Nicole Deuster – Nuria Anguren — Sandra Llusà — Pilar Cotter – Xus Anglès.

 Rodrigo Acosta, EASD València- broche « Ritmo cardiaco » 2014

Eva Burton, Escola Massana 

Elvira Mellado, EASD València

Lourdes Carmelo, Escola Massana

Diogo Alves, Escola Massana (« Observatório utópico » – Brass, copper, silver)

Rosa Borredá, EASD València

Elvira H. Mateu, (detalle) EASD València

« Transitar es un estado de contínuo movimiento, un pasar perpetuo, sin detenerse. El proceso de la creación artística es un transitar por territorios imprevistos y no conocidos antes. La joya es un objeto de tránsito, sobre todo cuando abandona su función decorativa y se convierte en objeto artístico, cuando adquiere la fuerza para conmovernos, cuando pone en movimiento a nuestro ser simbólico que todos llevamos con nosotros« . Ramon Puig Cuyàs Escola Massana (Barcelona)

« Si marcamos sobre un mapa el recorrido de nuestros pasos por este mundo desde el día en que nacimos, nos saldrán un montón de garabatos apretujados alrededor de unos pequeños nodos y algunas líneas más sinuosas, largas o cruces. Uno, nos ha conducido a la escuela, donde estamos en tránsito hacia la experiencia en nuestro quehacer como joyeros, pero ahora, es esta exposición de nuestras creaciones, prueba de ese viaje extraordinario que nos lleva hasta una nueva encrucijada en nuestra trayectoria: Schmuck München ». Kepa Karmona EASD València

Ppresentation of BOOK « ECLAT – Masters of the new jewelry design » by Carlos Pastor, friday March 15, 17h, at Instituto Cervantes

Instituto Cervantes Munich
Alfons-Goppel-Str. 7
80539 -  Munich
GERMANYcenmun@cervantes.es
Phone: 49 89 29 07 18 41

‘BIJOUX! 2015’,  Norton Museum of Art

The fourth annual exhibition and sale of contemporary art jewelry by international artists.

Preview Party:  Wednesday, February 25, 2015 / 6 PM

Nirit Dekel

Reiko Ishiyama

Inni Parnanen

Maria Carelli

Norton Museum of Art
1451 South Olive Avenue,
West Palm Beach, FL 33401 – USA
http://www.norton.org/
tel +1 561-832-5196

Georgina TREVIÑO , who has been selected for SCHMUCK 2015, is a contemporary jeweler from Tijuana, Mexico currently living in San Diego, California.
She obtained a Bachelors Degree in Applied Design with an emphasis in Jewelry Making from San Diego State University in 2014. Her work is a personal narrative and reflection of the nostalgic memories of unfinished architecture in Tijuana, Mexico. She incorporates industrial material local to the framework of Tijuana infrastructure into jewelry that discusses the dichotomy between conventional building material straddling the United States and Mexico border.

 Georgina Treviño (detail)

 » My work captures the nostalgia of my childhood memories while living in Tijuana, Mexico. After being surrounded by cement walls during my childhood, I started to notice the differences between the way houses and buildings were being built when I moved to the United States. In Tijuana, structures, including family homes, are mostly made of cement. Sometimes they remain unfinished for years, even as additions to already completed structures. No two buildings looked the same and there were no designated communities where class was distinct based off the architecture. When I moved to the United States for college, I drove around neighborhoods, downtown, ventured into suburban and urban areas and I immediately noticed how different the architecture was from my hometown, which was only a short thirty-minute drive away. Buildings in the United States used wood as the framework and housing all looked the same. It was very clear to tell the areas of the city that were poor, wealthy and middle class, just based on the architecture. I focused on this dichotomy in this work and explored with the materials I remember as a child, incorporating them with modern materials that I am surrounded by now as an adult.

