PIN – Associação Portuguesa de Joalharia Contemporânea is a non-profit cultural organization aimed at promoting contemporary jewelry, interchanges of ideas and experiences and the development of theoretical and practical projects within the arts, especially national and international jewelry.
Read MoreMy inspiration often comes while I am sleeping. Many times, a clear piece of jewelry pops into my mind just by observing the world around me, looking at a picture or just watching several forms of my daily life. I may see a simple line, a luminaire or a building full of curves and immediately imagine it in a jewelry form. I am very much inspired by nature and its organic materials. What nature offers cannot be done by human hands.
Read MoreAlina Carp has been attracted since childhood by the artistic field, that’s when she started to create the first objects and adornments for her mother. Although she studied medicine, her passion for painting and art creation remained alive, so she opened in Bucharest, in 2005, a first personal exhibition, with decorative objects and jewels. This event was followed, over the years, by other personal or group exhibitions, which had on display either paintings or jewelry.
Read MoreWith a degree in Classical Studies, and strongly influenced by ancient history, surrealism and goth/steampunk imagery, Christine works to create jewelry that challenges one’s perspective of adornment. Christine is inspired by movement, by abstract shapes, by themes of whimsy or darkness. She works with simple tools and time-honored traditions to bring life to the metal, paying homage to the artisans of long ago who inspire her work.
Read MoreEvery piece that I create is unique and has its own story. They are all manufactured, each part of every piece is processed separately and then combined with the other parts, as a whole, by soldering and riveting. I wish that my pieces be worn by those who see in jewelry more than an accessory, but rather a way of expressing themselves.
Read MoreMy design is influenced by the raw materials surrounding me. I create new worlds from the limited resources and find tremendous wealth in the soil, the rotting logs, wasp's nest, branches of the trees, broken objects, old plastic bags, it can be anything. I refer to the material and not to the object, study it, understand its properties and use it to create small but complete scenes of staged nature, ex-wild. I believe that through design - as a tool - I can make a change, make a difference, affect people.
Read MoreThe Hungarian Art Jewelry Night started in 2015, with the aim of popularizing the Hungarian jewelry design in a broader circle. Following the previous principles, new perspectives have been evolved. This year, as a result of the positive evaluation of past events and the growing interests in the program, aside from Hungarian artists, foreign participants are also welcomed. We wish to introduce the Hungarian and the Central Eastern European contemporary jewelry design, and the accompanying arts. Our attempt is to call the attention of a broader designer community, involving the young Hungarian goldsmith generation, with expanding the concept of jewelry and geographical boundaries.
Read MoreI aim to imitate the crumpled tinfoil material, through natural gestures, similar to those of a child playing, and making jewelry out of chocolate tinfoil wrapper. Moreover, tinfoil is a metaphor for life’s hardships, which “crumple” us, make us wish to give up on any hope of going on, but, through the right technique, it can become a piece of jewelry.
Read MoreTingTing Chen & Xiyu Chen’s work has been discussing the relationship between jewelry and people. They believe in making is thinking. With the fast pace of life in today’s society, people often ignore the reflection on the relationship between each other, leading to people’s confusion about marriage, social loss or even loss of hope. TingTing Chen & Xiyu Chen’s work is like a stimulant that encourages people to keep thinking and no longer be confused.
Read MoreMulti-disciplinary artist Lynne Speake combines sculpture, ceramics, photography and written word to create visually arresting work. Organically driven by her materials and directly influenced by color, texture, pattern and form, Lynne creates work that always has an environmental core.
Read MoreThe motifs that I most often use in my artwork are derived from natural plant forms through stylized drawing of the bird’s eye view of a flower. I believe, when plainness and symmetry of the motif combines with textured and colored metal, it creates objects that connect history to modern day.
Read MoreProvoked by an interest in material fiction, Melis’ work examines loss, desire, and the notion of burden that individuals carry from their relationships. Her sculptures and jewelry objects explore the unseen tether of the physical and emotional weights that affect individuals in how they perceive their connection to others, their bodies, and space.
Read MoreMy work is greatly informed by my surroundings. I seek out texture and pattern in the natural and man made environments in which I find myself, and these elements inform my work. Finding their way into pieces directly or abstracted. I intend for the viewer to glimpse just enough to trigger their own memory and enact a sense of nostalgia or familiarity. I continuously flow between jewelry, vessels, sculpture and drawing with each process informing the others.
Read MoreHarlan W. Butt is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Texas. His work is represented in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Smithsonian Institute, the Museum of Art & Design, the National Gallery of Australia and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Read MoreI am a self-taught artist for most of the techniques that I use in my work. I have a sound basis in jewelry design and basic techniques for jewelry making as a result of an online distance class on NYIAD platform. I was a Teacher in the Polymer Clay Adventure 2017 and 2020 (a yearly online art retreat). I was a finalist in several jewelry contests organized by Fire Mountain Gems and Beads. Teacher at the Polymer Clay Symposium 2020.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, in my youth, I was "possessed" by stage design and theater costumes, as a transmission vector of the artistic message contained in the dramatic text and the directorial intention. Diverging towards jewelry, I discovered an artistic craft alternative that somehow reminds the intention of the scenographer. The only difference being that, in this case, the dialogue is established between the designer and the person who wears the object.
Read MoreMagdalena Pelmus, visual multimedia artist, performer and jewelry designer, was born in 1974, in Constanta, Romania. In 2019 she graduated Assamblage’s school jewelry courses and started MaNa Jewelry project. Her art is about identity, fragility, memory and human condition. “I believe jewelry is a statement to the outside world, objects to perform with to express your identity.”
Read MoreHer works have been displayed in 2016 at the Marzee Gallery, during the annual exhibit of graduates from worldwide contemporary jewelry schools. In spring 2017, Diana Pantea went back to Assamblage, this time filling the role of Teaching Assistant in the joints and locking mechanisms workshop. Presently she’s working on the development of contemporary jewelry artistic projects and also researching the history of jewelry.
Read MoreArchitect, jewelry lover, jewelry maker. Proportion, color, texture - are architectural concepts that very much apply to jewelry making, you just need to find the appropriate materials and techniques to help you build a construction so tiny that you can wear on your finger.
Read MoreTeodora Bota finds her inspiration during hot summer days, while she’s ceaselessly looking for a place to cool off. Throughout her collections, you can witness this desire unfold. In some of her works, she combined two mediums with temperatures sat at opposite poles, by pouring hot molting metal into a liquid and cold environment. During the impact, the silver took the shape of the surface of the water, gaining interesting, new, organic structures.
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