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Claudia Lepick is the winner of Cluster jewelry Residency this year in London from the 10 June to the 10th of July 2021 see below
Cluster residency statement
Cluster Jewellery is a contemporary platform supporting emerging artists taking an alternative approach to exhibition format. For 2021 we are taking a shift to the digital realm and are reaching out to our network to provide our community of artists with an engaging and topical talks programme from members in the industry. Cluster- stars held together by mutual gravitation, uniting luminosity to intensify their collective visibility. Cluster - an aggregation of organic material, densely structured with protective properties. Cluster - atoms of a single element bonded into a molecule, amplifying properties and potential. Cluster - when artists gather, building strength from numbers, exchanging knowledge, trading inspiration, a tight-knit network of energy. Cluster is a unique and alternative experience for both our artists and guests.Evidenced in Cluster Crafts 2020/2021 strategy, Cluster took an approach due to the pandemic to focus on the digital realm. Cluster’s ethos centres on the vision of connectivity, networking and community, and whilst physical events across the events industry either postponed or cancelled, Cluster took the approach digitally to provide further opportunities for our members to enhance connectivity amongst artists through mentoring/ zoom sessions, a digital space for online sales and physical publication presenting each members work.
Cluster Jewellery first took place in East London’s finest, Old Truman Brewery in 2019 as London’s first fair dedicated to contemporary jewellery. Clusters intention to be the driving force for emerging contemporary jewellers, providing a platform for their work across unique locations to create a new and emerging jewellery scene. Through adaptation during the pandemic, our new digital strategy was born, approaching the initial gallery approach in a unique way with connectivity and diversity at the heart.
Cluster Jewellery 2021 now looks towards exciting collaborations with Precious Collective and Lost in Jewellery Magazine working on the development of the medium and further provide opportunities for contemporary jewellers and elevating the medium to a wider audience.
Cluster Jewellery first took place in East London’s finest, Old Truman Brewery in 2019 as London’s first fair dedicated to contemporary jewellery. Clusters intention to be the driving force for emerging contemporary jewellers, providing a platform for their work across unique locations to create a new and emerging jewellery scene. Through adaptation during the pandemic, our new digital strategy was born, approaching the initial gallery approach in a unique way with connectivity and diversity at the heart.
Cluster Jewellery 2021 now looks towards exciting collaborations with Precious Collective and Lost in Jewellery Magazine working on the development of the medium and further provide opportunities for contemporary jewellers and elevating the medium to a wider audience.
Artist Claudia Lepick wins the Cluster jewelry residency
Claudia Lepik is a jewellery artist based in Tallinn, Estonia. In her crafts, she is dedicated to face and nose jewellery. Movement and sound are key elements around what she works on and her main inspirations come from theatrical fashion and travelling. She obtained her jewellery BA degree at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2018 and was the recipient of the EAA Young Applied Artist Prize the same year. After graduating, Claudia has participated in multiple group exhibitions in Estonia and Greece. She was 3rd jewelry resident at 92Y in NYC in 2019 and in the same year, her first solo exhibition took place in Autumn during NYC Jewelry Week.
Estratto del Libro 'Gioiello e Progetto, an Extract to the book 'Jewellery and Concept' by Roberto Zanon :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R3aIfmnXBcZSm2Vs3MiPPsLxatAnTtHY/view?usp=sharing
Il testo intende focalizzare il raggiungimento di esiti formali e significanti che, partendo dallo sviluppo della forma piana, si inseriscano nella ricerca sul gioiello contemporaneo. Il libro è accompagnato e scandito da una serie di preziosi interventi di studiosi che hanno sapientemente fatto interagire le loro specifiche conoscenze con le sollecitazioni che i gioielli presentati intendono stimolare.
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The volume intends to focus on the achievement of formal and significant results that start from flat forms and then become part of the research on contemporary jewellery.
The book also includes a number of contributions from authoritative scholars, who used their in-depth-knowledge to discuss and interpret the jewellery featured here.
