Karin van Paassen (Netherlands)
KARIN VAN PAASSEN
Biography:
I am a driven individual who organized dozens of projects as curator.I have a broad interest in art, design, fashion and of course people behind their works. I love to design and make Jewelleryof black porcelain, I have learned skills in Jingdezhen (China). Working with my hands to make jewellery and work as a curator in demanding and complicated projects at the same time, are both talents that I keep developing.
Collection Concept:
I design porcelain jewellery and objects, incorporating predominantly natural materials as well as searching for new forms and applications, wearable jewelry and body related objects. I have always feel attracted to porcelain, mainly black. Porcelain gives me the opportunity to tell stories through my jewellery by combining porcelain with beads and charms I collected all over the world and very often horse hair. Sometimes the story arises while I work with the clay, like when I created huge objects for the back.
Making jewellery is a emotional journey. With porcelain I can create any form I like. I make wearable jewellery and more and more monumental works, that cover the back and the front of the body. Every jewel is unique.
Necklace, porcelain, horsehair, lava stone
Necklace, porcelain, horsehair, lava stone
Back jewel, porcelain, horsehair, lava stone, glass beads, skulls, Chinese beads