Wonder. A workshop by Lucy Sarneel

Cabinets of Wonder were (scientific) collections in Europe in the 16th and 17th century with types of objects that were mainly brought along from the colonies. Strange objects, belonging to the field of nature, geology, ethnography, archeology, religion and art were brought together in a kind of microcosmos of the world. Both naturalia (found in nature) and artificialia (man-made) belonged to these collections of curiosities.
Often objects were a mix of fact and fiction, telling a story and stirring one's imagination.
For example dragons were very popular; a manipulated fish could look like one. The fabulous unicorn horn turned out to originate from a whale. Jewels of carved amber beads or pearls were a precious and a natural curiosity. Things bring wonder in each of us; they own us as much as we own them. The way people deal with things, relate to them, and give them meaning. In their homes, people tend to surround themselves with objects that are dear to them, which they display in places they have specially selected for. Intimate pieces of their lives on show towards which feelings are directed and stories are told.
Artists often collect objects, inspiring them, relating to and telling(in) directly about their work.
You might consider these expressions as personal curiosity cabinets.
How would your collection of curiosities look like?
On the basis of this question the workshop aims to find the essence of the participant's personal drive and expressiveness in order to develop concepts and create in the field of jewellery.
Viewing, discussing, evaluating, creating, positioning and presenting are ingredients we work with.
The workshop is a playground for discovering new ways of applying techniques and materials, supporting the individual imagination of the participant, rather than a course about particular jewellery techniques. It encourages thinking in possibilities, resulting in a challenging and open approach towards jewellery.
The workshop aims to develop the participant's own visual language and a source of ideas from which future work arises.


Price: 16,900 THB (approx. 408 Euro)
Note: Exchange rate as of Jan 15th, 2015 is € 1 = 41.4 THB

Conditions:
Language: English, Dutch
Workshops and studio hours: 10:00-17:00
Maximum number of participants: 10
Enrolment close: Oct 19th, 2015  


About the teacher:
Lucy Sarneel was born in Maastricht, Netherlands, in 1961 She is a jewellery artist living and working in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She has studied the basic jewellery techniques at the Stadsakademie Maastricht and continued her study at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy where she graduated in 1989
 Lucy Sarneel’s distinctive use of fabricated zinc is inspired by the material’s omnipresence in the objects and architecture of her native Netherlands. The material represents the blue-grey sky and sea, and the color of the subconscious. Zinc is the reassuring, domestic world of rain pipes, buckets, and washtubs; towers and dormer windows, the architectural “jewels” of old European cities; and the protective quality of steel preventing rust.
 Creating fields of tension in form, idea, and material, she uses familiar symbols for love, protection, and handcrafts, as well as forms relating to forgotten traditions, proverbs, popular motifs, and themes from folklore.
 For some time her work has developed towards the idea of a jewel as a power-object and patron, trying to catch a kind of “cultivated primitivism”. This provides a counterweight to the high-tech, efficient, and mass--‐oriented world in which cultures are disappearing as a result of commercialization and globalization. The visual language of her jewelry is associative, often sculptural, and encourages the free experience of thoughts and feelings.
 A graduate and later professor of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, Sarneel has exhibited in major international solo and group exhibitions. She is considered one of the most influential and inspirational artists working in jewelry today.
 
Selected Public Collections: Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal (CAN); Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York (USA); Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (USA); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (USA); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL); Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL); CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (NL); Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (DE); Pinakothek der Moderne Munich (DE); National Gallery, Canberra (AU); Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK); National Museum of Scotland (UK)


About Atelier Rudee:
Atelier Rudee is the first and only international academy of contemporary jewellery in Thailand. It is a place where artists, craftsmen, designers, both locals and foreigners, gather and share their knowledge and experiences. We organize jewellery and other related lectures and workshops.
Atelier Rudee consist of equipped goldsmith working spaces, meeting room and a library in 144 sq.m. You can use Wi-Fi internet with your own computer anywhere in the atelier. To get to/from the city center of Bangkok you can take a sky train (BTS). Atelier Rudee is 15 minutes walk to/from the station.