Contact mail: rrtznn@gmail.com
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/xgredar
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R3aIfmnXBcZSm2Vs3MiPPsLxatAnTtHY/view?usp=sharing
Il testo intende focalizzare il raggiungimento di esiti formali e significanti che, partendo dallo sviluppo della forma piana, si inseriscano nella ricerca sul gioiello contemporaneo. Il libro è accompagnato e scandito da una serie di preziosi interventi di studiosi che hanno sapientemente fatto interagire le loro specifiche conoscenze con le sollecitazioni che i gioielli presentati intendono stimolare.
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The volume intends to focus on the achievement of formal and significant results that start from flat forms and then become part of the research on contemporary jewellery.
The book also includes a number of contributions from authoritative scholars, who used their in-depth-knowledge to discuss and interpret the jewellery featured here.
Contact mail: rrtznn@gmail.com
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/xgredar
Intervista /Interview with Roberto Zanon
Una breve intervista a Roberto Zanon con Lost in Jewellery Magazine.
A brief interview with Roberto Zanon for Lost in Jewellery Magazine.
1. Ciao Roberto possiamo iniziare l'intervista con te che ti presenti ai nostri lettori, parlaci di te e del tuo lavoro.
Sono un designer ma sono fortunato perché ora la mia principale attività è all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia dove tengo il corso di Design e questo mi permette di sviluppare, assieme agli studenti, solo i progetti a cui sono realmente interessato.
1. Dear Roberto, we can start our interview and you can introduce yourself to our readers by telling us a little bit about yourself and your work.
I am a designer but I am lucky because now my main activity is at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice where I teach the Design course and this allows me to develop, together with the students, the projects that really interest me.
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2. Come si continua ad insegnare secondo te per rimanere al passo con i tempi oggi?
Il tentativo è di mantenere una interessata attenzione verso quello che è stato fatto nel passato cercando di conservare una curiosità permanente nei confronti di tutto ciò che succede nel contemporaneo
2. How do you feel teaching needs to evolve in order to keep up with the times in which we live in today?
The attempt is to keep an interested attention towards what has been done in the past trying to maintain a permanent curiosity towards everything that happens in the contemporary.
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3. Ti sembra che il tuo ruolo di educatore e d'insegnante sia cambiato oggi, se si come e dove ti vedi in un prossimo futuro con la tua professione?
È un ruolo che è in costante evoluzione: acquisendo una sempre maggiore esperienza e consapevolezza, l’insegnamento mi permette di affinare una metodologia in progress che cerco di trasmettere agli studenti, lasciando aperti e diversificati gli esiti progettuali.
3. Do you feel your role as a teacher has changed and how and also where are you heading to in the upcoming future with your profession ?
It is a role that is constantly evolving: acquiring more and more experience, it allows me to refine a methodology in progress that I try to transmit to students, leaving the project outcomes open and diversified.
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4. Oggi presentiamo il nuovo libro “Gioiello e Progetto” che hai scritto, frutto di una lunga ricerca e che ha visto anche il contributo di alcuni studiosi; ci vuoi brevemente raccontare questa tua nuova avventura e presentarci il tuo nuovo lavoro?
Il libro nasce dalla mia ricerca sulla forma che da piana diventa tridimensionale rapportata al gioiello. Un procedimento coerente con i processi produttivi tradizionali dell’oreficeria che nel mio caso utilizza materiali poveri quali il feltro, il cartoncino, l’EVA o il PVA. Una ricerca aiutata dalla tecnologia contemporanea che permette, a basso costo e con rapidità, una precisione di taglio irraggiungibile manualmente. I gioielli sono poi il pretesto per mettere in opera delle forme che sono portatrici di un significato.
4. Some while ago you started your research, in order to publish a new book “Design and Concept”. Can you tell us more about your new publication?
The book was born from my research on the shape that from flat becomes three-dimensional compared to the jewel. A process consistent with traditional goldsmith production processes which, in my case, uses poor materials such as felt, cardboard, EVA or PVA. A research aided by contemporary technology that allows, at low cost and quickly, a cutting precision that cannot be achieved manually. The jewels are then the pretext to implement forms that are bearers of a meaning.
5. La creazione di nuovi contenuti e' sempre stimolante e produce una spinta positiva nell'essere umano ed in chi lo circonda, ti senti soddisfatto ad oggi e cosa ti auguri come sviluppo futuro della tua professione per te e per i tuoi studenti nel mondo di oggi?
