Inesa’s professional path is characterized with the change of scales and cultures. Born in Ukraine, her design career started in architecture, after which she studied art and design in Italy and renowned Central Saint Martins in London. In her works Inesa explores relationships between material, craftsmanship and design, aspiring to reinvent our understanding of luxury jewellery. The cyber reality
Read MoreAfter 25 years of “silver” shows, presented mainly as part of Legnica SILVER Festival, the Gallery of Art in Legnica decided to organize its achievements in the field of promotion of contemporary, avant-garde jewellery and in 2004 started building a permanent collection. Most of the works were obtained in the years 2013-2016 thanks to funding from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Currently, the Collection consists of about half a thousand works
Read MoreAlise Kennedy’s career in theatre costume at Shakespeare’s Globe and the Royal Ballet has given her a diverse language of construction techniques and a sense of drama, spotlighting the material and visual potential of textiles in her jewellery. Alise graduated with an MA in Design (Jewellery) from Central St. Martins in 2020. She has an affinity with textiles and an experimental
Read MoreGraduated in 1992 from the Art Institute of Spoleto, in 1993 she obtained the certificate of specialization in Goldsmith Art issued by the Umbria Region. After a long break in other fields of work in 2017 she returns self-taught to her initial passion with the Autofocus jewels project. Her creations are born from the search for an instinctive aesthetic that draws from the surrounding natural, architectural, industrial environments, capturing the
Read MoreA Master’s degree in Museum Education, Cristina Cacco has worked as primary school teacher and lives in Venice, Italy where she has been creating jewels for several years, utilizing only paper of various kinds and glue, under her brand’s name PAPERGEMSTONE. She takes inspiration from modern art and architecture and uses techniques like quilling and collage to create handmade pieces on limited series.
Read MoreI am Valentina Cziko and I love creating jewelry combining metales, precious stones and more. The result of my craft, inspired by the present experiences that mark our existence, becomes mobile and versatile objects of art.
Read MoreCheuk Man Au is a young contemporary jewellery artist and designer. Her work is concerned with human emotions or behavior. She aims to capture the subtle emotions of life through an exploration of the relationship between human nature and the outside world, and try to visualize the emotion through the context of contemporary jewellery.
Read MoreYuka Jourdain is Japanese jeweller based in the U.K. who appreciates and supports the diversity of nature and human culture. Her pieces arrive through an enjoyment of both traditional jewellery techniques and the exploration of new materials. Yuka believes that material handling and being observant of forms that emerge through experimental making are important as she strives to
Read MoreIngrid Adriaenssens (1956) has always been involved in various disciplines of art and craftsmanship. She studied silversmithing at the Academie of fine arts of Antwerp Belgium (1980). She soon established herself as an independent jewelery designer in Ghent. Because of her passion for color she followed enamelling in “Art et Metier” Brussels (2012). A quest that never ends. She has her own gallery - workplace in Ghent - Belgium.
Read MoreCurrently studying for an MA in Design for Body and Environment, at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland. I am also Jeweller with an Honours Degree in Craft Design & Metalwork from NCAD and a Postgraduate of Creative Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. My work has been purchased by the National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks, Dublin, Ireland.
Read MoreAll my concepts are based on contrasts and strong emotions that may be of short duration, such as a burning flame, which leaves you with a long lasting memory. I like to use contrast materials like: gold foil, reinforced concrete and bone. I am very curious to see the public’s reaction. I like to not only leave an impression, but an emotion that the customer is willing to share with me.
Read MoreYujing Cheng is a Chinese jewelry artist and object maker who graduated from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology of Jewelry design department in 2017 and now continues her masters in Jewelry & Metal at the Royal College of Art in 2019. Her works mainly revolve around dreams, subconsciousness, desire, and memory, and convey personal feelings and attitudes through poetic narrative.
Read MoreYoungji Chi graduated from a university in Seoul and she’s working on art jewelry based here. Although she majored in metal craft, she wants to make without restrictions on materials and want to express abstract jewelry that showed rhythm and humor by using ‘Elements’.
Read MoreThe work explores the relationship between the sexes and sex from the perspective of women. Different contraceptive methods are used as a comparison to show the inequality of sexual pleasure and cost between men and women.
Read MoreWanrong Xie’s BA graduated from Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University and is currently studying an MFA degree in jewellery and metalwork at Sheffield Hallam University. She has about 6 years of jewellery learning and design experience. Xie uses jewellery and metalwork as a medium to bring people closer to social life and to explore various issues in contemporary society
Read MoreRenate Erlacher was born and raised in Austria. She studied German Language and Literature and Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Vienna. She graduated with a MA. After that she worked as a teacher and lecturer for German as a Foreign Language at the Vorstudienlehrgang der Wiener Universitäten, until her retirement in 2015. From 1986 to 1988 she did research for her PhD thesis in Psychology
Read MoreAlthough I am a teacher by profession, my “normal” day job has always been intertwined with my passion for painting and handmade. As a child I showed a penchant for visual art so I attended an art high school where I gained the courage to experiment with various techniques and materials in everything I create and I think this can also be seen in the jewelry that I make.
Read MoreFounded in 2018 by architect Paolo Gambarelli, Lunante was born from necessity and will to explore the art of handwork as true archetypal dimension of making; the constant lymph of his work are the notions acquired in architectural knowledge and the innate propensities and deep love for manual work; the design, the construction and the presentation of his jewels are part of the many expressions of his training.
Read MoreNuohan Jiang is a Chinese artist based in New York City and Guangzhou. She currently studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Her work was exhibited in New York City, Beijing, and Guangzhou. Nuohan’s work has been focusing on transitions of her inner feelings and explorations of discarded objects and emotions. Nuohan usually incorporates a variety of non-traditional materials with metals, including
Read MoreI'm a textile jewelry crafter from Moldova, interested in working with traditional textile techniques, preserving and enriching the cultural heritage of my country by interpreting it in my own unique way, thus creating modern and unconventional pieces of wearable art.
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