Coinciding with JOYA 2011, the Barcelona Contemporary Jewellery Week, Enjoia’t 2010 winners, Constanze Schreiber and Aline Berdichevsky have come together to bring life into the crypt — La Cripta del FAD. EnContraste —a word game in Spanish that plays with the concepts of finding (encontrar) and contrast (contraste)— is the name of their joint exhibition, where both artists make a trip through their [...]
Sep 13, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions | Tags: Aline Berdichevsky, Barcelona, Catalonia, Constanze Schreiber, contemporary jewelry, FAD | Leave A Comment »
ENJOIA’T, Prize for Contemporary Jewelry Making, is a unique event within the sector, which has been rewarding the most outstanding proposals within the field of jewelry making for professionals as well as students.However, ENJOIA’T is not just a prize, and you will not find just jewelry. ENJOIA’T is much more than all this, since it [...]
Sep 12, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Spain | Tags: awards, Barcelona, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Enjoia't, FAD | Leave A Comment »
Piece: Michael BERGER Design: Joan BOFILL JOYA – Barcelona Contemporary Jewellery Week is a fair for local and international contemporary jewellers organized by Le Département and curated by Leo Caballero and Amador Bertomeu (Klimt02), Petra Marín (Grupo Duplex), Gemma Draper (contemporary jeweller) and Paulo Ribeiro and Anthony Chevallier (Le Département). The fair aims to become [...]
Sep 12, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Spain | Tags: Barcelona, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, fairs, Joya | Leave A Comment »
Me interesa la caracterización figurativa ó abstracta de las joyas. Concibo la joya como un elemento cargado de energía, que comunica tanto como una palabra, un gesto, o una forma de vestir. La joya cuenta una historia. El portador es la puesta en escena de este juego de personajes. Liliana Ruiz will be presenting [...]
Jul 12, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions, Spain | Tags: contemporary jewelry, Liliana Ruiz | Leave A Comment »
An interesting proposal for this summer in Barcelona: the Braincelona Workshop. You can find all the information at their website. Una proposta interessant per aquest estiu a Barcelona: el taller Braincelona. Podeu trobar-ne tota la informació al seu web. Teachers / Professors: Valerie Nobili, Carles Codina Armengol and Ricard Domingo Nicolás.
Jun 22, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Spain | Tags: Barcelona, Braincelona, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Workshops | Leave A Comment »
Tomorrow, Juli Capella, architect, designer and writer, will present the book ANILLOS: 500 creaciones artísticas de todo el mundo by jeweler Nicolas Estrada at Bertrand Bookshop in Barcelona. The book is edited in different languages and includes texts by Elyzabeth Shypertt, Marjorie Simon, Carolina Hornauer and Joanne Haywood. Older post about Nicolas Estrada. Demà en [...]
Jun 02, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Spain | Tags: Barcelona, books, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Nicolas Estrada | 1 Comment »
Today is the opening of the exhibition Línea de Salida 2 at Amaranto presenting 6 final projects from the Jewelry Department of Massana School. Avui és la inauguració de l’exposició Línea de Salida 2 a Amaranto on es presenten 6 projectes finals del Departament de Joieria de l’Escola Massana. Artists / Artistes: Trinidad Contreras, Carolina [...]
Apr 28, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions, Spain | Tags: Barcelona, Carolina Gimeno, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Dalia Jurado, Galeria Amaranto, Gaston Rois, Laura Martínez, Massana School, Nelly Van Oost, Trinidad Contreras | Leave A Comment »
Xus Anglès Stéphanie Barbié Montse Basora Lourdes Carmelo Nicole Deuster Núria Farré Alicia Giráldez Eva Girbes Lola Gratacós Isabel Herrera Montserrat Lacomba Laura Martínez Gisselle Morales Elisa Pellacani Carme Roher Fatima Tocornal Today is the opening of the exhibition Lo Poético from the “Joyas Sensacionales” group coordinated by jeweler Silvia Walz on Taller Perill [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions, Joyas Sensacionales, Spain | Tags: Alicia Giráldez, Barcelona, Carme Roher, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Elisa Pellacani, Eva Girbes, Fátima Tocornal, Galeria Siesta, Gisselle Morales, Isabel Herrera, Joyas Sensacionales, Laura Martínez, Lola Gratacós, Lourdes Carmelo, Montse Basora, Montserrat Lacomba, Nicole Deuster, Núria Farré, Stéphanie Barbié, Taller Perill, Xus Anglès | 3 Comments »
A few days ago I visited Margarita Alonso‘s shop/workshop named MA Atelier in Barcelona. Fa uns dies vaig visitar la botiga taller MA Atelier de la Margarita Alonsoa Barcelona. Margarita is a Colombian girl who worked in fashion. After two years in London, she settled in Barcelona in 2002 where she studied jewelry at Escola [...]