La sfida è riuscire ad ottenere dei nuovi contenuti che riescano ad essere coerenti con il contemporaneo sia nell’uso dei materiali che della tecnologia e in continuità con la storia. Attenzione però! L’aspetto fondamentale è che i nuovi progetti siano necessariamente portatori di un “messaggio". La trasmissione di un “messaggio" attraverso il progetto - che fondamentalmente è un insegnamento che già Bruno Munari ha teorizzato nei suoi libri - è quello che vorrei che gli studenti acquisissero alla fine dei miei corsi.
5. Creating new contents, is always stimulating and it produces a positive outcome in both the human being and in the ones that live around him/her.
Do you feel satisfied and what do you wish the future will bring to you and your profession as well as to your students in today's globalized world?
The challenge is to be able to obtain new contents that are able to be consistent with the contemporary both in the use of materials and technology and in continuity with history. But be careful! The fundamental aspect is that new projects are necessarily bearers of a "message". The transmission of a "message" through the project - which is basically a teaching that Bruno Munari has already theorized in his books - is what I would like the students to acquire at the end of my courses.
Roberto Zanon
A brief interview with Roberto Zanon for Lost in Jewellery Magazine.
1. Ciao Roberto possiamo iniziare l'intervista con te che ti presenti ai nostri lettori, parlaci di te e del tuo lavoro.
Sono un designer ma sono fortunato perché ora la mia principale attività è all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia dove tengo il corso di Design e questo mi permette di sviluppare, assieme agli studenti, solo i progetti a cui sono realmente interessato.
1. Dear Roberto, we can start our interview and you can introduce yourself to our readers by telling us a little bit about yourself and your work.
I am a designer but I am lucky because now my main activity is at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice where I teach the Design course and this allows me to develop, together with the students, the projects that really interest me.
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2. Come si continua ad insegnare secondo te per rimanere al passo con i tempi oggi?
Il tentativo è di mantenere una interessata attenzione verso quello che è stato fatto nel passato cercando di conservare una curiosità permanente nei confronti di tutto ciò che succede nel contemporaneo
2. How do you feel teaching needs to evolve in order to keep up with the times in which we live in today?
The attempt is to keep an interested attention towards what has been done in the past trying to maintain a permanent curiosity towards everything that happens in the contemporary.
——--
3. Ti sembra che il tuo ruolo di educatore e d'insegnante sia cambiato oggi, se si come e dove ti vedi in un prossimo futuro con la tua professione?
È un ruolo che è in costante evoluzione: acquisendo una sempre maggiore esperienza e consapevolezza, l’insegnamento mi permette di affinare una metodologia in progress che cerco di trasmettere agli studenti, lasciando aperti e diversificati gli esiti progettuali.
3. Do you feel your role as a teacher has changed and how and also where are you heading to in the upcoming future with your profession ?
It is a role that is constantly evolving: acquiring more and more experience, it allows me to refine a methodology in progress that I try to transmit to students, leaving the project outcomes open and diversified.
———-
4. Oggi presentiamo il nuovo libro “Gioiello e Progetto” che hai scritto, frutto di una lunga ricerca e che ha visto anche il contributo di alcuni studiosi; ci vuoi brevemente raccontare questa tua nuova avventura e presentarci il tuo nuovo lavoro?
Il libro nasce dalla mia ricerca sulla forma che da piana diventa tridimensionale rapportata al gioiello. Un procedimento coerente con i processi produttivi tradizionali dell’oreficeria che nel mio caso utilizza materiali poveri quali il feltro, il cartoncino, l’EVA o il PVA. Una ricerca aiutata dalla tecnologia contemporanea che permette, a basso costo e con rapidità, una precisione di taglio irraggiungibile manualmente. I gioielli sono poi il pretesto per mettere in opera delle forme che sono portatrici di un significato.
4. Some while ago you started your research, in order to publish a new book “Design and Concept”. Can you tell us more about your new publication?
