objetos-joya
Buenos Aires, Argentina
I was always fascinated by modes of expression that can involve most of the senses. Creating jewels opened for me the possibility to combine several things: the exploration of shapes, textures, colors and materials, and the pleasure of discovering their reactions in reply to different possible interventions (made by hand with intention, with tools, with fire; or by accident or chance and impossible to repeat voluntarily). To discover qualities, of hardness, ductility, change of state, textures… is a very magical and sensual exploration. To follow this path until the final result is, in this case, to reach the object-jewel. Anything can act as a trigger; the starting point can be a wave, a map, a constellation, a plant, a sand dune, an axe or an eel... What fascinates me is the process in itself – the act of “making” this object or jewel – independently from the final result. The final result also has something unexpected, surprising and unique for me. I think that maybe because of that they can be called “one-of-a-kind”. Each piece is unique with its particularities, of weight, size, form, texture and colour. It is what makes it natural that each one can correspond or acquire significance when worn by one particular person, almost as if the jewel had been made especially for that person (who chooses it) and not for another.
Materials: Sterling silver, copper (mokume gane) Dimensions: 4cm x 2cm x 1cm
Hand shaped ring of sterling silver and mokume-gane, inspired in the shape of an open wisteria pod. Silver and copper. Forged, laminated and chiselled.
Photo credit: Marcos Zimmermann
