Jewellery: Barbara Paganin, Flora Vagi and Paintings: Sadatsugu Toboe

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Barbara Paganin,  Flora Vagi, Sadatsugu Toboe

Orfèo proudly presents jewellery by Barbara Paganin and Flora Vagi along with paintings by Sadatsugu Toboe.

Statement

"My main focus is on the material. I transform intuitively, experiment, and select. I try to pull out something from the materials, that is normally hidden, so when they come out, people might get confused where the shapes come from and what they are made of. I like that in between space, where natural and handmade melt into each other.

The materials I use are most often organic, they are warm and sensual. It is important that they have these qualities, have a past, and have lived a life before. Wood is one of the materials, I can use to express my interpretation of jewellery, often in a slightly sculptural way.

It is important for me to stretch the idea of beauty, to put the eyes of the viewer to a more complex task, where the injuries and imperfections help to see in some way, beyond a functional object."

Flora Vagi