Georgina Trevino – Cement and brass neck-pieces

Georgina Trevino -Cement and steel necklace . 2014

  These pieces investigate the inner structures of buildings and the process of casting cement while capturing geometric and organic shapes. These forms represent trapped memories; the geometric represent the hard walls of my childhood and the organic represent the hollowness that I see and feel now when I look back and try to hone in on those memories. The use of metal implies the half-way-done feel of rusting buildings. I cast cement using found objects that, to me, signify a culture that is distinctly young American. For example, to create a sense of tension, I cast inside latex gloves, condoms, and plastic shot glasses, which create a texture that aids the process of making with these materials. They elevate the meaning between my past and present. The cement forms themselves look heavy but are hollow and very lightweight. This is a direct reflection of the impression I had when I touched the hollow wood walls in the United States after living my entire life in the denseness of concrete. »

 Georgina Trevino – Cement and brass neck-pieces 

Georgina Treviño. « Mensula » – Steel, cement and string . 2014

Georgina Treviño. « entrampado » – Pendant. Casted Cement, Sterling silver and foam .(2014) 

Georgina Trevino - Nostalia 2 – Found rope, cement , brass and steel . 2014

Georgina Trevino brooch

Sofia Zarari  -  « Chronos », 2013, Photo credit: Myrto Koutoul

Yakinthi Oikonomou  - »Tough love », Mixed technique, Canelloni, paper, silver, 2014 Photo credit: Orestis Rovakis

SYSTEMALAB Ring: Peristerionas 3D printed Rings, 2013 Photo by: SYSTEMALAB

Loukia Richards, « Pornogirls/Sirens », 2013 Photo credit: Christoph Ziegler

Anna Kitsou, “Kyklikos Chronos” (“Κυκλικός χρόνος”), 2012, Ρhoto credit: Giannis Seferos – Anna Kitsou’s reference to aesthetics can be traced back to the Neolithic settlements, the Acropolis of Tiryns with the Cyclopean Walls, the Cycladic idols or the harmonious aerial photographs of excavations.  Her jewellery reflects magic rituals and the hope of humankind that with fire, gemstones and knots can gain control over destiny. Long before the construction of houses, roads, airplanes or refrigerators, mortals created jewellery to give them strength to confront not only enemies of the terrestrial world, but also the demons from beyond.  Jewellery was a companion for eternity, emphasizing faith in immortality.
“Each piece is a journey through land, water and fire… My inspiration is the Earth, Greece and cultures,” says the young designer and ceramist.

Mix & match of shapes and materials by Maro Kornilakh

Heleni Siousti « Synapsis/Alzheimer ». Work in progress  2015 -

Peace man!  -  Christina Karababa, « Bang-Bang 1″, 2014 Photo credit: Christina Karababa

Katerina Glyka  – « Lethal Jewellery » -  « war-like jewellery » of Katerina Glyka which has as starting point scenographic imitations of archaic weapons made with the technique of paper mache and ends up being potentially lethal tools made from cement.

Galerie Weltraum
Rumfordstrasse 26, Munich
Opening 11.03.2015 19:00 – 22:00
12.03.2015 – 17.03.2015
14:00 – 20:00Rumfordstrasse 26, Munich
Opening 11.03.2015 19:00 – 22:00
Mail: info@weltraum26.de
tel : 0175 1121656

https://www.facebook.com/weltraum.me

Katharina DETTAR, selected for SCHMUCK 2015.

2013 : University of Applied Sciences Trier, Jewellery and Stonework Design in Idar-Oberstein (DE)
2014 : BKV-prize / Finalist

Forcément, avec sa formation à Fachhochschule Trier, Idar-Oberstein,  elle nous taille dans la pierre des bijoux à couper le souffle ….

