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The jewelry artist Laura Deakin in her studio. |
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A “Confused” Necklace by Deakin |
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Deakin’s “Dishonest Pearls”…notice the pretty vinatage clasp on the necklace in the center. |
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An assortment of Deakin’s necklaces. |
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Deakin working on a “Dishonest Pearl”…the luster of a vintage pearl is left behind in the plaster as the artist gently carves away the excess material. |
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Marta Mattson going on stage to collect her award for Talente. |
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Blank, Sophocleous, and Svensson in the middle with Wolfgang Losche, Head of Schmuck to their right. |
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Alexander Blank, “Momento juniori (Bugs)” Pendant, 2011 |
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Despo Sophocleous, “Changing in direction 9” Necklace, 2011 |
“The jewelery by Despo Sophocleous could look like a photo- still of the second before a structure collapses. The representation of instability or precarious balance does not come across as something threatening but is more likely to remind a equilibrium circus trick. With simple means, she creates playful, poetic compositions out of wooden flat pieces. The single elements are loose, so they can lightly clap with the wearer´s movement, providing a sensory, acoustic experience.”
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Tore Svensson, Brooch, 2011 |
“The winning brooches take as a starting point the theme and function from sentimental jewellery. They refer to the classic typology of portrait –medaillons. Tore Svensson brings to the limit the tension between the private and the public sphere, essential in all jewellery, when he decides to remove the lid oft he medaillon and leave the usually secret images unprotected. The portraits made through etching technique on black steel, reveal themselves and disappear as well all the time through a subtle optical effect. With amazing technical precision Tore Svensson offers a metaphor of the ephemeral nature of our remembering.”
In the evening everyone that participated in Schmuck, all of the curators, the gallery owners, and the students come together for a huge celebration in typical Bavarian fashion at the Augustiner Keller beer hall. It was a wonderful end to an intense yet incredibly rewarding journey for everyone involved, including myself and the AJF group.
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