Jewels & Chocolate

Exhibition / 20 Sep 2017 - 30 Oct 2017

Published: 31.08.2017

Museu de la Xocolata

: Comerç 36
08003 - Barcelona
SPAIN

: Website Museu Xocolata

Mail:: infomuseuxocolata.cat

Phone:: 00 34 932687878

Curator:: Klimt02

Management:: Le Departement

Brooch: Drops of wisdom and light by Angela Ciobanu.Silver, granulation in 24k gold and palladium, needle in 585 yellow gold.. 2017
. The proposal triggers inspiration in the origins of chocolate and in the way the ancient Mayas used to consume it, as a liquid. Considered the food of Gods, chocolate was believed to be the bearer of wisdom and light, a gift sent into this world from up above. My piece is a reflection of the traces left by the gods on earth, sweet drops of wisdom and light..

Ring: Ring Xocolate by Claudia Steiner.925 Silver oxidized.. 2017
. From fine silver, something is created with “corners and edges”, something archaic - even from the cocoa bean, work processes and ideas create something new and unexpected. The transformation of liquid material - precious metal or chocolate - into solid matter. The transformation into a piece of jewellery or something sweet and edible, both has preceded High-quality basic materials in the respective area. At the end you can choose if you want to break your piece from the chocolatebar and enjoy it or if you want to wear it!.

Brooch: Kachina by Hsinyu Candy Chu.Copper, sterling silver, nickel silver.. 2017.4.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm
. Hopi is one of the Native American tribe. They believe that all things in this world possess two things: the visible object and a spirit counterpart. Kachina doll head, squirrel and horse are separated chocolate modules but when the three parts connect together they make a complete Kachina doll which one can use as a brooch. The idea is that the parts of the Kachina doll can be separated and they can combine like a puzzle.
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. This jewelry and chocolate project was a collaboration between me and a graphic designer Grace Min Shan Lee who designs the graphics of Kachina. Both of us were so inspired by the Native American jewelry collector Charles Mo who lives closely bounded to Native American culture,religion and spirituality..

Brooch: Space Potato by Elin Flognman.Copper, brass, gold.. 2017
. The origin of my idea is the cameo brooch. Historically it has been a way of expressing finacial wealth, use of exotic materials and implementation of craft skills. The image of my choice for the cameo is the one of the potato. Letting this every day object take the centre spot of the cameo to shine like the brightest star..

Necklace: I'm not an Addict by Eva Van Kempen.Polyurethane childrens' tooth brushes, polyurethane electric thooth brush replacement brushes, sugar crystal sticks, rock chrystals, elastic thread, gold leaf, lacquer.. 2017
. Nearly every single part of our body is made of living cells. And it’s these cells that help us see, breathe, feel, think and much more. Glucose is the basic fuel that powers every single one of our cells. Therefore most of us really love indulging on sweets once in a while. Just don’t forget to brush your teeth afterwards!.

Brooch: Beyond by Jeemin Jamie Chung.Brass, silver, silk thread, pigment.. 2017
. Beyond what you see. What you see is not everything.The concept of the jewelry is slopping side to side to remind the existence of the wind. The finishing can be improvised with colors..

Necklace: Untitled by Lena Lindahl.Resin, metal, gold, oxidised silver, crab-apple wood, artificial leaves.. 2017It is hard to tell when mankind became religious and spiritual seeking beings. What we do know is that the early religious practice was strongly connected to nature. Worshipping different animals was a way to communicate with the holy nature. The great religions of today have little to do with nature and neither do the large none religious part of humanity..

Brooch: The Gourman by Annamária Mikulik.Sugar, paper, metal, 24 carat gold foil.. 2017.7 x 12 cm
. The Gourman brooch outlines the luxurious food we select to display our social status and to portray our adherence to trends in a way that’s detrimental to the economies proving it. It’s a metaphor of our selectiveness, portraying the spoilt rotten way of merging our breakfast, lunch and dinners into social media, Instagramming the taste out of our meals, hunting for clickbait and popularity in a sense that’s feeding our egos much more than our stomachs.
.
. Are you hungry? A quick glimpse in your Instagram feed of choice reveals carefully curated menus of endless dishes, beautified through a plenitude of apps and distributed to millions of customers. Are you thirsty? Everything isin reach, from the deliciously cotton candy colorized vanilla ginger organic chai latte to the blended flavours of your next best bio multivitamin king size smoothie.
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. Are you craving for more? Today we are replacing affordable grocery stores with extravagant alternatives, push out bodegas for yoga studios and irreparably alter theneighbourhood hum. There is sincerity in this lifestyle, but also a lack of understanding of how impactful the shift is long-term. Food is losing its core sense of nutrition, while we are crowning our food on high pedestals and buying it for big money just to show off ourselves. / Ioana Cristina Casapu.