Katharina Dettar  « papallona » brooch – labradorite – papallona exhibition ( BUTTERFLIES at AmarantoJoies, Barcelona, exhibition )

KATHARINA DETTAR- « Leave the scene behind » – agate, silver and steel wire – 250|400|30 mm – photo by Manuel Ocaña – Inhorgenta – Graduates BA 2013

KATHARINA DETTAR- « Leave the scene behind » -  agate, silver and steel wire 250|400|30 mm  - photo by Manuel Ocaña

KATHARINA DETTAR « Summer is gone » neckpiece – Agate, wood, gold, silver, steel (back of the neckpiece)

Katharina Dettar, Summer is gone, 2013, Necklace, Agate, wood, gold, silver, steel (front of the neckpiece)

Katharina Dettar « leave the scene behind » neckpiece 2010

DIOGO ….. yes, yes, NOT Diego ! Diogo Alves, from Portugal, actually (2012-2015) studying at Massana school

During SCHMUCK 2015 he will exhibit at « En Transito » exhibition.cf  During SCHMUCK 2015 – EXPO ‘En Tránsito’ – Cervantes Institute, Munich (DE) – 11-15 Mars 2015

« I enjoy details found in architecture, rubble, cranes, structures and pipes.
All those elements that are part of the cityscape.
Through jewellery, I have discovered the possibility of building my own worlds which carry stories, messages, feelings and fantasies inside of them.
Working with reduced scale, make me feel like I’m inside the pieces I build…..« 

Have a look at his FB page

Diogo Alves (Massana) – Serie ‘Olissipo por um funil’ – Title: 38°39’57.05″N 9°11’40.54″W Material: resin , brass

 Diogo Alves (Massana) Serie ‘Olissipo por um funil’  (detail)  – Title: 38°39’57.05″N 9°11’40.54″W Material: resin , brass

Diogo Alves (Massana)Serie ‘Olissipo por um funil’ – Title: 38°39’57.05″N 9°11’40.54″W – Material: resin , brass  – detail

Diogo Alves (Massana) Serie: »Olissipo por um funil » – Title: 41° 3’8.70″N 8° 5’4.98″W Material: resin , brassDiogo Alves – « olissipo por um funil » – Title: 41° 3’8.70″N 8° 5’4.98″W Material: resin , brass – detail

Diogo Alves -Necklace-“ Olissipo por um Funil ” – Copper, Brass , Epoxy Resin ( Luminescent Pigment )

 Diogo Alves (Massana) Title ‘Obeservatório utópico’  Material: Brass, copper, silver

Diogo Alves - « olissipo por um funil » -  – title 41°24’15.03″ N 2° 9’23.40″E – resin, brass, plastic, led system

Exhibition « glAmour », Villa Stück, Munich, D.
7.3-6.4 2015

 Giampaolo Babetto brooch

Gerd Rothmann‘s ‘four finger bangle’ (1982)

Daniel Kruger – Brooch: Untitled, 2014 – Silver, acrylic glass, mirror, pigment

Robert Baines, broche « Teddy »

Peter Chang - broche – plastique

Jim BOVE

sélectionné pour SCHMUCK 2015

Jim Bové - drawing series – 3 brooches 2014

Jim Bové is a practicing artist and educator living just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is an Associate Professor at California University of Pennsylvania. Jim has organized and curated several international exhibitions and lectures between the United States and Japan, including the cross-cultural exchange, Metalsmiths Linking.
In 2011 Jim’s artwork was selected for Metalsmith magazine’s Exhibition in Print. His artwork has been featured in several books, including Lark Book’s 500 series, Humor in Craft by Brigette Martin and most recently in 500 Art Necklaces. His artwork resides in collections in the United States, Japan, the Dominican Republic, and Malaysia.

Member of SNAG

 Jim Bové – Ring I – drawing series 2011

« The search for spontaneity in my artwork has brought me back to the sketch. Pages of drawings have been produced as I searched for new ideas to create in metal. When I looked at those drawings, my eye caught on the impression of the pen, the gesture of the pencil and the weight of the stroke. I wondered how to re-create that immediacy in wearable art.
This new series of work employs a surface that allows me to work more spontaneously. Sometimes the piece evolves from a page in my sketchbook, at other times the metal is prepared and the small canvases can be carried with me so I can work the surface as I am inspired.
The work is minimal and abstract. I have grown even more appreciative of abstract expressionism and artists like Robert Irwin and Antoni Tapies, especially the thought Irwin puts behind his creations. maybe because I teach design theory classes, I have come to enjoy the search for the perfect line in the perfect place. Something so simple can occupy so much effort. »

