European Triennial for Contemporary Jewellery

An exhibition and a prize
More than an ornament, the contemporary jewellery is the result of a conceptual research of the artists. Under the spectator’s eye, the artwork provoke a feeling, generates meaning. The makers’ sensitivity and his imagination are stimulated by the materials, the dimensions, shapes, colors... of the jewels and the place at which they are encountered.
For the fifth edition of the European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery, the WCC-BF invites artists from Italy and Finland to make their works dialogue with those of the Belgian makers.

Selected Artists
Belgium
Nevin Arig, Liesbeth Bussche, Clarisse Bruynbroeck, Hilde De Decker, Marion Delarue, Silke Fleischer, Bernard François, Delphine Joly, Patrick Marchal, Shana Teugels, Karen Vanmol, kuppers&wuytens, Marta Miguel, Claire Lavendhomme, Nelly Van Oost

Finland
Ulla Ahola, Tuija Hietanen, Sirja Knaapi, Helena Lehtinen, Eija Mustonen, Maria Nuutinen, Inni Pärnänen, Essi Pullinen, Ari Pyörälä, Tiina Rajakallio, Jenni Sokura, Janna Syvänoja, Nelli Tanner, Tarja Tuupanen, Tatu Vuorio
 
Italy
Daniela Boieri, Giovanni Corvaja, Arata Fuchi, Doris Maninger, Stefano Marchetti, Lucia Massei, Barbara Paganin, Marzia Rossi, Jacqueline Ryan, Giovanni Sicuro, Fabrizio Tridenti, Barbara Uderzo, Graziano Visintin, Annamaria Zanella

At the occasion of the opening, one of the exhibiting artists will be rewarded with the Prize of the Federation Wallonia Brussels.

The prize of the Federation Wallonia Brussels
The Artist works mainly with traditional materials and tools, she realises contemporary art works which give the viewer a natural feeling of poetry, like an evidence. This work looks simple but is at the same time rich, inviting the viewers to their own dreams, in an open space.

These are the arguments give by the jury when choosing the winner of the Prize of the Federation Wallonia Brussels of this fifth edition of the European Triennial for Contemporary Jewellery: Nelli Tanner, Finnish artist.

These jury thoughts are confi rmed when reading the artist statement in the catalogue of the exhibition :
"My work has roots in objects found from a typical old wooden Finnish house. Household objects which were often wooden and made by man with a knife. A broken leather wallet nobody wanted but was kept in the house. I copy and imitate these objects also the way they were made: using a knife or time consuming tools like a hand drill instead of a machine drill. By breaking and rearranging I’m translating the objects again."

Seminar
Jewellery object: For your eyes only?
25th October from 10 am to 4 pm
The relationship between the work and the public and how the maker apprehends and feels the spectator’s view.
Grand Hall of the Anciens Abattoirs (old slaughterhouse) of Mons

Workshop
How to make a jewel with resin, latex or silicone
15th and 16th November from 9 am to 4 pm
Claire Lavendhomme, one of the exhibiting artists, will explore these materials properties and lead the participants in the creation process of jewel.
Grand Hall of the Anciens Abattoirs (Old Slaughterhouse) of Mons