Play of Form and Color - New Directions in Enameled Jewelry
Exhibition
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20 Jan 2013
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14 Apr 2013
Published: 19.01.2013
The Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus
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In this exhibition more than 100 works impressively demonstrate how diverse enamel jewelry can be when the conventional conceptions are thrown overboard.
Artist list
Ralph Bakker, Nilton Alves Cunha, Beate Eismann, Uta Feiler, Stephanie Fleck, Sylke Alma Klopsch, Esther Knobel, Tabea Reulecke, Jacqueline Ryan, Isabell Schaupp, Danni Schwaag, Vera Siemund, Silke Trekel, Jessica Turrell, Christian Wuytack
With the exhibition Form and Color—New Directions in Enamel Art, the Society for Goldsmiths’ Art has again turned to a subject that has always been one of its particular interests.
Fourteen participants, both domestic and foreign, accepted the invitation to present their latest pieces of jewelry on the theme of enamel. More than 100 works impressively demonstrate how diverse enamel jewelry can be when the conventional conceptions are thrown overboard. Rather than spotlighting plique-à-jour, cloisonné, champlevé, or glitter enamel, an entirely unencumbered, experimental utilization is exhibited by these pieces.
For many years already, Uta Feiler, Sylke Alma Klopsch, Ralph Bakker, Esther Knobel, Jacqueline Ryan, Jessica Turell, Silke Trekel, Vera Siemund, and Nilton Alves Cunha have placed a high value on experimenting with enamel in their jewelry and have repeatedly found new possibilities for escaping the classic utilization and for setting new accents.
Beate Eismann, Stephanie Fleck, Danni Schwaag, Isabell Schaupp und Tabea Reulecke demonstrate that enamel in jewelry can also be given an amusing or ironic interpretation.
The more classically defined works by Christian Wuytack, who died in 2010, are reminiscent of the prime of enamel art in the 1920’s.
Fourteen participants, both domestic and foreign, accepted the invitation to present their latest pieces of jewelry on the theme of enamel. More than 100 works impressively demonstrate how diverse enamel jewelry can be when the conventional conceptions are thrown overboard. Rather than spotlighting plique-à-jour, cloisonné, champlevé, or glitter enamel, an entirely unencumbered, experimental utilization is exhibited by these pieces.
For many years already, Uta Feiler, Sylke Alma Klopsch, Ralph Bakker, Esther Knobel, Jacqueline Ryan, Jessica Turell, Silke Trekel, Vera Siemund, and Nilton Alves Cunha have placed a high value on experimenting with enamel in their jewelry and have repeatedly found new possibilities for escaping the classic utilization and for setting new accents.
Beate Eismann, Stephanie Fleck, Danni Schwaag, Isabell Schaupp und Tabea Reulecke demonstrate that enamel in jewelry can also be given an amusing or ironic interpretation.
The more classically defined works by Christian Wuytack, who died in 2010, are reminiscent of the prime of enamel art in the 1920’s.

Brooch: Flugobjekt Hummel 11, 2012
Enamel, copper, foto, silver, agate, plastics
Photo: Isabell Schaupp
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Earrings: Earjewelsgreen, 2012
Gold, silver, enamel
Photo: Michael Anhalt
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Brooch: Magnet-Series, 2011
Enamel, copper, found objects
Photo: Tamir Niv
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Necklace: Untitled, 2011
Enamel, steel, silver
Vera, Siemund
Necklace: 2011
Enamel, steel, silver
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Necklace: Wenn die Mäuse auf dem Tisch tanzen, 2012
Enamel, copper, oxidised silver
Photo: Manuel Ocana Mascaró
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