Hilde De Decker

Jeweller

Published: 31.05.2024

Hilde de Decker
Photo by Patrick Verbeeck

: Antwerp
BELGIUM

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Necklace: Pearl Pretender by Hilde De Decker.Silver hollow balls, white silk thread, silver lock with silver ball. 2023.28 cm.Photo by: Ligia PoplawskaUnique piece.

Necklace: Candle collier by Hilde De Decker.Wax, wick.. 2007.70 x 5 x 0.5 cm.Photo by: Eddo Hartmann.

Object: Untitled by Hilde de Decker.Silver sheets.. 2020.6 x 6 x 0.5 cm.Photo by: Ligia Poplawska.

Object: For the Farmer and the Market Gardener by Hilde de Decker.Glass, vinegar, vegetable, silver. 2010.ø 10 x 13 cmUnique piece.Packaged at Steinbeisser.

Object: For the Farmer and the Market Gardener by Hilde de Decker.Glass, vinegar, vegetable, silver. 1999.Photo by: Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum.Part of: Jorunn Veiteberg CollectionUnique piece.

Pendant: Untitled by Hilde de Decker.Rubber and silver. 1996.ø 4 x 3 cm on 63 cm chainUnique piece.

Hilde De Decker
Necklace: Pearl Pretender, 2023
Silver hollow balls, white silk thread, silver lock with silver ball
28 cm
Photo by: Ligia Poplawska
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Hilde De Decker
Necklace: Candle collier, 2007
Wax, wick.
70 x 5 x 0.5 cm
Photo by: Eddo Hartmann
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Hilde de Decker
Object: Untitled, 2020
Silver sheets.
6 x 6 x 0.5 cm
Photo by: Ligia Poplawska
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Hilde de Decker
Object: For the Farmer and the Market Gardener, 2010
Glass, vinegar, vegetable, silver
ø 10 x 13 cm
Packaged at Steinbeisser
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Hilde de Decker
Object: For the Farmer and the Market Gardener, 1999
Glass, vinegar, vegetable, silver
Photo by: Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum
Part of: Jorunn Veiteberg Collection
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Hilde de Decker
Pendant: Untitled, 1996
Rubber and silver
ø 4 x 3 cm on 63 cm chain
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bio

Hilde De Decker, born in 1965, studied interior design and then jewellery. She works and lives in Belgium and has been the Head of the Jewellery Department at Sint Lucas in Antwerp since 2008.

Among other distinctions, she was awarded the City Goldsmith's Price in Hanau in 2008, and her work is featured in private and public collections, most notably the Stedelijk Museum (NL), the CODA Museum (NL), the Design Museum (BE), and the FNAC (FR).

Statement

I don’t aim to please or to shock people. I am only exploring the limits of traditional jewellery, escaping involuntary conventions and conformities. Interacting with other disciplines in the arts, transposing techniques, desecrating materials, Copying abandoned or ordinary objects... it all happens purely intuitively. My jewellery refers rather to human nature, to the fragility of life and all the deficiencies and imbecilities we encounter. The banality of every day life and all the small but amazing miracles that show up in the middle of this banality, strikes me.

Because of this reference to everyday life, my work doesn’t need extravagance or exuberance in its form of expression. My only aim is to make the imperfection of our lives as perfect as possible.

I like to invite people to present their thoughts and works in the context of daily life, to open up a new perspective on their creative process.

/ Hilde de Decker

Events

Publications

We paused before a House that seemed. A Swelling of the Ground at Obsessed! Festival.

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Hilde de Decker
Photo by Patrick Verbeeck

: Antwerp
BELGIUM

: Instagram Hilde De Decker