Slovenian Jewelry Week 2023

Slovenian Jewelry Week 2023 is dedicated to contemporary jewellery designers. Their ideas and thoughts. Their views and opinions. Their emotions that guide them. Inspirations they let themselves be inspired by the unique stories they tell without words. At SIJW 2023, we will not focus on those who wear jewellery but on the relationship that jewellery makers have with their work, with the past and the future, with themselves and with the world in which they live.

The event will feature contemporary jewellery by more than 100 designers. About half of them come from Slovenia, the rest from countries all over the world, such as Argentina, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, UK, USA, Vietnam and guests from Romanian Jewellery Week. 

It is currently the only event in Slovenia that aims to promote contemporary jewellery design and its creators. 

This is a sustainable and culturally educational event that combines exhibitions, courses, workshops, lectures, and guided tours.

The fascinating world of jewellery designers will intrigue you as you will discover, for example, who studied jewellery design in a Benedictine monastery, who began making jewellery in order to improve fine motor skills following a brain haemorrhage, or how silk cocoons can be used to make jewellery.

The theme of contemporary alchemy - the art of transformation - is divided into three parts:

1. the past - tradition in jewellery: cultural heritage, craftsmanship;
2. the present - sustainability in Nakit: sustainable materials, recycled materials;
3. the future - science and technology in Nakit: jewellery and robotics, artificial intelligence, digitisation.

Exhibitions and accompanying events will take place in Ljubljana, Maribor, Izola, Radovljica and Slovenj Gradec. 


Program:

SIJW 2023 contemporary jewels exhibitions by location:

- Ljubljana, Slovenian Ethnographic Museum (Studio SEM), Metelkova ulica 2, Ljubljana
Main exhibition, with guests from the Romanian Jewellery Week
Opening: 11 May 2023 at 18.00
11-21 May 2023, during the museum's opening hours (Tuesday-Sunday 10.00-18.00, Thursday until 20.00)
Exhibitors:  Martina Lončar, Corvus studio, Christoph Steidl Porenta, Dalija Sega, Melina Kumer- Reichmann, Arijana Gadžijev, Milica Bubanja, Jasmina Rojc, Uršula Rihtar, Huberto Široka, Kateryna Burlina, Srečko Molk, Jana Mršnik (BelaBela), Martina Obid Mlakar, Sanda Vidmar Jewelry, E2RD, Nataša Druškovič, Romi Bukovec, Maja Licul, Anže Mrak, Mimotho - Your jewelry architect, Aleksandra Atanasovski, Maria Konschake, Holland Houdek, Marija Miloshevska, Xinyi Chen, Biljana Klekachkoska, Anastasia Koutsampela, Nadia Policarpova, Benjamin Kavazović, Ana Baldini, Bianca-Maria Bolum, Francisco Guevara, Birgit Thalau, Laura Forte, Jiashi Ying, EÈ CHAN, Donidelmare jewellery, Baiyu Qu, Joanna Muzyka, Adela Schicker, Roberto Zanon, Xinyi Chen, Andreia Gabriela Popescu, C A R A - Andreea Carastoian, Cleopatra Cosulet, HORIA C LȚEA, Izabella Petrut, Lucica Rus, Madalina Radulea, Maria Dima - Unde, Mihaela Grama and Silvia Cruceru.

- Izola, Drat Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, Ljubljanska ulica 20, Izola
Opening: 13 May 2023 at 11.00
11-19 May 2023, daily 10.00-13.00; tours by appointment
Exhibitors: Kateryna Burlina, Vesna Jurjec Žvikart, Tanja Podbevšek, Edita Drpić, Sandra Kocjancic, Mengtong Yu, Inés Bonadeo Nueva Joyería, Paolo Gambarelli and Suika Takagi.

- Maribor, Vetrinjski dvor, Vetrinjska ulica 30, Maribor
Opening: 11 May 2023 at 19.00
11-19 May 2023, Monday-Saturday 10.00-19.00
Exhibitors:  Mojca Gazič, Simona Melanšek, Tanja Rojc, Štern Črtomir, Aleš Hočevar, Zlatarstvo Skušek, Nina Kamien Šimnovec, Marjeta Hribar, KUOLMi, Urskas,˙Tomas Miskovic, Xiangzhi Zhao, Feifei Cheng, Marija Radosavljević, Chiara Trentin, Hilde Dramstad, Marie Wolf, Camilla Mileto and Arma Voluptatis. 

- Radovljica , Šivčeva hiša Gallery, Linhartov trg 22, Radovljica
Opening: 12 May 2023 at 18.00
12 May to 20 May, Tuesday to Saturday 10.00-12.00 and 16.00-18.00
Exhibitors: Sara Mermal, Kristina Drnovšek, Uršula Rihtar, Huberto Široka, Arijana Gadžijev, Asteroid Mosaics, Mahshad Azadi, Helka Kettunen, Salvador Vico in Omri Goren.

- Slovenj Gradec, Carinthian Provincial Museum, Glavni trg 24-25, Slovenj Gradec
Opening: 11 May 2023 at 18.00
11-19 May 2023, Tuesday-Friday 10.00- and 18.00, Saturday and Sunday 
10.00-17.00
Exhibitors: Petjana -Petja Berginc, Vesna Plavec, Daša Bačič, Neža Žehelj, Tina Amal, Danuška Hauptman, Rok Lesjak, Mima Pejoska, Jennifer Wells in Equinox.


