On 12 November we visited Sieraad Jewellery Art Fair 2017 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This year, there were over 100 stands! There are huge differences between these stands when you look at the kind of jewellery they show how the pieces are presented. You can find very classical pieces with a lot of gold and gemstones, but also very conceptual pieces out of unusual materials. You can really expect anything at Sieraad! Every year, there's also a main exhibition in the central aisle of the Westergasfabriek. This year, it showed jewellery from students from Idar-Oberstein Hocheschule Trier, Germany that have graduated over the past 15 years. This main expo, called Rockstars, showed a big variety of different pieces of jewellery mainly made out of stones or with stones in them. I think this was a great edition of the fair! A couple of designers caught my eye and from some I was able to bring something home with me to add to our collection. ;-) A list of the artists I particularly loved: - Loukia Richards: she and Christoph Ziegler organized an artist-in-residency-project with different international artists in Athens. Loukia herself presented beautiful hand embroidered portraits, inspired by classic iconography, made into jewellery. -Mia Maichen: she made beautiful pieces with quite graphic pictures of a rat she dissected. -Libby Ward: she used scrap materials from an old ceramic factory to create a brooch we fell in love with! - I finally got the chance to see the work by Die Vier (after unfortunately missing them on Munich Jewellery Week 2017). They're a collective of four designers: Catalina Brenes, Denise Ebert, Pia Groh and Julia Obermaier. This was the last fair they participated in as Die Vier, but I hope we will hear lots more from them in the future! - Primordiale: a brand that can be found on the border of contemporary jewellery and fashion jewellery and uses hardware to create great pieces. - T Squared: an Israeli brand by Tami Eshed that offers interesting, wearable and modern pieces with simple, but very graphical and strong shapes! Other artists I loved and will definitely follow in the future are: Konstanze Prechtl, Rachel Butlin, Francesca Verado, Cleopatra Cosulet and Anna Król. Besides the stands with jewellery, it's also very interesting to visit the stand or Ra Books. Here, you can find a wide variety of books about jewellery. I bought the new book by Marjan Unger and Suzanne Van Leeuwen: Jewellery Matters, a book on the meaning of jewellery. I've only just started reading it, but am already sure this a 'must have' for every jewellery enthusiast! The next edition of Sieraad will be from 8 untill 11 November 2018. Websites:
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Sadly enough, I will miss Munich Jewellery Week this year. I've visited every edition since 2012 and consider this week to be the highlight of the year in the world of contemporary jewellery. Normally, I would prepare myself to this trip by looking up all the events and exhibitions and making a list of things I'd really want to visit. Even though I'm not able to physically be there myself, I've made a list of the six events I really would have liked to visit. My top 6: 1) Die vier at IHM This is a collaboration of four jewellery designers: Julia Obermaier (DE), Pia Groh (AT), Catalina Brenes (CR) and Denise Ebert (DE). They all approach stone carving in a different way and each of them has her own aesthetic view on using this old technique. Even so, their work will create a cohesive whole. Their work was also shown at Inhorgenta last February and will also been shown at Unique; an international fair for applied arts and design from 19 until 21 May 2017 in Karlsruhe, Rheinstetten. During MJW17 it can be seen at the International Handwerk Messe in Munich from 8 until 14 March in Hall B1-728. www.facebook.com/Die-Vier-Idar-Oberstein 2) noMAD's Since 2014, the master students of PXL/MAD University of Hasselt, Belgium have organized a mobile exhibition concept at MJW. The previous projects where MAD About Schmuck, MAD Exhibitionists and MAD Pixels, where the students showed their work in a wearable jewellery exhibition. This year's students are: Moana Andreani, Kristy Bujanic, Lara Ceuterick and Pia David. The 2017 masters will visit Munich as the noMADs. They are 'urban nomads'; modern travelers who move between cities and are looking for new challenges. They will show a part of their graduation project in a portable presentation while visiting exhibitions and other events from 8 untill 12 March. And like every year, the students will be handing out a gadget! Every year the MAD gadgets where a must-have! Be sure to get your hands on one before they run out! Facebook link: www.facebook.com/NomadsMJW/?fref=ts n°23 on Current Obsession map 3) Hatara Project. Time Perception vol.3 The Hatara project was started in 2015 by Annea Lounatvuori and Christine Jalio. Last year's Hatara Project was one of my favorite exhibitions during MJW 2016. I remember a great 'tour' of the expo by Christine Jalio; a great guide for a great expo. Together, all the different artists created a beautiful cohesive exhibition, still with a lot of diversity in designs, materials and concepts. I would be very surprised if this year's project would be any different! This year's participating artists are: Marine Dominiczak (FR), Morven Downie (AU), Elin Flognman (SE), Yasuyo Hida (JP), Anke Huyben (NL), Christine Jalio (FI), Helmi Lindblom (FI), Melina Lindroos (FI), Annea Lounatvuori (FI), Sara Malm (SE), Wiebke Pandikow (DE), Jelizaveta Suska (LV), Susanna Yläranta (FI), Ginta Zabarovska (LV). Lovaas Fürstenstrasse 6, 80333 München Facebook link: www.facebook.com/events/892767830865493/ n°42 on Current Obsession map 4) Selection by Christian Hoedl Four of my favorite jewellery designers in one exhibition! Anne Achenbach (DE), Karin Roy Andersson (SE), Paul Adie (SCH) and Sébastien Carré (FR) were selected for this expo by Christian Hoedl. 9 until 11 March Zieblandstrasse 2, Munich 5) Off The Shelf An exhibition of work by staff and students of Central Saint Martins, BA Jewellery Design course. Their expo last year was very cleverly thought out. The space where they where showing was well-used and the flyer they designed fitted the expo perfectly. When the flyer was folded it looked like a book, which you could place on a... shelf. I believe it's always interesting to see what students are creating and to see an exposition combining the works of students and teachers makes it even more interesting: the next generation and their mentors. Works by: Scott Armstrong, Coline Assade, Elena Lara Bonanomi, Caroline Broadhead, Lin Cheung, Lucie Davis, Yichen Dong, Veronika Fabian, Yayun Fang, Naomi Filmer, Melanie Georgacopoulos, Lucie Gledhill, Emily Grimble, Katy Hackney, Erica Heng, Stacey Huang, Miho Ishizuka, Jing Jiang, Kigen Kamijima, Jasleen Kaur, Giles Last, Michelle Lung, Marlene McKibbin, Maria Militsi, Sam Rodway-Smith, Carola Solcia, Florance Tebbutt, Anna Tuhus, Chloe Valorso, Max Warren, Silvia Weidenbach, Scott Wilson, Ariel Yi-Chen Tsai Facebook link: www.facebook.com/events/1327301107337667/ n°9 on Current Obsession map 6) No Expiry
A duo expo by Dimitar Stankov and Jonathan Hens; two Belgian designers who've collaborated before. Their work really compliments each other and will make for a very strong exhibition. I love the organic feeling that is present in both of their jewellery collections and... I simply just love black pieces of jewellery! From 9 until 12 March Welserstrasse 15 Facebook link: www.facebook.com/events/1848444578709971/?active_tab=discussion n°58 on Current Obsession map |
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