Karin van Paassen

Bio

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!

Statement

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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