【Review】Creation from nothing | Contemporary Jewellery online exhibitionTime：2020-08-28
One of the serial events of the 5th International Community Festival in 2020
Contemporary Jewellery online exhibition
Creation from nothing
Designers
Masahiro Nakata
Ilaria de Lorenzi
Yuhua Shen
Ziyi Yang
Curator
Yuhua Shen
Organizers
DoBe Group
Sino Italian Design Exchange Center
AIVA Gallery
Support units
Quartiere 4 Comune di Firenze
Shanghai Promotion Center for city of design
DBC International Designer Space
Beijing Design Week Design Hop Branch Venue
VR Technical Support
HE CHAO ARTS& CULTURE
Media
CHINA GEMS
CHINA GOLD JEWELLERY
ARTRON
Klimt02
YXWQART
Academy of International Visual Arts
Uclc Art Jewellery
Duration：2020.08.28-2020.09.27
Openning: August 28, 2020
China 18:00 Italy 12:00
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God said, let there be light. And with the statue of a disordered origin, all the creatures are born.
For long, the traces of nature wander in the space, finally, they are all sealed, which leaves an actual world in front of us. This world, which has been baptized repeatedly by time, has witnessed the seas changing into mulberry fields and mulberry fields into seas. Meanwhile, it’s always evolving.
The idea of the unity of Heaven and Humanity, or the charm of only the strong survives? In this wonderful and fabulous world, which can reach its own extreme and become the rule of the creation of everything? Perhaps, we have far previously reoriented on the path exploring the answer.
Who on earth can find the key to the exit, in this giant maze which covers all the creatures of nature? In the near or far future?
For all these questions, you can find the answers of some, among the artifacts forged by our four artists, coming up with the feeling about the creation. Just like what we often say, the devil is in the detail, and a small sign hides a whole world.
Introduction of artists and works
Masahiro Nakata is a Japanese jeweller and object artist
1998 BS Electronics and Information, College of Technology, Osaka Prefectural University
2002 Started jewellery making in wax modelling way by self-taught
2003 Metalsmith private class by Japanese Jewellery artist Fumiko Tsubo
2005 Goldsmith, Itami College of Jewellery, Japan
2006 Department of Product and Jewellery design as exchange program, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Germany
After studying in Germany and many years of experimenting, he started to discover his own design language. Masahiro wants to push the boundaries and uncover new methods in jewellery design. In order to achieve this, he combines his technical background with jewellery craftsmanship. He has built multiple computer programmes, and even his own 3D printers, to make the impossible possible. The forever curious designer is currently focussing on and experimenting with jewellery casting.
Masahiro has participated in the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show for four consecutive years, Guest teacher at Hong Kong Design Institute, Residence designer in Hongkong
Won 2019 ‘The 2nd China Tiangong Jewellery Design Award
In the future, design and shape even life will be replaced by data.
This is what I always imagine.
Perhaps there will even be a paradise where birds are generated from data. They are artificial organisms created from data, but what do they (need to) eat, how do they live, and what is their purpose for living?
Structure Flying Duck
Necklace
K18 Greenish Yellow Gold
Structure Swimming Swan
Necklace
K18 Greenish Yellow Gold, Akoya Pearl
Structure Egg
Necklace
K18 Yellow Gold, Australian Bolder Opal, Sapphire
Structure Penguin
Necklace
K18 Greenish Yellow Gold, Golden South Sea Opal
Structure Bird’s Nest
Ring
K18 Greenish Yellow Gold, Diamond
Ilaria De Lorenzi is an Italian young artist and jewellery designer
BA Fine Arts and Fashion Design, NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti), Milano, Italy
In 2019, she attended the first edition of Milan Jewellery Week, WON the "Scuola Ambrosiana" award at ARTISTAR JEWELS Contest
She is represented by several art galleries in Italy and around the world, and attended the annual event "Milano Design Week" three times
Ilaria also loves cinema and works as a costume designer and art director.
She used to work at Luca Finotti Studio, where she assisted in promotional videos for international luxury brands
In the last years, she worked on many projects and short movies cooperating with different Italian directors.
“What remains of us when we are gone?” Ilaria’s works are mainly influenced by this question. In her projects Ilaria starts from real plants and insects, working on them with her very own technique, making them eternal while celebrating their life. She feels a deep connection with the elements of earth and likes touse stones and crystals as final details for her creations. Every gem used has meaning. Every art work is unique and cruelty-free.
WASHED AWAY SHADOW
Brass Amber Ring
SOUL
Brass brooch,
hand polished buffalo tooth
STUBBORNAND CONTRARY
Brass brooch, wildebeest tooth
FROM THE DIRT
Brass brooch
I CONTAIN MULTITUDES
Yuhua Shen is a contemporary artist, jewellery designer and curator from Shanghai, currently in Florence
BA Bespoke Tailoring, MA Fashion Artefact, University of Arts London, UK
Studied Jewellery Design and Making at Le Arti Orafe in Florence, Italy.
