HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design
School
Published: 27.01.2023
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- Yuka Oyama

We believe in diversity. At the Jewellery Art programme at HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design we supply our students with well-equipped workshops, challenging projects and time for free exploration during their journey towards finding a unique artistic voice.
Working with traditional techniques as well as investigating modern design approaches generates a variety of opportunities in the jewellery art field. The Academy premises in Gothenburg, originally built in 1904, house Design, Textile Art, Ceramic Art and Jewellery Art programmes in an open atmosphere where students cross share knowledge. Our teachers are active artists and we strive to keep close contact with the art community and society on both the local and the global scenes.
As a student, you are encouraged to research materials and artistic ideas individually and in groups. International artists are invited as guest teachers to provide new perspectives. You will improve your skills to present and discuss your work. Artistic practice combined with reflection helps you grow a strong identity as an artist.
The Jewellery Art programme at HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design
is a part of the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts at the University of Gothenburg.
HDK–Valand offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree programmes.
As a student, you are encouraged to research materials and artistic ideas individually and in groups. International artists are invited as guest teachers to provide new perspectives. You will improve your skills to present and discuss your work. Artistic practice combined with reflection helps you grow a strong identity as an artist.
The Jewellery Art programme at HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design
is a part of the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts at the University of Gothenburg.
HDK–Valand offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree programmes.
Brooch: My Perfect Life, 2021
Gold plated silver, PS-plastic, steel.
12 x 10.5 x 4 cm
Photo by: Jenny Jansson
From series: My Perfect Life
Unique piece
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Glasses: A or F, 2021
Silver, wood, pearl, acrylic.
12 x 12 x 15 cm
Jie Zhou explored to express unequal power relationship between parents and children in traditional Chinese families through employing narrative jewellery with humour. While living in Sweden for two years during the MA study, Zhou became aware of cultural differences, especially in the power relationships between parents and children in Sweden and China. In Sweden, children appear to be respected by their parents and their ideas are heard. In Chinese families, parents express their love towards their children by providing the best possible education, and in return, children are expected to fulfil parents' expectations, where the children’s opinions are neglected. Through the final installation, Zhou aimed to recreate the over-emphasis on education and parental “care” felt from the perspective of a child.
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Piece: My grandmother knitted socks for my partner…, 2021
Wool, dog hair.
Photo by: David Eng
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Body piece: Ether, 2021
Titan, silver, plexiglass, cubic zirkona.
Photo by: Lisa Nilsson
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Necklace: Inside the Bark, 2021
Birchwood.
Photo by: Therese Johansson
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Brooch: My Friend the Bed, 2021
Concrete, textile, silver, brass, beads, bulgur, foam rubber.
Photo by: Lea Kristoffersen Stuedahl
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Neckpiece: Hold your head up and see your heroic-self, 2020
Brass.
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Object: Daily Observations, 2020
Silver, niello.
From series: Daily Observations
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Necklace: Rebirth = Omstart, 2020
Plastic, silicone tube, silver.
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Brooch: Between me and my world, 2020
3D printed resin, pigment, steel.
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Necklace: Imaginary Inside, 2020
Aluminum, thread.
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Piece: Untitled, 2020
Mixed materials.
Tools.
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Textile: Frayed Bodies: Loose Gatherings - Arm, 2020
Digital print on silk.
62 x 43 x 0.01 cm
Photo by: Ruth Elvira Gilmour
Ruth Gilmour deals in her work with her own vulnerability, which she addresses through craftsmanship. These are special issues in the current situation with regard to working from home under health considerations. Ruth Gilmour’s textile works question the unified and self-contained self and show the diversity of physical nature and the various concepts of being. Own experiences and memories are implemented in both traditionally crafted and modern digital processes. The starting point for the work is worried about the state of the world and one's own health, which should find a solution in the combination of body and material. Ruth Gilmour, therefore, uses materials such as silk with its transparency, delicacy, and strength to depict skin and bones, to symbolize sensitivity and contrasts. She sees the choice of silk as problematic, as silk on the one hand forms a pleasant, comforting material, but on the other hand, it is obtained by destroying the protective cocoons of other living beings. Her work is based on digital photographs of her own body, which are digitally printed on silk and then processed with a needle, whereby the image is deconstructed and alienated, the material being dissolved to form fringes, which in turn are reminiscent of old communication systems. By dividing, fraying, folding, and knotting, the body is multiplied by innumerable threads coloured by information. Similar to the body itself, the work is constantly changing.