Drawing Series: Brooch – Awarded Honorable Mention, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea. 2013 Industrial auto paint on die formed copper with patina. 2012

« Color satisfies the eye, line satisfies the mind »  

« The Drawing Series expresses my love for line, shape and the mark of a tool on a surface.  Inspired by minimalism and abstract expressionism, the shaped, wearable canvases allow me to explore composition.  Many of the shapes are rooted in observation.  Shadows, light, architecture, all of these become subjects to reinterpret, simplify and incorporate into my work. The pieces are intentionally un-named. They are pure composition and exist only as part of a series of drawings. By using a strong, industrial primer on formed metal I can sand and prepare the surface to a smooth, satin finish, almost silk-like to the touch.  The strength of the paint allows me to carve through, as well as draw on, the surface. A chemical patina enhances the contrast. »

 Jim Bové (USA) necklace 2012 – drawing series

Jim Bové - Drawing Series – Industrial auto paint on copper. Ink and patina 2012

Jim Bové - ring 2012 – drawing series

Jim Bové – ring 2012 – drawing series

Jim Bové – Fold1 necklace - Necklace. Industrial auto primer on copper with patina and black rubber cord. 2013

« The technique
The Drawing Series is a unique process that I developed.  By using an industrial auto primer, the same used in auto body shops, I create a canvas on a shaped, copper base.  The strength of the paint allows me to carved or sand through the surface.  Using the ancient technique of silver and gold point, I can draw on the surface.  A simple patina enhances the colors of the metal.  Silver turns a warm French gray, gold becomes a cool gray and copper ranges from black to brown. The pieces are very lightweight and durable. Once cured, the paint is hard, resistant to damage and easy to clean. »

Making
« First the copper metal is shaped. This is done using various fabrication techniques. I start by sawing the shape out. If the piece needs to be shaped, I use sinking, hydraulic die forming or folding techniques.  After the piece has been formed, I solder on any pin backs, accents or hanging hardware.  Once soldering is complete and the piece has been cleaned, I prepare auto paint by mixing a hardener and an extender into the paint. The mixed paint is applied by spray gun.  After the paint has hardened and set, each piece is wet sanded until the finish is satin in texture. Sharp scribes and chisels are used to carve through the surface.  Gold, silver and copper wires are used to draw on the painted surface.  Finally a patina is applied to enhance the color of the metals. « 

 Jim Bove  -  – Fold1 necklace 

Jim Bove - squarespace necklace

From the Coolest Corner – Nordic Jewellery

Galerie Handwerk 

Inauguration 5 March 2015 – 18.30 h –Ausstellungseröffnung Donnerstag, 5. März 2015, um 18.30 Uhr

(Lilian Eliassen Necklace: Every Road Is Just Another Way Home, 2012 Casting clay, silver)

 AND SEMINAR « Re-Public Jewellery« 
Freitag, 13. März 2015, von 10 bis 15 Uhr in der Galerie Handwerk.
Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.
Anmeldung erforderlich bis zum 5. März 2015 über galerie@hwk-muenchen.de oder über die Telefonnummer 089 5119-296. Nähere Informationen unter www.coolestcorner.no .
The seminar Re-public Jewellery will be held at Galerie Handwerk Friday 13 March. Four international speakers will analyze different aspects of social potential in contemporary jewellery: Liesbet Bussche (B), Helen Carnac (GB), Nanna Melland (N), Yuka Oyama (N/D). The seminar is produced by Martina Kaufmann, Prof. Ingjerd Hanevold and Prof. Anders Ljungberg at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Metal and Jewellery Department in collaboration with The National Museum of Art, Design and Architecture and the Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts.
The presentations made in this seminar will moderated by Sofia Bjørkmann and Prof. Anders Ljungberg. Together with the speakers and the panel-participants they will investigate strategies to convey and communicate jewellery art in public space.
Time: Friday 13 March 2015, 10 – 15
Place: Galerie Handwerk, Max-Joseph-Straße 4, Munich (map)Registration: The seminar is free of charge, but requires a registration with the Galerie Handwerk. Please register via email galerie[at]hwk-muenchen.de or phone
+49-89-5119-240 or -296.
Maximum number of participants are 90 people.
Full program in pdf

