QUALITY - Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER Collective
Legnica SILVER Festival is one of the largest events in Europe presenting contemporary artistic jewellery. The most important event of the Festival is the International Jewellery Competition which every year gathers several hundred works by artists from all over the world. The distribution of awards and the qualification of works for the exhibition is decided by an international jury consisting of renowned artists, professors, critics, experts and jewellery collectors. Each year the competition is held under a different title referring to important, universal problems and issues from the spheres of broadly understood art, culture, sociology or media.
The theme of the current edition of the Competition is QUALITY. What is quality nowadays? Is the growing awareness of consumers based - as it used to be - on an assessment of craftsmanship and the market value of bullion? Or is it drifting towards a concern for the welfare of the planet, a broader reflection on the maker's intentions and the relationship with the client? The material of goldsmithing is increasingly becoming the idea itself, which takes the shape of objects with a variety of styles that enter into a dialogue with the viewer. If the artist's message becomes more important than the formal aspects of jewellery, what is the ideological background? Are there, therefore, specific material manifestations and aesthetic determinants that define the quality of an artistic statement?
Youjin Um – Korea Południowa / South Korea
Object II brooch, sterling silver, 69,94 g, 43 × 38 × 190 mm, 2021
Iris Hummer – Austria / Austria
How do you adorn yourself with words?
ring, sterling silver, gold 585, 31 g, 76 × 52 × 52 mm, 2022
Susanne Hammer – Austria/Niemcy / Austria/Germany
Tube necklace, stainless steel, blackened silver, 200 g, 600 mm, 2022
Tadeusz Jaśkowiak – Polska / Poland
Blood diamonds necklace, brass, silver, gemstones, velvet, 122 g, 300 × 290 × 20 mm, 2022
Christina Karababa – Grecja / Greece
Jewelry Quote necklace, ABS-plastic, acrylic paint, steel line, 90 × 40 × 30 mm, 2022
Sharareh Aghaei – Iran/Niemcy / Iran/Germany
The right one necklace, brass, 18ct gold leaf, synthetic quartz, dop sticks (stone holding tool), 575 g, 260 × 200 × 35 mm, 2021
Teresa Dantas – Portugalia / Portugal
Venus pin, resin, potato peels, magnets, copper, pigments, seeds,
125 g, 110 × 110 × 85 mm, 2021
Magdalena Szadkowska – Polska / Poland
Imagineskop I ring, an object to expand the imagination, paper, blackened brass, 30 g, 80 × 50 × 20 mm, 2020
Imagineskop II ring, an object to expand the imagination, paper, silver, 10 g, 40 × 40 × 15 mm, 2020
Marcin Bogusław – Polska / Poland
All you need is love ring, object, silver, gold, diamonds, topaz, 14 g, 55 × 55 × 20 mm, 2023
Arek Wolski – Polska / Poland
Landschaft brooch, steel, silver, paint, 148 × 80 × 4 mm, 2023
Michalina Owczarek-Siwak – Polska / Poland
The im/perfection of the human hand object, nephrite, 113 g, 130 × 30 × 30 mm, 2023
Zhipeng Wang – Chiny / China
Golden boat brooches, autumn leaves, 24ct gold foil, sterling silver, pigment, 21 g (each), 160 × 22 × 30 mm; 190 × 33 × 26 mm, 2022
Magdalena Bajer – Polska / Poland
Diatret bracelet, sterling silver, 114,17 g, 61,25 × 3,15 mm, 2023
Jana Machatová – Słowacja / Slovakia
Miracle brooch, silver, paper, gold foil, resin, synthetic gemstone, 36 g, 100 × 70 × 15 mm, 2022
Mira Kim – Korea Południowa / South Korea
Faces brooch, silver, copper, technique: mokume-gane, guilloche-engraving, 86 g, 75 × 88 × 32 mm, 2022
Sława Tchórzewska – Polska / Poland
Secret garden brooch, nonwovens, resins, threads, silicone, glass, 76,50 g, 210 × 130 mm, 2023
Kristýna Španihelová – Czechy / Czech Republic
Hemocity brooch, blood, resin, silver, steel, 127 g, 180 × 130 × 25 mm, 2023