Unwearable. Still a Jewel? Spotlight Artworks by Klimt02
Published: 02.06.2024
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Ted: Do you remember the bag I made with golden rings in it? That was at the Schmuck in 2011. They intended to give me the first price. But suddenly, a member of the jury opposed to it and said: THIS IS NOT JEWELLERY BECAUSE YOU CANNOT WEAR IT.
Ana: The question is wearability. It is returning as a main subject of contemporary jewellery.
Ted: That is not a criterion to me. It should be about jewellery. But to be functional or not, it is not a matter to me. I think that everything that has a relation with the body, physically or mentally, is jewellery. It is not only earrings, brooches or bracelet.
Words from Ted Noten and Ana Campos extracted from Ted Noten interview.
In this article, we present a selection of pieces that question the concept of wearability and, indeed, of jewellery.
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Siri Hansen. Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design New Talents Award Nominee 2026
09Nov2026 -
Hold me, in this delicate balance by Annarita Bianco. A Future Classic in Contemporary Jewellery
09Nov2026 -
Beyond Graduation. The Klimt02 New Talents Award and the Transition to Professional Practice
05Nov2026 -
The Galleries That Shaped Contemporary Jewellery. Pioneering Spaces Across Europe and the United States
02Nov2026 -
Klimt02 Notes from Parcours Bijoux 2026. Contemporary Jewellery Across Paris
02Nov2026 -
How Do We Build a History? On Archiving, Documenting, and Storytelling
02Nov2026 -
Interpreting lived experiences through the contemporary jewellery of Beverley Price: A case study
27Oct2026 -
![Across Two Centuries. Reverso [28 Years]: Since 14 November 1998.](https://klimt02.net/images/resized/125416_212_200_125416_Reverso_Article_Oct16_Top.jpg "Across Two Centuries. Reverso [28 Years]: Since 14 November 1998.")
Across Two Centuries. Reverso [28 Years]: Since 14 November 1998
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Binding Matter. From Dark Substance to Bright Sentiment
19Oct2026 -
Di-alogue: Technologies for thinking & making
14Oct2026 -
Three Japanese Jewelry Designers from Romanian Jewelry Week join OTOTO Japanese Fest
12Oct2026 -
Replika Project by Peter Bauhuis. An Exercise in Self-imitation. A Future Classic in Contemporary Jewellery
12Oct2026 -
Mario Pinton: Goldsmithing as Artistic Knowledge. An essay by Sotiria Vasileiou
08Oct2026 -
Laurenz Stockner’s Objects Between Matter, Process, and Form to experience in an exhibition high in the Mountains of V...
05Oct2026 -
Five Jewellers Turn Business Plans into Action with the Goldsmiths’ Centre’s Business Catalyst (Small) Grants 2026
01Oct2026
