Karin van Paassen
Jeweller
Published: 16.09.2021
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I am a driven individual who organized dozens of projects as a curator. I have a broad interest in art, design, fashion and of course people behind their works. I like complicated challenges. I love to design and make Jewellery and I learn new skills every day. I want to become more successful with my black porcelain jewellery and strive for the highest level. Working with my hands to make jewellery and working as a curator in demanding and complicated projects at the same time, are both talents that I keep developing. Working in teams and in a leadership role suits me well. I think that my style of making bigger jewellery and body-related objects gives me a lot of opportunities for the future!
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I had a lifelong passion for jewellery. I am an avid collector of ethnic jewellery. Most of which I discovered during my extensive travels.I am fascinated by the significance of jewellery in different cultures, the surprising use of unconventional materials, the lavishly opulent decorations and the power, which is often attributed to jewellery.
As a curator, I organised many projects and exhibitions integrating ethnic jewellery collections, combined with contemporary jewellery.
I have been a curator and cultural entrepreneur since 1979. I have organised numerous exhibitions, lectures, fairs, shows, art trails etc. for cultural organisations and museums in the Netherlands and abroad. I developed concepts and executes projects in the areas of design and fashion and jewellery. I am particularly drawn towards projects with requiring an interdisciplinary approach. I have undertaken workshops and given lectures at Technical Schools and Universities in the Netherlands and abroad. I am also a member of various Boards and Commissions. Together with Lulu Fan I founded Blendix Design, meant for Dutch / Chinese design projects in China and in the Netherlands.
For a number of years, I have been designing porcelain jewellery and objects, incorporating predominantly natural materials as well as searching for new forms and applications, wearable jewelry and body-related objects. I have always feel attracted to porcelain, mainly black.
I found out that I could find everything I needed in Jingdezhen, the most important porcelain city of China. Porcelain gives me the opportunity to tell stories through my jewellery by combining porcelain with beads and charms I collected all over the world. Sometimes the story arises while I work with the clay. With porcelain, I can create any form I like. I make wearable jewellery and more and more monumental works, that cover the back and the front of the body. Every jewel is unique. I never make the same jewel two times. Of course, the jewellery in a collection are strongly related to each other, but still they are unique.
> TiNik: Catalogue of Karin van Paassen's jewellery brand
> OriGiN: Catalogue of Karin van Paassen's Porcelain jewellery
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