contemporary jewellery crushes - Karl Fritsch

Today I want to introduce you to another of my jewellery-crushes:

Karl Fritsch

He fascinates me by using archetype-rings and questioning these forms as well as the value of materials, gemstones and everyday-objects.

"I´m fascinated by jewellery and by the fact that every person owns and wears ornaments of one kind or another. This universality impresses me and stimulates me to make jewellery which I would like to see people wearing. Those people could be my aunts or anyone else."

Karl Fritsch, Ring Untitled 2005, white gold oxidised 750, diamond 8 carat
 Karl Fristch, ring Untitled 2005, white gold 750 oxidzed, gold 750

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been away for a while - but worked like crazy!

Hi all
I'm back again
and hopefully now to stay, couldn't find the time to update my blog these past few weeks because I've been soooo busy

busy with what you ask?
with making lots of jewellery!

and there are a few new items in the family; an expansion on the dip-dye-series: rings and necklaces!

Etsy wednesday - at the assembly line

working on filling up my stock this week ...

Etsy wednesday - dangling in wear-and-tear-white

Dangling earrings in reclaimed wood

 

These earrings have a brass chain with a pendant made from a re-used wod. 

Etsy wednesday - Green green green ... pastel green all around

NEW items in my Etsy shop!

 

Jewellery crushes - Kornelia

Today's jewellery-feature is Kornelia.

Kornelia, or Karolien, the wonderfull women behind the label, is a FUN one-person brand of handmade silver jewellery. She has a brick and mortar store in the center of Antwerp city where she sells many more handmade goodies and gives workshops, she's also an Etsy-seller and is part of the La lluvia - collective.


Kornelia

Kornelia, of Karolien, de fantastische vrouw achter het merk, staat voor een FUN collectie van zilveren juwelen. Ze heeft een winkel in het centrum van Antwerpen, waar ze nog veel meer handgemaakte spullen verkoopt en workshops geeft. Ze is ook een Etsy-verkoper en maakt deel uit van het La lluvia-collectief.

  

Tomorrow: De Markt van Morgen!

I'm getting ready for: Markt van Morgen!

Am I ready?

contemporary jewellery crushes - Jo Pond

Today I want to talk to you about one of my all time favorite contemporary jewellery designers; Jo Pond!
-> http://jopond.com/

Why is she one of my favorites? Because of her wonderful use of old, discarded objects and materials and how she gives these things a beautiful second life as jewellery. But most of all; because some of these objects are often TINS, and me being a bit of a tin-addict this probably explains my fascination with her work.

"I come from a family of 'Ponds' who appear to have a genetic necessity for hoarding; digging up metal detector finds was the foundation of a passion for objects which others might not quite appreciate. This fashioned the beginnings of a lifetime of habitual collecting.

Utilising this drive to accumulate the unconventional and unwanted, coupled with an aesthetic appreciation of the details of decomposition and change, I choose to incorporate items potentially paradoxical within jewellery, to create beautiful and on occasion, confusing objects.

Employing symbolic references of form, material and technique, I dabble in the potential for wearable items to become vehicles for communication; whether through sense, nostalgia, or knowledge.

Made in England-series: 

Created from steel, iron and a repurposed Elastoplast tin, this collection of five pieces entitled ‘Made in England’ (and each labelled as such) were created to celebrate and illuminate British craft, whilst on exhibition in Munich.

earrings in the making

It's production-production-production these days

... creating stock for the designer markets and after that for different shops around the country

grts J

@ work - figuring out presentation

@ work - getting ready for some designer markets

I was already stressing this week because the Kwak-exhibition (which was great, thank you all for coming!) is only just finished and I'm already thinking about the next event. My very first designer-market is coming up and I only got a few weeks to prepare and create enough stock. But then I got confirmation for another one! Which is GREAT but means less time to prepare and more stock to make (and more stress but also some excitement of course).

Thinking about presentation, pricing, and selecting what to sell ...

Etsy Wednesday - taking a break

SO its Etsy-wednesday but I ... my free time is spend working for the upcoming exhibition or working on some homework for my management-eveningcourse


bweik, I thought I was done with homework when I had that Master-degree in my hands

... NOT


So I'm not gonna bore you with my complaining and SIGH's no more, this was just to say that my Etsy-shops are closed for the moment.
Remember my tin-brooch from a few weeks ago? well these earrings are made from the same tin can.

