Smitten collective has recently been formed by three young jewellery designers; Jill Lenaerts, Juan Harnie (yours truly) and Billie Van Nieuwenhuyzen. We studied Object and Jewellery Design together at the PXL university in Hasselt, Belgium where we attained our Masters. Now, a few years later, we are combining our experiences and interests to create this collective. Our purpose is to show contemporary jewellery to people who often don't even know this kind of jewellery exists. Our first exhibition is part of a pop-up project in Antwerp called 'Gitschotel Popt'. Here, we got the opportunity to turn a big, deserted space into an exhibition room for two months. Next to showing our own work, we also invited eleven Belgian artists to participate in this exhibition; nine jewellery designers, a collage artist (Trut) and an architect who makes prints and jewellery (Caro Deheeger). Next to this exhibition, we will also organize a couple of workshops at the same location. Participating artists: Jill Lenaerts, Juan Harnie, Billie Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Nelly Van Oost, Trut, Karen Vanmol, Annabel Goris, Ilke Matthys, Zoë Detrez, Diederick Van Hovell, Ann Cox, Caro Deheeger, Lore Langendries, Noana Giambra. At the end of October, the exhibition will be renewed and a couple of new designers will join the exhibition for its final month. Every Thu, Fri & Sat, 11-18h From 23rd September until 25th November 2017 Also open on Sunday 5th November! Gitschotellei 82, Antwerp, Belgium Facebook: www.facebook.com/smittencollective3/
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'Expo' is the graduation show with work by the jewellery and graphic design students of the PXL-MAD University of Hasselt, Belgium. As this is a blog about jewellery and the two departments showed their works separately, I will restrict this post to the work by the jewellery students. The first impression when I walked in was that they used a very colourful installation. Each student showed his or her collection on small tables in different shades of the same colour. They really made the most of the provided space and created a dynamic composition. I have to say that the jewellery did not impress me as much as I would have liked. A lot of the work really needed an explanation for the visitors to understand it, something I don't care for. I prefer it when a piece demands your attention in a visual way and the concept makes you like the work even more. Nevertheless, they used a lot of different and interesting techniques like laser cutting, glass blowing, knitting... which created an interesting combination of very different pieces. For me, the work of Eva Schrooten and Hester Daems stood out. Eva worked around inlay; not only as a decorative technique, but also as a way to connect different parts of a piece. Sometimes she used rubber parts to create flexible connections. Hester used bones and the way they move as an inspiration. She used the shape of bones in combination with artificial materials to create a contrast that reminds you of protheses. All the participating jewellery students: Eva Schrooten, Hester Daems, Annabel Goris, Selien Lips, Gertjan Vandezande, Mirthe Van Hove, Camille El-Achkar. Until 28 June PXL-MAD, Elfde-Liniestraat, Building C 3500 Hasselt, Belgium |
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