Founded jewellery brand UNSEME in Italy, cooperated with renowned designer brand RICOSTRU
Participate in the Milan Fashion Week, highly commended by counterparts
Participate in Florence Jewellery Week, Inhorgenta Munich and major international jewellery exhibitions several times.
Her works express the combination of traditional culture and contemporary art, as well as handicrafts and modern design concepts, through diversified ways. She believes that jewellery is like a seed with a strong vitality and will eventually grow into a unique shape. While those times are engraved in each of the seeds that belong to you and me, telling our own story.
Thorns
Bracelet & Ring
Gold plated brass
The middle finger and ring finger representing the love are bound to one place because of the sweetness of love, but the branches and thorns intertwined with the arms show the contradictory heart of the imprisoned lover.
Interstellar
Ear cuff
Gold plated sliver
Apocalypse
Pendant
Silver，Gold leaf
Five Elements
Pendant
Gold, Silver,Brass, Copper, Wood
The design is inspired from the interest and research of the Chinese "Five Elements" culture. It is intended to show the relationship between different substances by using different materials, forms and techniques.
Ziyi Yang is a Chinese contemporary jewellery artist. In 2014, she graduated with a master's degree in jewellery design from Birmingham City University, UK. She currently lives in Shanghai, engaged in contemporary jewellery creation and served as a teacher of contemporary jewellery design at Academy of International Visual Arts for many years. The source of inspiration for her works is usually based on feedback from personal emotions, memories and life experiences. She dedicated herself to the study of Japanese and Asian cultures. Her creation focuses on cultural traditions and the amiability of materials. Her works were shown in Munich Jewellery Week, Joya Barcelona, and the Triple Parade in Shanghai.
"Tsukumogami" series works are hand-made old cotton fabrics which originated in the Yangtze River region. The inspiration for the creation came from the local monster of Kagoshima, Japan, named "Ittan momen". It is a monster transformed from a ten-meter-long cotton cloth. This kind of spirit that absorbs the essence of heaven and earth and contacts with humans all the time, and obtains essence, gathers resentment and feels that Buddha's nature is collectively called "Tsukumogami" in Japanese culture.
Enenra
Brooch
Cotton, handmade fabric, silver
Kodama
Brooch
Cotton, handmade fabric, silver
Shen
Brooch
Cotton, handmade fabric, silver, pearl
Moryo
Brooch
Cotton, handmade fabric, silver
Mermaid’s tear
Brooch
Handmadefabric，silver
1.During your creation, what kind of inspiration does nature bring to you?
Nature is a great designer, generating all creatures. In the creative process, I often inspire from the shape of everything and absorb energy from nature. When thoughts and actions are perfectly integrated with nature, there appears the dialogue between us.
伊拉里亚·德·洛伦兹
Ilaria de
Lorenzi
My work is deeply rooted in nature. My work talks about life, and to me life is Nature. I work with materials that could be taught as “at the end of their standard life circle”. I collect the - let’s say - “organic remains” of life, and give them a new unconventional destination.
2. What do you think are the new trends of future jewellery, in the field of material selection or processing technology, and why?
The computer programming for computational 3D design would be a significant feature for jewellery design. Also, different manipulation 3DCAD drawings will be coming up such as VR/AR. AI-generated-design will become an alternative to human designers. In addition to the material aspect, we can expect more new materials to be invented mainly by 3D printing platforms.
The material of jewellery should belong to the concept, whatever it’s commercial or contemporary jewellery. Only paying attention to material value is not enough for the modern market. The production process will be affected by cutting-edge technology, but essential to pursue a breakthrough of thinking.
3. "Craft"and "Art" are always very controversial topics. What do you think is the relationship between them?
I believe that craft and art are in a symbiotic relationship. Through continuous experimentation and adaptation in crafts and personal ideas, creators find the balance and finally transform them into the unique way of their expression.
It's very difficult to define completely between these differences but I think it's either the existence of concepts. Art is built by strong concepts behind its background even though skillful craft technique is used. It contains a strong philosophical artist's personal concept. On the other hand, the craft is focusing on technical aspects.
4. What do you think are the similarities and differences in jewellery designs between East and West? Could they be combined?
伊拉里亚·德·洛伦兹
Ilaria de
Lorenzi
I tend to see Eastern jewellery as more delicate and poetic as if they were describing a moment of silence. For the West I think it’s the opposite, most people talk about chaos and exaggeration. I think that what I'm trying to do is to give a mixed result of those two feelings, so yes, I think it's possible.
Commercial jewellery is still the main part of our market. However, western has variety types of jewellery after modern and contemporary art movements. Such as commercial jewellery, fine jewellery, contemporary jewellery, memorial jewellery….. It’s all about the cognitive perspective.
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