growing jewelry

The Growing Jewelry is now available in limited quantity here Growing Jewelry is a redefinition of modern values. It is a clash of jewelry an gardening; couture and organism. The collection of this hand jewelry is designed for people in metropolitan cities and is an experiment in drawing nature toward man, as nature being the presupposition of life.

urban jewelry

liesbeth bussche: urban jewelry

belgian designer liesbeth bussche creates jewelry for urban space.

brussche's large-scale sculptures take on the same forms of jewelry such as earrings

and necklaces. concrete balls become pearls for earrings and warning tape

is made of woven beads. the artist is currently exhibiting at the 'what's new?'

exhibition at galerie sofie lachaert until 8 november 2009.

i want to change the way i see things...

melissa clemente

push forward.

exactly.

artist. 

NAJA CONRADHANSEN

this is what we are going to do with our graphic novel

noting....

Notes for my shoot.

Date: Jan. 20, 6pm, 219 Dufferin St.

Concept:

1. Grey backdrop, NO WHITE
2. Bjork images
3. Convey what you’re trying to do in the line

- idea of isolation, inner turmoil, love, desperation, fear, relationship between a boy and a girl, loneliness, missing, secrecy, secretive, journal series, text aspects, cryptic, metaphoric, story, conveying emotions, dwelling in the moment, suffocating in the emotion.

-broken hearted by losing person or not being able to be with them

-what was the worse thing that you did, felt, why did it make you feel better to do it

-jewellery as a relic, an installation exhibit, cross out of the world of fashion and break the boundaries, feel like they’ve changed from being inside the space

-exchanging of books between Melissa and Ren-as teenagers, dated his brother, stayed pen pals while in Ottawa, suppressing how much love they have for each other

-how to do you see beautiful on someone you’re in love with

-not just for elite fashionistas or high brow art types, everyone can identify with the line

        Three Looks – heartbreak, blissful love, excitement/anxiety/confusion( weird ball in your stomach; anxiety) through portraits or photograph that tells story for an action, editorial,

      Hair, chain, bound, blindfolded, breakfree, escape from chains,

1. Anxiety– unravel video by bjork, mel will be curled in a little ball, avante garde wedding dress, evoke pain but still smiling , love the feelings of pain in relationship

Outfit – avante garde wedding dress or little fluffy dress

Makeup -

2. Blissful Love – lots of colour, blown out hair,
3. Heartbreak – Naked

 

4. Beauty shots- artists shots

 

an after thought

This jewellery has no fixed form, but is expandable with own jewellery, like chains,stone or pearl necklaces, pendants, rings or any other kind of beloved objects. This makes it very playful and open for everybodies own ideas.

JDR

denise julia reytan

Today i was forwarded this link from anda. Thanks lady. I love it when the people around me send me links to help inspire me.

"The fixation of the pieces of jewellery and other objects of peronal value I have collected by way of the rather unconventional technique of silicone casting, is a snap-shot of my time and the culture I am part of, the culture of an often unreflected consumers’ society, in which objects become easily disposable.With jewellery not the material but the ideal value should come to the fore, so that the personality of everyone can get expressed, shaped and reflected. The idea of democratic jewellery and of sharing my messages and my collected and unique objects is important for me. That´s also a reason why I choose the silicone casting method.There is a strong contrast between the material of non-precious silicone, the cast precious jewellery pieces and a very personal content. By changing the original materiality of the used objects into silicone or resin, a new harmony of material, colour is created, a novel entity"

Made me think yet again about process and other methods of making art wearable. My next step i think will be how to exhibit my work a collaborative installation. I think that that's what i've always wanted to do.... just havent figured out how to do it.

EINTR8 Jewellery is about confrontation with value terms, about the unconditional beauty of colours, shapes, materials and about decorative equality. denise julia reytan's jewellery is made of materials which fascinates her, of objects from everyday life, consumption and the environment, which represents her, herculture and the time she is living in. EINTR8 Jewellery is combining and new interpretating modern and traditional characteristics, shape languages, materials, techniques, designs and statements in the world today.

check out her site at http://www.reytan.de/portfolio/eintr8-necklacesabsolutely amazing!

working towards spring

so now that i've sourced out sam as my new design partner staying creative has been easier. It's hard to stay creative on your own when there's no one to bounce things off. Working with textiles and textures is something that i haven't been able to explore. It's one of the focusses of the new line.