The book was born from my research on the shape that from flat becomes three-dimensional compared to the jewel. A process consistent with traditional goldsmith production processes which, in my case, uses poor materials such as felt, cardboard, EVA or PVA. A research aided by contemporary technology that allows, at low cost and quickly, a cutting precision that cannot be achieved manually. The jewels are then the pretext to implement forms that are bearers of a meaning.
5. La creazione di nuovi contenuti e' sempre stimolante e produce una spinta positiva nell'essere umano ed in chi lo circonda, ti senti soddisfatto ad oggi e cosa ti auguri come sviluppo futuro della tua professione per te e per i tuoi studenti nel mondo di oggi?
La sfida è riuscire ad ottenere dei nuovi contenuti che riescano ad essere coerenti con il contemporaneo sia nell’uso dei materiali che della tecnologia e in continuità con la storia. Attenzione però! L’aspetto fondamentale è che i nuovi progetti siano necessariamente portatori di un “messaggio". La trasmissione di un “messaggio" attraverso il progetto - che fondamentalmente è un insegnamento che già Bruno Munari ha teorizzato nei suoi libri - è quello che vorrei che gli studenti acquisissero alla fine dei miei corsi.
5. Creating new contents, is always stimulating and it produces a positive outcome in both the human being and in the ones that live around him/her.
Do you feel satisfied and what do you wish the future will bring to you and your profession as well as to your students in today's globalized world?
The challenge is to be able to obtain new contents that are able to be consistent with the contemporary both in the use of materials and technology and in continuity with history. But be careful! The fundamental aspect is that new projects are necessarily bearers of a "message". The transmission of a "message" through the project - which is basically a teaching that Bruno Munari has already theorized in his books - is what I would like the students to acquire at the end of my courses.
Roberto Zanon
Pratt Jewelry School
PRATT PRESS rELEASE FOR THE WINNERS OF PLATINUM DNA AWARDS REVEALED
WINNERS OF PLATINUM DNA AWARDS REVEALED
Virtual ceremony celebrated culmination of inaugural Pratt Institute and Platinum Guild International USA collaboration
January 27, 2021 (New York, New York) – It was all about earrings as the winners of the inaugural Platinum DNA awards were announced earlier today to a virtual audience of notable industry members. The first, second and third place awards all went to female students of Pratt Institute’s Jewelry Design program, which partnered with Platinum Guild International USA on the competition. The next step of the program, which served as an opportunity for the renowned Institute to introduce their students to the unique characteristics of the world’s most precious metal, will now provide the unique opportunity for winners to work with New York-based manufacturer Paul Catania, of PCAT Custom, to produce their designs.
“We could not be happier with the results of this inaugural program,” shared Kevin Reilly, PGI-USA’s Vice President. “The designs submitted truly pushed the boundaries of innovative platinum design and have us very excited to watch these talented young designers progress in their jewelry journey. The future of platinum jewelry is truly bright.”
The judging criteria for submissions focused on the design’s originality, creativity, manufacturing viability and engineering, and commercial appeal. Design requirements included the intention for the piece to be made exclusively in platinum, with the addition of select gemstones if desired.
The panel of judges included Professor David Butler, Professor Russell Jones, Professor Patricia Madeja, and Professor Katrin Zimmerman of Pratt Institute. From the jewelry industry at large, the judging panel included Zoltan David of Zoltan David; Marion Fasel of The Adventurine; Deirdre Featherstone of Featherstone Designs; Michelle Graff of National Jeweler; Patricia Gumuchian of Gumuchian; Michael Pollak, former CEO and co-founder of Hyde Park Jewelers; and John Carter of Jack Lewis Jewelers, the immediate past president of the American Gem Society.
Professor Katrin Zimmermann shared “Material exploration is a central tenet of our jewelry education at Pratt Institute. Introducing our students to the most precious of materials, platinum, through this amazing collaboration with Platinum Guild International is a meaningful and important expansion of our teaching. The impact on the students has been immediate, positive and measurable.”
The award-winning designs, along with all of the competition’s entries, are available to view on CritiART’s website, www.pgi.critiart.com. The organization, co-founded in 2020 by Xin Xu, a Pratt Institute Jewelry Design alumna herself, is “committed to building an innovative online art community to support artists, art organizations and in general, art enthusiasts to exhibit, communicate and critique art virtually”. The designers’ biographies, as well as their design inspiration, are also included on the website. The finished pieces will be featured at the Pratt Design Show, currently scheduled for Spring 2021.
