TOUCH - Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER Collective
The 30th International Jewellery Competition TOUCH
The cyclical International Jewellery Competition is the leading event of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER organized by the Gallery of Art in Legnica since 1979. The competition is dedicated to the designers and creators of artistic jewellery and has been promoting creative explorations in the field of artistic jewellery and, at the same time, creative statements on the problems of the contemporary world for over 30 years. The theme of the last edition of the
Competition was TOUCH, a sense inseparably associated with the jewellery, carrying a special charge of intimacy and safety, but also - in times of a global pandemic and escalation of military conflicts - fear and danger.
The winners of the 30th International Jewellery Competition TOUCH were announced during the culmination of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER on May 13-14, 2022.
This time - in the online era - we would like to refer to the feature that defines jewellery in its most material and - at the same time - the most sensual aspect. Let us invoke touch - the first sense through which we get to know the world, which gives us a sense of security, intimacy and trust. Jewellery worn on the body, coming into contact with skin receptors, provoking haptic contact, has always been the wearer’s closest prop. We offer you a contemporary interpretation of this nostalgia in the hope that the objects of the most personal use will not be replaced by touch screens.
prof. Sławomir Fijałkowski
Just as a piece of jewellery that is worn all the time is only noticed when it is taken off or missing, in recent times human touch has been acutely noticeable by its absence. We have become most aware of the need for touch and connection but also the fear of touch as a source of contamination and danger. How can jewellery explore the sense of touch, physically and emotionally? What can the sense of touch convey? What sort of touch? How does it feel? Could it comfort you? Could it change you? What might its impact be? How can this non-visual characteristic of jewellery be communicated?
prof. Caroline Broadhead
Agata Bieńkowska – Poland
Untitled brooch, silver 925, 24 g, 90 x 135 mm, 2022
Agnieszka Działo-Jabłońska – Poland
Touch-painted love colours brooch, silver, mouline, 28 g, 120 x 65 mm, 2022. III Award of the Mayor of the Legnica City, YES Gallery Award
Andrzej Boss – Poland
Hand ring, silver, copper, amber, wood, 36 g, 90 x 60 x 60 mm, 2022
Andrzej Szadkowski – Poland
Painful Touch of Time brooch, silver, aluminum, lapis lazuli, paper, 28,7 g, 70 x 70 x 15 mm, 2022. Grand Prix of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
Anna Maria Eichlinger – Germany
Many necklace, 22 carat gold, silver, silicon, wood rests, 34 g, 4000 x 150 mm, 2017
Bogumiła i Andrzej Adamscy – Poland
Life, Motherhood, Breath diptych brooch, sterling silver, 23,5 g, 78 x 50 x 8 mm, 2022
Carla Castiajo – Portugal
Sensual Sensation necklace, human hair, net, leather, oxidized silver, thread, 5,6 g, 350 x 350 x 250 mm, 2022
Elena Gorbunova – Russia
Cuddle brooch to be in touch, blue HDPE, steel, 30 g, 90 x 60 x 30 mm, 2022
Eva Fernandez – Spain
Pins & needles 3 necklace, steel, stainless steel, nylon, oxidised silver plating, silver plated, 250 g, 500 x 120 x 40 mm, 2020
Jolanta Gazda – Poland
Is it safe to hug again? necklace, silver, 110 g, 450 x 150 x 70 mm, 2022. Hopea Company Award
Laima Kėrienė – Lithuania
Mother’s Blessing brooch, silver, 35 g, 65 x 125 mm, 2020
Mariana Bilbao – Spain
Another Language brooch, silver 999, sterling silver, steel needle, 47,72 g, 50 x 60 mm, 2022
Martin Grosman – Czech Republic
Internal Touch, silicone, plexiglass, 200 g, 72 x 72 x 27 mm, 2022
Martina Obid Mlakar – Slovenia
The Pillow of Touches brooch, reflective fabric, red thread, sterling silver, 13,7 g, 50 x 110 x 55 mm, 2022
Honourable Mention of the Director of the Gallery of Art in Legnica
Michalina Owczarek-Siwak – Poland
To feel more, touch less set of overlays blocking the use of the phone, serpentine, silver, 20 g, 31 x 21 x 15
mm; 27 x 16 x 14 mm, 2022
Miriam Arentz – Germany
Touched to Shreds brooch, silver, guilloche, 43 g, 65 x 60 x 5 mm, 2022
Inhorgenta Munich Award
International Amber Association Award
Peter Machata – Slovakia
Portrait… brooch, plexiglass, silver, 32 g, 85 x 65 x 15 mm, 2021
Award of the Gallery of Art in Legnica. Honourable Mention of the Mydaybyday Gallery
Rudolf Michael Scheffold – Germany
Springtime bracelet, stainless steel, 17 g, ø 95 mm, 1997
II Award
Violeta Adomaitytė – Lithuania
Broken Glass brooch (to be worn on the heart), silver, glass, 48 g, 80 x 50 x 10 mm, 2020
Yookyung Song – Republic of Korea
Merged Images I brooch, stainless steel, sterling silver, aluminum, magnet, 65 g, 80 x 80 x 23 mm, 2021
Merged Images II pendant, stainless steel, sterling silver, aluminum, magnet, 70 g, 70 x 98 x 35 mm, 2021
Youngji Chi – South Korea
Dotted Brooch, sterling silver, fine silver, brass, amber, leather, 45 g, 95 x 90 x 20 mm, 2022
Zhipeng Wang – China/Germany
Untitled rings, Chinese tea, German coffee, spirulina, 10 g, 35 x 35 x 44 mm; 17 x 28 x 32 mm; 6 g, 29 x
30 x 32 mm, 2021-2022
Silver Spur. The Organizers Special Award for creative courage and uncompromising attitude, innovation or sense of humour