Melis Agabigum is an educator and studio artist from Michigan, USA. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Intermedia: Jewelry/Metals, Installation art, Sculpture, and Fibers, and received her BFA in Art & Design from the University of Michigan. She has taught Jewelry, Sculpture, and 3D Fabrication courses at the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Boise State University, and
Read MoreAfter 25 years of “silver” shows, presented mainly as part of Legnica SILVER Festival, the Gallery of Art in Legnica decided to organize its achievements in the field of promotion of contemporary, avant-garde jewellery and in 2004 started building a permanent collection. Most of the works were obtained in the years 2013-2016 thanks to funding from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Currently, the Collection consists of about half a thousand works
Read MoreClaudia Lepik is a jewellery artist who is intrigued by how to push boundaries in jewellery with scale and material. Specific interest is face and nose jewellery and including more theatrical fashion inspiration in her works gives her the opportunity to investigate the whole body of a wearer and work with chosen materials being in dialogue with her body. Taking time for each piece is her way of communicating with
Read MoreYujing Cheng is a Chinese jewelry artist and object maker who graduated from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology of Jewelry design department in 2017 and now continues her masters in Jewelry & Metal at the Royal College of Art in 2019. Her works mainly revolve around dreams, subconsciousness, desire, and memory, and convey personal feelings and attitudes through poetic narrative.
Read MoreAlthough I am a teacher by profession, my “normal” day job has always been intertwined with my passion for painting and handmade. As a child I showed a penchant for visual art so I attended an art high school where I gained the courage to experiment with various techniques and materials in everything I create and I think this can also be seen in the jewelry that I make.
Read MoreIn 2015, at the age of 45, Horia Câlțea decided to follow his dream. He redefined his path, he left his job and dedicated his entire attention to his old passion, jewellery. He followed courses at the jewellery school in Cluj-Napoca, where he had the occasion to cultivate his creativity through means that combine the methods of traditional work with contemporary expression. Subsequently, he worked with
Read MoreI am Diana Culic, I am 36 and I am an independent jeweler. I was born in the Republic of Moldova, but I moved to Bucharest 12 years ago. As my main occupation is translation, I felt the need to express my love for beauty through jewelry. In 2018 and 2020 I attended some courses in jewelry at Assamblage and through independent study got other skills necessary in jewelry making.
Read MorePhoebe Dao is a Vietnamese art jewellery designer. She studied MA in Jewellery in Birmingham, UK. She is passionate about the consequences of plastic pollution. Her work uses a mixture of recycled and bioplastic to make bold, powerful pieces that aim to shock viewers with images of fossilised remains caused by human consumer indulgence. She believes
Read MoreBorn in 1966 in Milan, Roberta Consalvo Sances is an Italian jewelry maker based in Florence. She graduated in Oriental Languages in 1991. After a career in the HR field, Roberta’s path changed dramatically when she discovered her passion for contemporary jewellery in 2015. She got a BFA in 2017 and an MFA in Contemporary Jewellery and Body Ornament from Alchimia Jewellery School
Read MoreMagdalena Pelmus, visual multimedia artist, performer and jewelry designer, was born in 1974, in Constanta, Romania. She graduated in 1999 the "N.Grigorescu" Art University of Bucharest, the painting section and became co-founder in SURSA group in 1999 and Loading Open LAB - artist run space in 2006. She received the Union of Romanian Artists Bucharest, RO Scholarship for young artists in 2000 and the 1st prize
Read MoreA piece of jewelry is like a little magnet. It attracts the eye, the curiosity and it witnesses many of one’s life stories. I work in recycled metal, both as my homage to a better and more sustainable environment and as a kind gesture towards past and future stories. I was born in 1972, in Bucharest. I’ve graduated Veterinary University and my first years of work were in the sales and marketing area for a
Read MoreAlexandra (Ungurelu) Tauc is a graduate of the College of Communication and Public Relations - SNSPA. Over the years she developed an interest in colors and shapes which lead to attending drawing and painting courses. In 2011 she attended a series of courses and workshops at Assamblage Art and Design Institute and managed to bring her passion for jewelry to another level of craftsmanship.
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I was born in a small city in Northern Italy. I studied painting under Luciano Fabro and Alberto Garutti at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 2007. In 2008 I started studying goldsmithing and stone cutting, first in Milan, then in Vigo, Barcelona and Turin. In 2011 I served an apprenticeship with sculptor Fabio Viale. I am now living in a rural area of Romania.
I have enjoyed jewellery since I have known myself. So much in fact that I tried swallowing my first one when I was two. Back then, my mom managed to stop me. Some fifty years later, I created my first jewellery. Another ring with a coloured stone, definitely not the same ring. And the first handmade jewellery that I was proud of, I gave it to my mom.
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