Two Sides - One Story: Pin mechanisms and brooch back design. A workshop by Daniela Malev

This workshop will initiate and encourage a conscious approach to the design of the brooch back and its mechanisms. The participants are introduced to a variety of pin mechanisms and learn how to realize them technically. They will be guided through exercises on different needle techniques and ways of thinking about what a needle can be and how it can be solved. But moreover the participant will learn and understand the integration of the brooch back and the pin mechanism into the whole creative process of making a brooch. The workshop teaches technical skills but moreover a new way of thinking: a holistic approach to the brooch.
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>> Basic goldsmith's skills are required​.

Tecnichal details:
Materials not included//
Normal workshop equipment and bench tools
Drills (0,7 to 1 mm)

Materials included//
- Copper and brass sheets of 0.8 mm thickness for try-outs and models, paper and cardboard for try-outs, copper and brass wire 1 mm for test and models.
- Stainless steel wire 0,7 – 1 mm.

Min & max Participants //
- 5-9 pp.
*the workshop will take place if the minimun of partecipants is reached
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When//
20-21-22 October 2023, during the Milan Jewellery Week.
3 days, 8 hours per day: 10:00-14:00 h / 16:00-19:00 h.
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Price//
Early bird 480 € (until August 20th) single payment or € 530 in 2 installments, half (265€) in advance and half (265€) within the 15th of October.
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Subscription deadline//
- Early bird August 20th:
- Normal deadline October 1st

Contact person for this workshop: Giorgia Pisciutti ( co-founder About ).


About Daniela Malev:
Daniela Malev is a jeweller and teacher. Trained as a goldsmith in her hometown Dresden, Germany, she also holds a Master Craftman ́s Certificate for Gold- and Silversmithingand studied Jewellery Design at Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau.
She concluded her formal studies with a BA and MFA degree in Gemstone and Jewellery Design at the University of Applied Sciences Trier/Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Her jewellery work is inspired by a sense of order behind all things. Her jewellery pieces are made of contrasting materials and complementary elements and aspects which become a unity. Daniela Malev has travelled a lot and likes to gather and exchange ideas and knowledge. She has lived, worked and studied abroad in the USA, Mexico and Italy. One of her special fields of interest are brooch backs and pin mechanisms and their integration into the design of the whole brooch. She is convinced that mechanism and attachment of a brooch hold a tremendous potential for the design of a brooch in its entirety and need to be developed with equal importance. She has been invited internationally to give workshops on this subject. Her workshops initiate and encourage a conscious approach to the design of the brooch back and its mechanisms. The fact that there is a great interest in this field, but hardly any literature, inspired her to publish the book “To The Point – pin mechanisms and brooch back design”.