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Brooch: Bodygarden, 2019
Foam, cress, paint.
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Piece: Untitled, 2019
Pine cones, plastic.
Eyewear.
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Brooch: This is how I want to remember it, 2019
Oak, plastic tube, hair.
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Necklace: No Difference between the Beautiful and Strong Sex, 2019
Titanium, iron.
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Necklace: Uncover, 2019
Aluminium, loofah sponge.
12 x 45 cm
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Brooch: Body is nature nature is body, 2019
Copper, steel.
7 x 7 cm
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Object: You hurt my arm, 2019
Aluminium
15 x 22 cm
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Object: You hurt my arm, 2019
Aluminium
15 x 22 cm
Detail view.
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Necklace: J-U-S-S-I, 2019
Aluminium, rope.
25 x 5 x 350 cm
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Necklace: For Sale! I Don’t Want It Anymore Because of Its Current Reputation, 2019
Aluminium
30 x 2 x 40 cm
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Brooch: As I remember it, 2019
Copper, silver.
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Necklace: Tears of Love, 2019
Aluminium, anodizing, treads.
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Brooch: I need to share this, 2019
Plastic bag, unidentified content, steel.
4 x 3 cm
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Object: But when an apartment cries it's a lot of work to mop it up, 2019
Jesmonite
7 x 2.5 cm - 8.5 x 6.5 cm
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Necklace: Tenderly, along the way, 2019
Wood
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Necklace: To shape and to be shaped, 2018
Wood, textile thread.
BA graduate 2018
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Object: Wooden talks, safe terrain and tangled situation, 2018
Wood, paint, graphite.
MA graduate 2018
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Piece: Curiosities, 2018
Silver, aluminium, resin, nature elements.
BA graduate 2018
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Necklace: Hole, 2018
Anodized aluminium, nylon string, plastic net tube.
MA graduate 2018
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Brooch: Inanimate Humanity, 2018
Steel, glass.
BA graduate 2018
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Earrings: Untitled, 2017
Juniper wood, 14k gold.
7 x 4 cm
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Brooch: Not My Hands, 2017
Fine silver.
Photo by: Maja Kristin Nylander
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Object: Beyond sight, 2017
Copper, silver, brass, foam clay, silk thread.
Photo by: Wanying Lin
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Object: Destruction, insufficiency and handles, 2017
Silver, aluminium, wood (birch), bronze.
Photo by: Ekaterina Lukoshkova
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Body piece: Meltingpoint, 2017
Silver, enamel, thread.
Photo by: Ekaterina Lukoshkova
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Set: In Line With, 2016
Wood, silver, leather, paint.
Brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces.
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Necklace: A4.7, 2016
Aluminum.
22 x 0.5 x 29 cm
Photo by: Anna Norrgrann
From series: The Flow within and the Flight from a Standard Size
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Brooch: Frozen Moment, 2015
Polymer, crushed marble, gold.
Photo by: Jelizabeta Suska
Awarded at: Herbert Hofmann Prize 2016
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Installation: Pose, 2014
Textile, silver.
Photo by: Karin Gyllerfelt
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Installation: Flora Candestina, 2015
Silver, ceramic, textile, various materials.
Photo by: Karin Johansson
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Necklace: Line, 2014
Copper, paint.
Photo by: Li Liang
Awarded at: Marzee Graduation Award 2014
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Necklace: Untitled, 2013
Wax, copper, brass, gold, leather, thread
40 x 25 x 8 cm
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Brooch: Untitled, 2013
Silver, gold, enamel
6 x 4 cm
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Piece: The depth of the sea, 2012
Copper, elastic string
23 x 10 x 5 cm
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