Tetyana Kalyuzhna (Ukraine)
TETYANA KALYUZHNA
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Designer biography:
Tetyana Kalyuzhna is a jewelry artist and designer. She has a degree in contemporary jewelry art and professional gemology. Since 1996 she has worked as a creative designer and jeweler at the Tetyana Kalyuzhna Gallery. She has been a member of the Union of Designers of Ukraine since 1999. Participant of over 30 exhibitions in Ukraine and more than 10 exhibitions in different countries of the world. She has received the highest awards for her contribution to the development of Ukrainian culture and art. In 2004 she set a record in Ukraine for a unique jewelry art object.
She was awarded the Franz Birbaum Order in 2016. In 2022 she moved away from traditional gemstones and began handcrafting coal jewelry. After this, she created the world's only technology for connecting pieces of anthracite into jewelry and art objects.
Collection concept:
Humanity explores space and the depths of the Earth, inspired by discovering the unknown. We are surrounded by cutting-edge technologies and products, and norms and manipulations are imposed upon us. And my consciousness demands freedom. My brain generates ideas. Moving away from traditional gemstones, I have long been fascinated by handcrafting Anthracite stone, which is over 300 million years old. My goal is to reveal the beauty of this black stone, which gives us light, warmth, and thus, life. I handcraft every piece, it crumbles, scratches, and splits. With the help of nano resin I join the parts of Anthracite into jewelry. Acrylic and gilded silver transform the black status of coal into colorful solutions and Anthracite starts to blossom.
Tetyana Kalyuzhna, boutonniere, spring, 2023, anthracite, sterling silver, steel, flock, acrylic
Tetyana Kalyuzhna, brooch, hibiscus, 2022, anthracite, sterling silver, steel, acrylic
Tetyana Kalyuzhna, brooch, stone, star, 2023, anthracite, sterling silver, steel, goldleaf, acrylic