Etsy Wednesday - yellow chevron necklace

re-used picture frame turned into necklace

wood and aged brasschain

two possible lengths: 55cm (= 21in) or 80cm (= 31in) check the last picture for reference

the smaller version also has a round clasp.

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This necklace is handmade out of an old picture frame; 

The wooden piece is sawn, sanded and painted by hand

Each piece is hand-cut and hand-painted so slight imperfections might be possible, but this also means that every piece is completly unique!

These pieces are not completely waterproof so please handle with care.

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JeTrouve

From found objects to wearable jewelry

A decay of Literature - work in progress

Still working on some bigger pieces; with the first piece I kinda figured out a way around the 'not being able to solder it'-part; and worked out a brooch-system by just cutting and folding.

... sometimes the great ideas just come by necessity apparently ;)

But now I have new toys to play with!:

Etsy Wednesday - A balancing act between red and gold

Suddenly I see

Leg je wat kettingen bij elkaar
... and suddenly it all makes sense

'Silver Fracture' + 'Wood Fracture'?
Josien Baetens - Jewelry Design & Je Trouve coming together

more soon,

grts J.

Sneak Peek - Kwak 2014

work in progress - preparing for Easter

So time till Easter is growin shorter and shorter. But ... (aargh PANIC) my work for the local exhibition KWAK 2014 during the Easter-weekend is still far from finished. 

Being tired as hell doesn't help very much either. I think I have some catching up to do with SLEEP. 

While working last weekend - and failing - I came to the conclusion my very small burner is way too small for some (bigger) pieces I want to make. So I'm gonna need to rent a spot in a workplace, and hope that will get at least a few more pieces finished this week. 

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Zodus, de tijd tot Pasen wordt steeds korter en korter. Maar ... (aaaargh PANIEK) mijn werk voor de lokale groepstentoonstelling tijdens het Paasweekend is verre van af.
En verschikkelijk moe zijn bevordert dit alles ook niet echt. Ik heb wat slaap-inhaalwerk te doen. 

Tijdens het werken aan enkele vaan mn tentoonstelling-stuks vorig weekend kwam ik tot de conclusie dat mijn mini-brandertje veel te klein was voor de grotere stuks die ik wou maken. Dus zal ik deze week een plekje in een atelier afhuren en hopelijk kan ik daardoor op het einde van volgende week weer enkele stuks als 'af' beschouwen.

 

Etsy Wednesday

I'm gonna make 1 day in the week "Etsy-day". On this day I will feature an item in my Etsy shop or I'll try to add a new one.

For now Wednesday will be it, since that's usually my day off from work and that means: time to work on my jewellery ;)

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Eén dag in de week wordt vanaf nu; Etsy-dag. Op deze dag zal ik telkens een bepaald stuk uit mijn Etsy-shop wat nader toelichten of eventueel een nieuw stuk maken en in mn shop plaatsen.
Voorlopig wordt woensdag de Etsy-dag, aangezien dat mijn vrije dag van mn werk is, wat wil zeggen: een hele dag tijd om aan mn juwelen te werken ;)

For this brooch I used an old tinbox for candy more specifically: mints. Because of the minty background I liked the idea to use a minty color as well :p

From this one tinbox there are several items been made, so: soon more.

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Voor deze broche is een oud blikken doosje gebruikt. Het was een snoepdoosje, voor muntjes. Door deze muntige-achtergrond vond ik het een leuk idee om dit door te trekken naar de kleur; vandaar het muntgroene accent.
Van dit ene blikkendoosje zijn verschillende stuks gemaakt; dus snel meer.

  

grts, J.

DIY - leather chevron necklace

Some of the necklaces in my shop are chevron necklaces; the V-shape as a pendant. They are made from recycled wood. Here I'm gonna show you an easy and fast way to make a lightweight leather chevron necklace for yourself.

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Sommige van de halskettingen in mijn Etsy-shop zijn chevron-halskettingen; met een V-vorm als hanger. Hier ga ik jullie nu tonen hoe makkelijk en snel een lederen-chevron-halsketting te maken voor jezelf.