Juan Carlos Gonzalez (Spain)
JUAN CARLOS GONZALEZ
Biography:
Juan Carlos was born in Zamora, northeastern Spain in 1972, but grew up in southern Andalusia where he learned to see life with color and joy. He was trained as an Industrial Design Engineer in the Valencian Community, always had a great interest in objects and discovering from its conception (soul) to its materialization, has been a constant throughout his professional and vital stage. After completing his studies, he focused on learning about the different business branches of design. He is particularly interested in the metal and mechanical manufacturing sector. As a teacher, within the metal sector comes to his world artistic jewelry, a means of expression that revives his desire to create, to give pieces and industrial materials of delicacy and exclusivity, making them suggestive and stimulating pieces.
The knowledge of this new discipline leads him to study and graduate in Artistic Jewelry (2021) in EASD Valencia and is when he discovers that his artistic concerns and passions begins to take the form of portable object.
Collection Concept: JC21 FROM THE CHAIR TO THE JEWEL
The collection under the title "JC21. From the chair to the jewel" formed by 4 pieces, represents a tribute to the iconic chairs using jewelry as a means of expression. The pieces of the collection share connections that go beyond the barriers of functional objects; where the body, its arrangement in space and its structure, communicate a series of values that lead us to reflect on the different readings that objects can represent.
When I was able to study the projection of the design of a chair and compare it with that of a piece of jewelry, I could see that there were many similarities and connections present, not only in the whole process of creation, but also in the close relationship between object/space/body.
Bracelet, brass, steel, rattan
Bracelet, brass, steel, leather
Brooch, brass, steel, leather
Brooch, brass, steel, leather