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About Platinum Guild International:
Platinum Guild International is dedicated to promoting platinum and its pure, rare and eternal qualities to the consumer and the jewelry trade. PGI has offices in each of the world's major jewelry markets, providing information, assistance and education on all aspects of platinum jewelry. For more information, please visit www.platinumjewelry.com.
For More Information:
Rebecca Moskal, Communiqué E: rebecca@communique-la.com
Virtual ceremony celebrated culmination of inaugural Pratt Institute and Platinum Guild International USA collaboration
January 27, 2021 (New York, New York) – It was all about earrings as the winners of the inaugural Platinum DNA awards were announced earlier today to a virtual audience of notable industry members. The first, second and third place awards all went to female students of Pratt Institute’s Jewelry Design program, which partnered with Platinum Guild International USA on the competition. The next step of the program, which served as an opportunity for the renowned Institute to introduce their students to the unique characteristics of the world’s most precious metal, will now provide the unique opportunity for winners to work with New York-based manufacturer Paul Catania, of PCAT Custom, to produce their designs.
“We could not be happier with the results of this inaugural program,” shared Kevin Reilly, PGI-USA’s Vice President. “The designs submitted truly pushed the boundaries of innovative platinum design and have us very excited to watch these talented young designers progress in their jewelry journey. The future of platinum jewelry is truly bright.”
The judging criteria for submissions focused on the design’s originality, creativity, manufacturing viability and engineering, and commercial appeal. Design requirements included the intention for the piece to be made exclusively in platinum, with the addition of select gemstones if desired.
The panel of judges included Professor David Butler, Professor Russell Jones, Professor Patricia Madeja, and Professor Katrin Zimmerman of Pratt Institute. From the jewelry industry at large, the judging panel included Zoltan David of Zoltan David; Marion Fasel of The Adventurine; Deirdre Featherstone of Featherstone Designs; Michelle Graff of National Jeweler; Patricia Gumuchian of Gumuchian; Michael Pollak, former CEO and co-founder of Hyde Park Jewelers; and John Carter of Jack Lewis Jewelers, the immediate past president of the American Gem Society.
Professor Katrin Zimmermann shared “Material exploration is a central tenet of our jewelry education at Pratt Institute. Introducing our students to the most precious of materials, platinum, through this amazing collaboration with Platinum Guild International is a meaningful and important expansion of our teaching. The impact on the students has been immediate, positive and measurable.”
The award-winning designs, along with all of the competition’s entries, are available to view on CritiART’s website, www.pgi.critiart.com. The organization, co-founded in 2020 by Xin Xu, a Pratt Institute Jewelry Design alumna herself, is “committed to building an innovative online art community to support artists, art organizations and in general, art enthusiasts to exhibit, communicate and critique art virtually”. The designers’ biographies, as well as their design inspiration, are also included on the website. The finished pieces will be featured at the Pratt Design Show, currently scheduled for Spring 2021.
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About Platinum Guild International:
Platinum Guild International is dedicated to promoting platinum and its pure, rare and eternal qualities to the consumer and the jewelry trade. PGI has offices in each of the world's major jewelry markets, providing information, assistance and education on all aspects of platinum jewelry. For more information, please visit www.platinumjewelry.com.
For More Information:
Rebecca Moskal, Communiqué E: rebecca@communique-la.com
First, Second, and Third Place Platinum DNA Award-Winning Designs:
Celine Dussaud, Jo Sabavala, Maria Baquerizo, respectively
Celine Dussaud, Jo Sabavala, Maria Baquerizo, respectively
In a virtual ceremony the winners of the inaugural Platinum DNA Award were announced to an audience of industry members. A collaboration between Platinum Guild International USA and Pratt Institute, all three winning creations were earrings designed by female students of the program. The award-winning designs will now be brought to life, as the designers work with PCAT Custom to manufacture the pieces.
Attached please find a press release detailing the winning designs.
Attached please find a press release detailing the winning designs.