From the Coolest Corner: Nordic Jewellery presents an exciting and broad range of the contemporary studio jewellery created in the Nordic countries. From the Coolest Corner: Nordic Jewellery has a three-fold aim: to present the newest and most advanced contemporary Nordic jewellery, to intensify the discourse on today’s jewellery and strengthen the knowledge about this field, and to consolidate Nordic jewellery’s position in national and international arenas.
Jewellery will be presented in 3 different ways: a touring exhibition, a comprehensive book and an international Seminar Re-Public Jewellery, all shedding new light on the importance of this art. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden will be the main collaborators in this project.
The touring exhibition From the Coolest Corner was opened at The National Museum – The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo in January 2013. It then travelled to The DesignMuseum Finland in Helsinki, The Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen, The Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design in Tallin, The Röhsska Museum of Design and Applied Arts in Gothenburg and The Lithuanian Art Museum in Vilnius.
During “Schmuck 2015” it is shown at the Galerie Handwerk in Munich.
This main exhibition presents 159 works by 61 artists from the Nordic countries including five invited honorary artists and a selected group of artists from Estonia.
The international seminar Re-Public Jewellery will take place on March 13th at the Galerie Handwerk, 10:00-15:00.
To strengthen the interest in and knowledge of art jewellery, artistic tendencies and research within the field will be presented both in the seminar and in the book.
All these different presentations of Nordic studio jewellery together, aim at contributing to reinforce the image of contemporary Nordic Jewellery as expressive, reflexive and “cool”.
The project is a result of a cooperation between the three Norwegian partners (The National Museum –The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo, The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts and Oslo National Academy of the Arts) and their associated organizers in the Nordic museums of design and decorative arts, the Nordic crafts associations and the national colleges of art and design as well as, of course, our sponsors Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Culture Fund, Arts Council Norway.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Nordic Culture Point, the Nordic Culture Fund, the Arts Council Norway and Galerie Handwerk of the Bavarian Chamber of Crafts

From Dänemark : Julie Bach — Kim Buck — Annette Dam — Kaori Juzu — Marie-Louise Kristensen — Thorkild Harboe Thøgersen — Josephine Winther

  Julie Bach  -bracelet

Josephine Winther Necklaces: Ding, 2011 45 bells, bronze, silver, gold, copper, porcelain, amber,agate

From Estland : Julia Maria Künnap — Kadri Mälk — Maarja Niinemägi — Kristi Paap — Anna-Maria Saar — Tanel Veenre

  Julia Maria Kunnap  Brooch: From the Middle of a Dream, 2010 Obsidian, gold

Kadri Mälk

From Finnland : Ami Avellán — Aino Favén — Clarice Finell — Janne Hirvonen — Sirja Knaapi — Mervi Kurvinen –  Helena Lehtinen — Mirja Marsch — Anna Rikkinen — Janna Syvänoja — Monica Wickström

 Janna Syvänoja Necklace: Untitled I, 2012 Paper, steel wire

Helena Lehtinen

From Island : Hildur Yr Jónsdóttir — Hulda B. Ágústsdóttir — Helga Ragnhildur Mogensen — Orr-Kjartan Örn Kjartansson & Ástpór Helgason

Helga Ragnhildur Mogensen,   Nackstycke « The Red Thread », 2010, drivved, garn, silver

From Norwegen : Liv Blåvarp — Sigurd Bronger – Linnéa Blakéus Calder — Lillan Eliassen — Elise Hatlø –  Anne Léger — Konrad Mehus — Anna Talbot — Gunnhild Tjåland

Liv Blåvarp: Red Drop, 2011. For this piece Blåvarp was awarded Bayerischer Staatspreis 2012. Photo: Liv Blåvarp