In addition to the exhibitions, you can also attend a number of events, guided tours, workshops, lectures and demonstrations of contemporary jewellery making and design. 

>> Accompanying programme of SlJW 2023

This year's Slovenian Fashion Week will not only feature exhibitions of contemporary jewellery, but also numerous events, workshops, lectures and demonstrations of contemporary jewellery making and design.

- Bled - Atelje Huberto Široka - 19 May 2023 
Lecture with demonstration From jewellery to sculpture (presentation of goldsmithing and silversmithing techniques fold forming, synclastic and anticlastic) 
- Kranj - Gorenjski Museum - 13 May 2023 
Art workshop From sketch to ring with Nataša Druškovič (basic techniques, materials and tools of jewellery design and creating jewellery from waste plastic packaging)
- Izola - Plac Izolanov - 13 May 2023 
Jewellery exhibition of Visual Arts and Design students on the theme of Contemporary Alchemy under the guidance of Sandra Kocjančič and Tina Cotič 

- Ljubljana - Slovenian Ethnographic Museum: Meet the artists 

• 12 May 2023, Marija Miloshevska
• 13 May 2023: Jasmina Rojc
• 16 May 2023, Aleksandra Atanasovsko and Maja Licul from EHO Studio
• 17 5/2023, Jewellery Martina Lončar
• 18 5/2023, Arijana Gadjiev
• 19 May 2023, Dalija Sega
• 21 May 2023, Metka Mikuletič and Melita Gulja

- Ljubljana - EHO studio - 17 May 2023
Exhibitions:  Something painful about pearls and Silent conversation 
- Ljubljana - GT Gallery - 13 May 2023 
Conversation with designers Nataša Grandovec and Martina Obid Mlakar
- Ljubljana - Studio Martina Lončar - 13 May 2023 
Not all gold glitters - a demonstration of how to test the purity of gold and silver with Martina Lončar
- Ljubljana - Zlatarna Celje, Wolfova ulica - 11 May - 19 May 2023
 Jewellery exhibition: Zlatarna Celje, jewellery designer Désirée Kolarec

- Maribor - Vetrinjski dvor

• 12 May 2023, Presentation of jewellery designed by students of the Maribor Secondary School of Design
• 11, 12 and 17 May 2023, Pikslbroška, intermedia workshop, Monika Pocrnjić, MKC Maribor, KonS, Irena Pamič, Zavod MARS Maribor
• 13 May 2023, Coal - demonstration and presentation of coal jewellery design with Marjeta Hribar and virtual walk into the mine with VR glasses, DDT
• 15 May 2023, Glass - jewellery exhibition by students of the Rogaška Slatina School Centre
• 19 May 2023, Wood - presentation by designer Sreček Molk and demonstration of wooden jewellery design 
• 17 5/2023, Lace/Silk - presentation of the Idrija School of Lace Design under the direction of Maja Svetlik 
• 18 5/2023, Goldsmithing, silversmithing- Presentation by designer Simona Melanšek
• 19 5/2023, Closing and sales exhibition

- Maribor - E2RD Gallery - 17 May 2023
Presentation of the collaboration between the Idrija School of Lace and designer Bojana Kovačič Zemljič and the presentation of the E2RD silk jewellery brand 
- Maribor- Zlatarnica 14K - 18 May 2023 
Presentation of jeweller Simona Melanšek and demonstration of silver jewellery making
- Maribor - Maribor Regional Archives - 12 and 19 May 2023 
From the Finding Site to the Exhibition Centre - a dazzling jewellery trail, an archive experience 
- Maribor - Maribor Regional Museum, 12 and 19 May 2023
The Glow of Eternity - from prehistory to the present, a museum experience

- Slovenj Gradec - Carinthian Provincial Museum

• 11 to 19 May 2023, Jewellery Sales Exhibition D.tajl Concept Store
• 12 May 2023, Lecture by Marjeta Hribar
• 13 and 17 May 2023, Workshop and guided tour of the exhibition Old Slavic Glamour
• 19 May 2023, Guided tour of the exhibition Tradition and Sustainability in Jewellery

- Vrhnika - Barbara Nardoni

• 15 May 2023, Demonstration of jewellery design in silver art clay with Barbara Nardoni
• 16-19 May 2023, Demonstration of the intuitive jewellery making process 

- Postojna - 17 May 2023
Exhibition of the designer Metka Mikuletič and presentation of goldsmith's tools and processes.
- Ptuj - Črtomir Štern  -11-19 May 2023
Workshop on silver jewellery making.
- Tržič – MINFOS  -13 and 14 May 2023
Quartz and fossil snails - fair of minerals, fossils and jewellery, MINFOS
- Mengeš - Mengeš Goldsmith Atelier - 11 May 2023
Stone setting, demonstration and workshop with David Kramaric

SIJW 2023 Team
Organised by SIAJ Slovenian Association of Jewellers
Olga Košica - Project Manager, Rok Marinšek, Urška Košica, Bojana Kovačič Zemljič, Dalija Sega, Metka Jelek, Neja Kaligaro, Petra Bole, Sanda Vidmar, Sandra Kocjančič, Vesna Jurjec Žvikart.