Brooch: Inspirited by Ute Röseler.Paper mâché from old chocolate cardboard packaging, 925 silver, stainless steel, paint.. 2017.30 x 30 x 18 mm
. To underline the purity and beauty of lotus as a plant, but also the preciousness of the recycled cardboard as material in everyday life, the resulting form is set like a gemstone in a prong setting. With a brooch
. Green Lotus pods have a closed and slightly uneven surface with the seeds being embedded in their flesh. Once the pods start to ripen, the surface breaks open, forming irregular edged cups containing the seeds. While the pods themselves shrink, the walls of the cups stand up and out.finding it can then be worn close to the heart..

Necklace: Protection by Irene Palomar.Silver, silver sheets, acrylic paint.. 2017.52 x 20 x 5 cm
. Since ancient times, chocolate and garlic are related to the gods: the cocoa plant according to the legend of Mayas and Aztecs was brought to the men by the god Quetzalcoatl and from that moment the chocolate (drinkable) was taken in glasses of fine gold and was only destined for adults, elites and warriors.
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. Garlic (vegetable), for its part, was offered in Mycenean Greece to the goddess Hecate (goddess of wild lands and births). In Rome, garlic was a symbol of the military virtues and was the offering for the god Mars, god of war. Cocoa and the recipe for chocolate on its accession to Europe first came to the Monasterio de Piedra (Zaragoza – S. XVI) and among other uses in Europe was considered as: try for the monk's fast days, the drug of love in the courts of France, disincentive and stimulating to provide well-being and energy.
. During World War II, chocolate was considered indispensable in soldiers' diet (in the US, a chocolate factory was used to prepare rations for use by regiments). During the Second War, garlic was named the Russian Penincilina for its healing properties. Two elements beneficial to man, related to the deities, since ancestral times.
.
. The hypothesis of protection of the collar is considered because it is related to the benefits of chocolate and garlic used to shape the mold. The mold of subtle and brilliant appearance contrasts with the rustic of the chain, but the two elements come together to materialize the delicate and sophisticated of the chocolate and the rustic of the garlic, in a protective collar for the one who carries it. A necklace for those chosen by the gods ....

Angela Ciobanu
Brooch: Drops of wisdom and light, 2017
Silver, granulation in 24k gold and palladium, needle in 585 yellow gold.

The proposal triggers inspiration in the origins of chocolate and in the way the ancient Mayas used to consume it, as a liquid. Considered the food of Gods, chocolate was believed to be the bearer of wisdom and light, a gift sent into this world from up above. My piece is a reflection of the traces left by the gods on earth, sweet drops of wisdom and light.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Claudia Steiner
Ring: Ring Xocolate, 2017
925 Silver oxidized.

From fine silver, something is created with “corners and edges”, something archaic - even from the cocoa bean, work processes and ideas create something new and unexpected. The transformation of liquid material - precious metal or chocolate - into solid matter. The transformation into a piece of jewellery or something sweet and edible, both has preceded High-quality basic materials in the respective area. At the end you can choose if you want to break your piece from the chocolatebar and enjoy it or if you want to wear it!
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Hsinyu Candy Chu
Brooch: Kachina, 2017
Copper, sterling silver, nickel silver.
4.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm

Hopi is one of the Native American tribe. They believe that all things in this world possess two things: the visible object and a spirit counterpart. Kachina doll head, squirrel and horse are separated chocolate modules but when the three parts connect together they make a complete Kachina doll which one can use as a brooch. The idea is that the parts of the Kachina doll can be separated and they can combine like a puzzle.

This jewelry and chocolate project was a collaboration between me and a graphic designer Grace Min Shan Lee who designs the graphics of Kachina. Both of us were so inspired by the Native American jewelry collector Charles Mo who lives closely bounded to Native American culture,religion and spirituality.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Elin Flognman
Brooch: Space Potato, 2017
Copper, brass, gold.

The origin of my idea is the cameo brooch. Historically it has been a way of expressing finacial wealth, use of exotic materials and implementation of craft skills. The image of my choice for the cameo is the one of the potato. Letting this every day object take the centre spot of the cameo to shine like the brightest star.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Eva Van Kempen
Necklace: I'm not an Addict, 2017
Polyurethane childrens' tooth brushes, polyurethane electric thooth brush replacement brushes, sugar crystal sticks, rock chrystals, elastic thread, gold leaf, lacquer.

Nearly every single part of our body is made of living cells. And it’s these cells that help us see, breathe, feel, think and much more. Glucose is the basic fuel that powers every single one of our cells. Therefore most of us really love indulging on sweets once in a while. Just don’t forget to brush your teeth afterwards!
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Jeemin Jamie Chung
Brooch: Beyond, 2017
Brass, silver, silk thread, pigment.