Anna Talbot

From Schweden : Tobias Alm – Sara Borgegård Älgå — Beatrice Brovia — Nicolas Cheng — Åsa Elmstam –  Daniela Hedman — Hanna Hedman — Karin Johansson – Jenny Klemming — Agnieszka Knap — Agnes Larsson — Kajsa Lindberg — Paula Lindblom – Åsa Lockner — Märta Mattsson — Lena Olson — Lina Peterson — Annika Pettersson — Margareth Sandström — Sanna Svedestedt — Tore Svensson — Anna Unsgaard — Peter de Wit — Annika Åkerfelt

 Agnes Larsson

 Märta Mattsson

Galerie Handwerk 
Max-Joseph-Straße 4
Eingang Ottostraße
80333 München
Tel. 089 5119-296/240
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6 March ->18 April  (Di.- Mi.- Fr.)  10-18 h., Do. 10-20 h. – 14-16 March 10-15 h.

Stanislava Grebenickova from Czeck Republic,  has been selected for SCHMUCK 2015

Stanislava Grebenickova  -  Light & Shadow Brooches – Cut & Polished flat Glass  with Marble and Granite

Stanislava Grebenickova   – glass brooch 2000

Stanislava Grebenickova  – glass jewelry – brooch 2000

 Stanislava Grebenickova  -  brooch glass, granite 2002

Stanislava Grebenickova  - glass jewelry – brooch 1999

Stanislava Grebenickova   – glass brooch - CENTRUM BAVARIA BOHEMIA

Nils HINT, a talented blacksmith from Estonia, has been selected for SCHMUCK 2015 .

A étudié à Estonian Academy of Arts, promotion 2010

« Nils Hint transforms iron tools and everyday objects into caricatures and shadows of themselves. His combinations of these form humorous, surrealist narratives that are open to interpretation. »

Nils Hint  Crown: Extraordinary piece No.2  Forged iron – « Triumphator » 2011 / Photo shoot with Annika Kedelauk and Rainer Kaasik-Aaslav

Nils Hint – Neckpiece « Scissors II » 2011 / Forged iron, ready-made

Nils Hint – Neckpieces 2011 / forged iron, ready-made

Nils Hint  « Better than your neighbour » – scissors neckpiece – 2013 / Forged iron, ready-made

Nils Hint Neckpieces « Jugend » 2013 / Forged iron, ready-made

Nils Hint – Brooches / Pendants – 2014 / Forged iron, ready made -
Work presented in Gallery Ra, Amsterdam, solo exhibition 24.05.14 – 12.07.14

Nils Hint -  Conceptual neckpiece No.1 (forged iron, ready made) 2014

Nils Hint - Conceptual neckpiece No.2 (forged iron, ready made) 2014

Anne-Marie Rébillard from Canada has been selected for SCHMUCK 2015
« COLLECTION TRACE : Anne-Marie Rébillard propose une réflexion sur nos considérations environnementales, sur ces nouvelles empreintes que nous laisserons aux futurs anthropologues. L’image puissante de nos déchets de plastique a insufflé à Anne-Marie un élan créatif et mutin pour produire cette actuelle collection. À ces matières synthétiques, elle intègre le bois flotté, ce bois rejeté par la Nature, en le juxtaposant et l’organisant en de petites et sensuelles sculptures portables.
Anne-Marie Rébillard a suivi sa formation à l’École de joaillerie de Québec de 2001 à 2004. En 2007, elle y enseignera à temps partiel, tout en prenant part à des stages de perfectionnement. En 2010, elle s’inscrit au Labo, une série d’ateliers de recherches et d’expérimentation dirigé par Noel Guyomarc’h à Montréal. En mai dernier, son travail était sélectionné pour deux expositions importantes à Toronto. Depuis 2012, elle consacre son temps à sa passion. » (Galerie noel guyomarch)

Anne-Marie Rébillard  Broche, Trace #16, 2014  Bois flotté, plastique, époxy, pigments, corde  9 x 10 x 4.5 cm 