Feb 21, 2011 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Spain | Tags: contemporary jewelry, MA atelier, Margarita Alonso | 4 Comments »
I met Andreas Schiffler ten years ago in Formentera. He set up home on the island in 1993 where he has since worked as a jeweler and now sells his pieces at La Mola Artisanal Market. Vaig conèixer l’Andreas Schiffler fa deu anys a Formentera. El 1993 es va instal·lar a l’illa, hi treballa de joier [...]
Jan 24, 2011 | Categories: Artists At The Studio, Barcelona, Blog, Germany, Spain | Tags: Andreas Schiffler, Barcelona, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Formentera, Workshops | 2 Comments »
Creadores procedentes de diferentes países, han diseñado en sus diversos lenguajes artísticos, una obra nueva y única. Interviniendo un objeto guardado intacto durante años, creando una colección sorprendente de joyas, pinturas, fotografías, esculturas, audio, poesía, cerámica,libros,… Sueños. Un verdadero homenaje al coleccionismo. You can still visit the exhibition “Borrón y cuenta nueva” at El Lavadero [...]
Dec 28, 2010 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions, Joyas Sensacionales, Spain | Tags: Barcelona, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Isabel Herrera, Joyas Sensacionales, Taller de Joyas el Lavadero, Workshops | Leave A Comment »
Photograph © Xavier Padró Photograph © Xavier Padró A few days ago I visited the new space of Klimt02 in Barcelona. The gallery, small and intimate, invites us into a cozy place to enjoy and absorb the jewels on display. Designers Ana Mir and Emili Padrós together form Emiliana Design and are presented at the gallery [...]
Dec 27, 2010 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions, Spain | Tags: Barcelona, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Emiliana Design, Klimt02 Gallery | Leave A Comment »
Tensi Solsona Úrsula Viñolas Silvia Walz Josep Carles Pérez Judy McCaig Ramon Puig Cuyàs Elisabet Puig Barral Carles Codina Carmen Amador Pilar Cotter A few days ago I visited the “Conexions / Transversals” exhibition at Amaranto. If you still haven’t gone, please write in your datebook that it runs until November 27th. I recommend it. [...]
Nov 19, 2010 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions, Spain | Tags: Carles Codina, Carmen Amador, contemporary jewelry, Elisabet Puig, Galeria Amaranto, Josep Carles Pérez, Judy McCaig, Pilar Cotter, Ramon Puig Cuyàs, Silvia Walz, Tensi Solsona, Úrsula Viñolas | 1 Comment »
We invite you on Thursday November 18th at 19:30 to the exhibition opening of “The ephimeral and the durable” from the “Joyas Sensacionales” group coordinated by jeweler Silvia Walz on Taller Perill at Siesta Gallery in Barcelona. The exhibition will be open until November 25th. Older posts about this group. Us convidem el dijous 18 [...]
Nov 15, 2010 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions, Spain | Tags: Alicia Giráldez, Barcelona, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Elisa Pellacani, Eva Girbes, Fátima Tocornal, Galeria Siesta, Gisselle Morales, Isabel Herrera, Joyas Sensacionales, Laura Martínez, Lola Gratacós, María Lóbez, Montse Basora, Montserrat Lacomba, Nicole Deuster, Rosa Nogués Freixas, Silvia Walz, Stéphanie Barbié, Taller Perill, Xus Anglès | Leave A Comment »
Connexions / Transversals Parlar de la renovació de la joieria catalana, és parlar també de l’Escola Massana. Quan a finals dels anys cinquanta, el joier i pintor Manel Capdevila, es fa càrrec d’organitzar el nou departament de joieria, va aportar la seva experiència com artista, per concebre les seves classes com una aula oberta, en [...]
Oct 28, 2010 | Categories: Barcelona, Blog, Exhibitions, Spain | Tags: Barcelona, Carles Codina, Carmen Amador, Catalonia, contemporary jewelry, Elisabet Puig, Galeria Amaranto, Josep Carles Pérez, Judy McCaig, Pilar Cotter, Ramon Puig Cuyàs, Silvia Walz, Tensi Solsona, Úrsula Viñolas | Leave A Comment »
