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The 30th International Jewellery Competition TOUCH

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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