Archivio Negroni

The newly restored open space, today conceived for temporary events and meetings, looks towards a wide glass wall that reveals the archive full of precious engraved rollers, drawings and samples that, together with the historic rolling mills and the manufacturing tools, tell us the story of a world of arts and crafts yet to be rediscovered. This is because the workshop aims at a relaunch as a dynamic and active “reservoir” rich in information and practical references. A new project of preservation, valorization and promotion of this heritage in craftsmanship and entrepreneurial culture is in the process, and the upcoming years will see Archivio Negroni growing into a space that will be more and more available to an audience of experts and enthusiasts.

Veiled by a wall of glass, the archive and the studio represent a subtle but evocative presence of a place that is still alive and connects the past with the present, conferring an atmosphere and providing quality to a location that does not go unnoticed.

From serial production to custom making
This is the expression that sums up the direction Archivio Negroni workspace is taking.
The workshop, born in the time of both craftsmanship and industrial manufacture metamorphosis, has witnessed their social and technical transformation.

On one hand, since the 90s, Eliana Negroni (the daughter of founder Negroni, master engraver) has been able to create a dialogue between the traditional skills, both mechanical and manual, and today’s digital technologies; on the other, the transformation of practices and, as a result, the decline of traditional commissions, have made Eliana face the task of passing on this material culture.

Attrezzeria Negroni, the Archivio Negroni’s workspace, is a journey through those visible and material aspects of last century Italian craftmanship culture. Traditional machinery and rolling mills can still run for demonstration purposes and they are meticulously kept. Together with the archive, which contains the precious inventory of chisels, molds and decorative patterns, manual tools and burins for refined manual finishes, all tell the story of the transformation of mechanical engraving techniques for silver and goldsmithing and other metal ornaments decorations.

Active in the international network of art jewellery and deeply involved with AGC (Italian association for contemporary jewellery), today Eliana Negroni relaunches the workshop in a cultural project which enlightens the archive and the inherited know-how.

Today, the Archivio Negroni’s workspace becomes a system available to specialists and public audience, to be rediscovered also with new limited series productions, or exclusive and custom-made commissioning that embody the charm and beauty of craftsmanship, through art, sculpture and mechanics.

The small size in structure allows a flexible adaptation to the current situation connected to health safe conditions and will enhance the organization of both live and virtual activities. Distance will be an important though relative issue. 

All information and news about current activities can be found at this link.


Board members and staff:
Eliana Negroni, Direction - eliananegroni@archivionegroni.it
Giulia Pellegrino, PR manager - gioiellinfermento2021@gmail.com


Activities:
- Temporary exhibition space.
- Workshop and conference space.
- Documentation archive.


Contemporary jewellery creators:
Thanks to the experience of the last ten years curating Gioielli in Fermento international competition and travelling exhibition, many artists and jewellery designers from all over the world are now related to the newborn Archivio Negroni and its current activities.

Roberta Bernabei, Maura Biamonti, Michela Boschetto, Sébastien Carré, Corrado De Meo, Clara Del Papa, Maria Rosa Franzin, Nicoletta Frigerio, Gésine Hackenberg, Ryungjae Jung, Heng Lee, Gigi Mariani, Judy Mc Caigh, Renzo Pasquale, Adrienn Pesti, Alessandro Petrolati, Alba Polenghi Lisca, Stefano Rossi, Fumiki Taguchi, Yoko Takirai e Pietro Pellitteri, Fabrizio Tridenti, Annamaria Zanella


Gioielli in Fermento 20|21 Edition Part I - selected artists
Verde Alfieri, Sara Barbanti, Maura Biamonti, Maria Blondet,Chiara Bordoni, Cristina Celis, Dania Chelminsky, Roberta Consalvo Sances, Corrado De Meo, Ylenia Deriu, Birgit Duval, Gozde Erdogan, Micol Ferrara, Sabrina Formica, Laura Forte, Stefano Fronza, Francesca Gabrielli, Fabiana Gadano, Eleonora Ghilardi, Hoon a Goh, Nataša Grandovec, Margit Hart, Marta Herradura, Gabriele Hinze, Yi-Hsun Hsieh, Satomi Ito, Ildikó Juhász, Yukiko Kakimoto, Yasuko Kanno, Ritva Kara, Iro Kaskani, Ji Young Kim, Joshua Kosker, Monique Lecouna, Namkyung Lee, Ria Lins, Carmen López, Mineri Matsuura, Boglárka Mázsi, Francesca Mo, Julia Münzing, Sogand Nobahar, Mariagiorgia Pacini, Charlotte Parent, Liana Pattihis, Mabel Pena, Anna Retico, Chiara Scarpitti, Sara Shahak, Yukie Shirakawa, Rita Soto Ventura, Claudia Steiner, Rho Tang, Barbara Uderzo, Eriko Unno, Christina Vandekelder, Yasmin Vinograd, Cristian Visentin, Yiota Vogli, Babette Von Dohnanyi, Laura Zecchini, Caterina Zucchi.