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.

Kwak-groupexhibition 2014

A Decay of Literature

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Een verval van de literatuur

And I found myself a spot in the most beautiful room in the village; the council in city hall. With beautiful books going back more than 200 years. The perfect environment for the theme of my work.

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En ik vond mijzelf een plekje in de mooiste ruimte in Leest; de Raadzaal in het dorpshuis, met prachtboeken die tot 200 jaar teruggaan. De perfecte situering voor de thematiek van mn werk.

contemporary jewellery crushes - Edu Tarin

One of my jewellery crushes: Edu Tarin

"Jewellery could be understood in a different way for each person, but everybody will recognize some shapes, symbols and meanings. This project is based on appropriating the concept, idea and image of jewellery implanted in the collective memory of our cultural environment. I wanted to establish a link with the viewer questioning the function of the jewellery business today, and then reinterpret it in a critical current context.

       The popular concept of traditional jewellery reborn in a new piece in which jewellery never could be understood as it is. Repeating the same pattern, again and again, till it lose any sense as what we know for jewellery, reaching another point between what it is and what it should be, between what is present and what comes from the imaginary, between the subjective and the collective." - Edu Tarin

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Serie 2. Sujeto B, 2011

Brooch; Oxidiced brass.

Serie 4. Sujeto E, 2011

Brooch; Painted brass.

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.