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Matiere

The work ‘Matiere’ focused on mixture of pigments and cubic effect, an expression of an instant and casual beauty, which appears by overlap of palette knife. Every work is progressed manually, with different form, touch, texture, and color, etc. by overlap of pigment, expressing special image of each. Consequently, it is a special work that saved touch of brush tip and feeling of knife by focusing on cubic effect through mixture of various pigments and overlap of pigment.

Coexistence

It is a pendant design for necklace. It depicts an aerial image of Manhattan, New York City representing the scene of coexistence of industry and nature. The metal part around the pendant shows industrial landscape and the diamond part in the middle illustrates Central Park, a representative example of a huge urban nature. She wants to present the way industry goes with nature in a harmonic way through the design. This pendant has a microcosm of the city view so that people could see the different Manhattan skylines when they see it on the every which side.

Eternal Union

The Eternal Union by Olga Yatskaer, a professional historian who decided to pursue a new career of a jewelry designer, looks simple yet full of meaning. Some would find in it a touch of Celtic jewelry or even a Herakles knot. The piece represents one infinite shape, which looks like two interconnected shapes. This effect is created through grid-like lines engraved over the piece. In other words - the two are bound together as one, and the one is a union of the two...

Constellation

Life is Flower

Life is Flower is an artistic exercise conceived by the Japanese designer Yasumichi Morita for Lladró. It displays its beauty thanks to the techniques and skills of a Lladró creation with a variety of porcelain flowers. This blossoming speaks of a “future” of dreams and hopes, and spreads its message of “happiness of life” to people all around the world. With over 500 flowers in different tones of blue and handmade petal by petal by artists at Lladró, Life is Flower is a limited edition of 100 pieces in this decoration.

Skraep

Luxmea’s Skræp transforms the materiality and formality of a crumpled scrap paper into a charm/pendent by combining digital modeling, 3D printing and traditional lost wax jewelry making techniques. The digital model calculates the structural complexity of crumpled paper and the flow of palm-force while stimulating the chaotic interactive process, thus making each outcome unpredictable and unique. The use of precious metal creates a contrast between futility of scrap paper and luxury, thus giving it a proud new identity to it with an intimation of uselessness.