Beyond what you see. What you see is not everything.The concept of the jewelry is slopping side to side to remind the existence of the wind. The finishing can be improvised with colors.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Lena Lindahl
Necklace: Untitled, 2017
Resin, metal, gold, oxidised silver, crab-apple wood, artificial leaves.

It is hard to tell when mankind became religious and spiritual seeking beings. What we do know is that the early religious practice was strongly connected to nature. Worshipping different animals was a way to communicate with the holy nature. The great religions of today have little to do with nature and neither do the large none religious part of humanity.

Annamária Mikulik
Brooch: The Gourman, 2017
Sugar, paper, metal, 24 carat gold foil.
7 x 12 cm

The Gourman brooch outlines the luxurious food we select to display our social status and to portray our adherence to trends in a way that’s detrimental to the economies proving it. It’s a metaphor of our selectiveness, portraying the spoilt rotten way of merging our breakfast, lunch and dinners into social media, Instagramming the taste out of our meals, hunting for clickbait and popularity in a sense that’s feeding our egos much more than our stomachs.

Are you hungry? A quick glimpse in your Instagram feed of choice reveals carefully curated menus of endless dishes, beautified through a plenitude of apps and distributed to millions of customers. Are you thirsty? Everything isin reach, from the deliciously cotton candy colorized vanilla ginger organic chai latte to the blended flavours of your next best bio multivitamin king size smoothie.

Are you craving for more? Today we are replacing affordable grocery stores with extravagant alternatives, push out bodegas for yoga studios and irreparably alter theneighbourhood hum. There is sincerity in this lifestyle, but also a lack of understanding of how impactful the shift is long-term. Food is losing its core sense of nutrition, while we are crowning our food on high pedestals and buying it for big money just to show off ourselves. / Ioana Cristina Casapu
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Ute Röseler
Brooch: Inspirited, 2017
Paper mâché from old chocolate cardboard packaging, 925 silver, stainless steel, paint.
30 x 30 x 18 mm

To underline the purity and beauty of lotus as a plant, but also the preciousness of the recycled cardboard as material in everyday life, the resulting form is set like a gemstone in a prong setting. With a brooch
Green Lotus pods have a closed and slightly uneven surface with the seeds being embedded in their flesh. Once the pods start to ripen, the surface breaks open, forming irregular edged cups containing the seeds. While the pods themselves shrink, the walls of the cups stand up and out.finding it can then be worn close to the heart.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

$Brooch: Ego by Viktorija Domarkaite.Polyurethane, plastic, brass, steel, pigment.. 2017.70 x 74 x 33 mm . The main shape of the piece is based on the idea of Romanesco broccoli. It is concentrated on due to a fact of a mentioned edible flower being a perfect mathematical creation of nature. Romanesco broccoli has incorporated Fibonacci Spiral, golden degree rule as well as a natural approximation of a fractal, making this object created by nature almost perfect. . Meanwhile, perfection in the human brain is mirror effect. . At the end, when human and nature perfections collide, it does not show a great divinity, but rather enhances a destructive replication impact humanity has over nature, even while trying to save it..$ Viktorija Domarkaite
Brooch: Ego, 2017
Polyurethane, plastic, brass, steel, pigment.
70 x 74 x 33 mm

The main shape of the piece is based on the idea of Romanesco broccoli. It is concentrated on due to a fact of a mentioned edible flower being a perfect mathematical creation of nature. Romanesco broccoli has incorporated Fibonacci Spiral, golden degree rule as well as a natural approximation of a fractal, making this object created by nature almost perfect.
Meanwhile, perfection in the human brain is mirror effect.
At the end, when human and nature perfections collide, it does not show a great divinity, but rather enhances a destructive replication impact humanity has over nature, even while trying to save it.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Irene Palomar
Necklace: Protection, 2017
Silver, silver sheets, acrylic paint.
52 x 20 x 5 cm

Since ancient times, chocolate and garlic are related to the gods: the cocoa plant according to the legend of Mayas and Aztecs was brought to the men by the god Quetzalcoatl and from that moment the chocolate (drinkable) was taken in glasses of fine gold and was only destined for adults, elites and warriors.

Garlic (vegetable), for its part, was offered in Mycenean Greece to the goddess Hecate (goddess of wild lands and births). In Rome, garlic was a symbol of the military virtues and was the offering for the god Mars, god of war. Cocoa and the recipe for chocolate on its accession to Europe first came to the Monasterio de Piedra (Zaragoza – S. XVI) and among other uses in Europe was considered as: try for the monk's fast days, the drug of love in the courts of France, disincentive and stimulating to provide well-being and energy.
During World War II, chocolate was considered indispensable in soldiers' diet (in the US, a chocolate factory was used to prepare rations for use by regiments). During the Second War, garlic was named the Russian Penincilina for its healing properties. Two elements beneficial to man, related to the deities, since ancestral times.