« Anne-Marie Rébillard remporte le Prix Émergence en métiers d’art 2014 pour l’originalité et l’innovation de l’ensemble de ses créations en joaillerie, pour sa maîtrise technique, sa qualité d’exécution, la richesse des matériaux qu’elle utilise et la cohérence de sa démarche artistique. Ce prix souligne l’excellence d’un artisan créateur en pratique depuis moins de 10 ans dans les régions de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches.
La pratique artistique d’Anne-Marie Rébillard s’inscrit dans une approche contemporaine de la joaillerie. Elle déjoue les fonctions communes du bijou, qu’elle revendique comme un médium d’expression à part entière. Mue par la volonté de décloisonner les différentes pratiques en métiers d’art, elle articule son travail autour de l’exploration de différents matériaux non traditionnels en joaillerie. Depuis le début de sa pratique en 2006, elle a travaillé non seulement les métaux précieux, mais aussi de nombreux autres matériaux, notamment le textile, le plastique et le bois. La recherche et l’expérimentation, par le dessin, mais aussi directement dans la matière, occupent une large place de son processus créatif. Elle aborde la technique librement, privilégiant l’intuition et la découverte de résultats inattendus. » (MMAQ)

Anne-Marie Rébillard  Broche, Trace #13, 2014  Bois flotté, plastique, époxy, pigments, corde  4.5 x 11 x 4 cm

Anne-Marie Rébillard  Broche, Trace#15, 2014  Bois flotté, plastique, époxy, pigments, corde  6.5 x 10 x 4 cm

Anne-Marie Rébillard: Collier / Necklace 2012 Argent sterling, plastique, peinture, fil de coton / Sterling silver, plastic, paint, cotton thread

«Anton Cepka – Kinetischer Schmuck»

Opening: Friday, March 13, 2015, 19:00 –
Press conference: Friday, March 13 , 2015, 11:00
Exhibition Munich  March 14, 2015 – June 7, 2015

Anton Cepka – Kinetic Jewelry – brooch (detail)

The jewelry and object artist Anton Cepka is one of the most important jewelry makers of the 20th century. Born in 1936 in Sulekovo, Czechoslovakia – now Slovakia – Cepka was a leading exponent of the modern jewelry after World War II. Today he is respected as the doyen of both Slovakian and Czech jewelry artists. Thanks to a formal language reminiscent of Constructivism, he remained untroubled by affairs of state over many years – unlike many fellow artists.
Silver, optical glass and modern acrylic glass are Anton Cepka’s preferred materials. Out of these, brooches and pendants take shape which embody novel spatial ideas. Tending at first towards relief, they are later conceived fully in the round. Then the surprise – the elements of movement and light are added, introducing the concept of kinetic art to the art of jewellery for the first time.
The actual construction of the objects demonstrates the high degree of craftsmanship which is intrinsic to all of Cepkas’ work.
Thanks to many lenders, both private and institutional, from Germany and abroad, it is possible for the first time to show around 180 decorative objects by Anton Cepka, from the period between 1963 and 2005, in a single exhibition.
The exhibition takes place under the auspices of the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic and is supported by he Slovakian Embassy in Berlin, the Slovakian Consulate General in Munich, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Danner Stiftung in Munich and Deedie Rose, USA.

 Anton Cepka 1920 broochAnton Cepka, brooch, 1992, silver | Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich. On permanent loan of the Danner Foundation, Munich. Photo: A. Laurenzo

Anton Cepka, brooch, 1970, silver, laquer | Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich. Donated by Peter Skubic. Photo: A. Laurenzo

Anton Cepka, brooch, 1969, whitened silver, stones, laquer | Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich. Donated by Peter Skubic. Photo: A. Laurenzo

Anton Cepka, brooch, 1989, silver, plastic | Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich. Donated by Peter Skubic, Gamischdorf. Photo: A. Laurenzo

Anton Cepka, brooch, 1989, silver, acrylglas- Die Neue Sammlung–The International Design Museum Munich. Donated by Peter Skubic, Gamischdorf. Photo A. Laurenzo

Anton Cepka, brooch, 1969, silver | Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich. Donated by Peter Skubic. Photo: A. Laurenzo

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