The hypothesis of protection of the collar is considered because it is related to the benefits of chocolate and garlic used to shape the mold. The mold of subtle and brilliant appearance contrasts with the rustic of the chain, but the two elements come together to materialize the delicate and sophisticated of the chocolate and the rustic of the garlic, in a protective collar for the one who carries it. A necklace for those chosen by the gods ...
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Angela Ciobanu, Drops of Wisdom, 2017. Piece of dark chocolate made with silicone mold, black chocolate pearls and edible silver paint by Master Chocolatier Sandra Otero

Annamaria Mikulik, Gourman, 2017. Piece of white chocolate made with silicone mold, screen printed sugar by Master Chocolatier Sandra Otero.

Claudia Steiner, Rough Edges, 2017. Piece of dark chocolate made with silicone mold and edible paint silver color by Master Chocolatier Juan Sanchez.

Elin Flognman, Cameo Potato, 2017. Piece of white chocolate made with a mold of silicone and edible painting gold color by Master Chocolatier Juan Sanchez.

Eva Van Kempen, I'm not an Addict, 2017. White chocolate brushes with edible white paint by Master Chocolatier Baltasar Massot.

Hsinyu Candy Chu, Kachina, 2017. Piece of dark chocolate made with a silicone mold and edible bronze color paint by Master Chocolatier Alberto Barrero.

Irene Palomar, Protection, 2017. Central part of white chocolate colored brushed edible silver and silver plastic cover necklace by Master Chocolatier Juan Sanchez.

Lena Lindhal, Madonna, 2017. Black chocolate cameo made with a silicone mold and edible paint silver and bronze color. Necklace with black mud chocolate by Master Chocolatier Juan Sanchez.

Ute Röseler, Inspirited, 2017 .Piece of dark chocolate made with a metal mold. Brushed with white chocolate and edible paint gold, bronze, and green by Master Chocolatier Sandra Otero.

Viktorija Domarkaite, Ego, 2017. Piece of dark chocolate made with a silicone mold and brush, edible paint blue-gray. Details with white chocolate colored cornet of golden yellow by Master Chocolatier Sandra Otero.

Jeemin Jamie Chung, Beyond, 2017. Pieces of dark chocolate, plastic cover and edible paint by Master Chcolatier Saray Ruiz.

Jewels & Chocolate is the union of two artistic disciplines, in which jewelers have been asked to design and build an unique mold to be used by Master Chocolatier as a formal and conceptual basis for creating a chocolate with special ingredients and at the same time this mold will be used by the jeweler to create the piece of artistic jewelry.

Artist list

Hsinyu Candy Chu, Jeemin Jamie Chung, Angela Ciobanu, Viktorija Domarkaite, Elin Flognman, Lena Lindahl, Annamária Mikulik, Irene Palomar, Ute Röseler, Claudia Steiner, Eva Van Kempen

In the framework of the 9th edition of JOYA Barcelona Art Jewelery Fair and with the aim of linking artistic jewelry with the main theme of this year "gastronomy", we present the project Jewels & Chocolate curated by Leo Caballero and Amador Bertomeu from Klimt02.

The exhibition will be held at the Museu del Xocolata in Barcelona, from September 20 to October 10, where we can appreciate an artistic dialogue between 11 jewelers and 11 high-level pastry chefs masters.

About Joya Barcelona.
JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair is the main art jewellery event in Spain. Gathering a great number of independent artists as well as related organizations, schools and other entities, JOYA, in its 9th edition prepares to present excellence and innovation in art jewellery relating with other fields of art, this year is the turn of Gastronomy.

About Museu de la Xocolata.
The Chocolate Museum is a dynamic facility promoted by the Barcelona Provincial Confectionery Guild and located in the former Sant Agustí monastery. It provides a journey through the origins of chocolate, its arrival in Europe and its spread as an element between myth and reality, its medicinal properties and nutritional value, relating tradition with the future and forming part of our collective imagination. 

The Evening College for Jewellery Design at JOYA Barcelona 2017.

APPLICATION CLOSED

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Exhibition

/ 03Oct2017 - 06Oct2017
El Lavadero
Barcelona, Spain

: Comerç 36
08003 - Barcelona
SPAIN

: Website Museu Xocolata

Mail:: infomuseuxocolata.cat

Phone:: 00 34 932687878

Curator:: Klimt02

Management:: Le Departement

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