Mette Saabye

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Published: 30.01.2024

Mette Saabye

: Studiestraede 25 B
1455 K - Copenhagen
DENMARK

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Necklace: Care - Intention by Josefine Rønsholt Smith, Mette Saabye.Dyed cotton ribbon, zinc & tartcherry. 2023Unique piece.

Necklace: Confidence - Togetherness by Josefine Rønsholt Smith, Mette Saabye.Brass, amber, silk, enamel, copper, boxwood & 925 silver. 2024Unique piece.

Brooch: Care - Intention by Josefine Rønsholt Smith, Mette Saabye.Zinc, tartcherry & dyed cotton ribbon. 2023Unique piece.

Necklace: Intimacy - Flexibility by Josefine Rønsholt Smith, Mette Saabye.Leather, copper, enamel, pine tree, bone, 925s & silk. 2024Unique piece.

Brooch: Leucorrhinia caudalis by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, silk, 925 silver.. 2017.9 x 11 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Bombina bombina by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.. 2017.8 x 10 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Coronella austriaca by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, smoke quartz, onyx, 925 silver.. 2017.2 x 8 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Coenonympha arcania by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.. 2017.10 x 10 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Coenonympha arcania – Perlemorrandøje by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925s.. 2017.10 X 10 X 1 cm.

Brooch: Parnassia palustris by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.. 2017.9 x 9 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Orchis militaris by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, Amethyst 925 silver.. 2017.12 x 8 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Lychnis flos-cuculi by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.. 2017.12 x 8 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Malus domestica by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, Plastic laminate, Rose quartz, Agatha, 925 silver.. 2017.12 x 9 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Lucanus cervus by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, Plastic laminate, 925 silver.. 2017.11 x 8 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Mimosa pudica by Mette Saabye.Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.. 2016.8 x 8 x 1 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home.

Brooch: Tears of Gold by Mette Saabye.Various gold alloy. 2016.1.8 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.We can express our feelings, and state of mind with tears.
. Scientifically tears are divided into three different types, based on their origin. Basal tears, reflex tears and emotional tears. Tears brought about by emotions have a different chemical make-up than Reflex and Basal tears.
. Emotional tears contain more of the protein-based hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and Leu-enkephalins, a natural painkiller. No tears are identical and you can't tell if a tear is brought by in anger, sorrow or happiness. These tears of gold are all individual, and their karat are kept a secret. I will make it up to you to decide if your Gold Tear refer to a sad or happy memory, or simply caused by the action of peeling an onion..

Object: Objects of desire by Mette Saabye.Reconstructed stone, resin, ink, wood, pearls & turquoise.. 2015.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Objects of desire.Rings & Pendants..

Object: Objects of desire by Mette Saabye.Reconstructed stone, resin, ink, wood & turquoise.. 2015.Photo by: Krogh; Dorte.From series: Objects of desire.Pendants..

Object: Objects of desire by Mette Saabye.Reconstructed stone, resin, wood & coral.. 2015.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Objects of desire.Rings & Pendants..

Object: Objects of desire by Mette Saabye.Reconstructed coral, resin, pearwood & coral.. 2015.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Objects of desire.Pendants..

Object: Objects of desire by Mette Saabye.Reconstructed coral, resin, ink, pearwood & coral.. 2015.From series: Objects of desire.Pendants..

Object: Objects of desire by Mette Saabye.Reconstructed coral, resin, ink, pearwood & coral.. 2014.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Objects of desire.Pendants..

Object: Objects of desire by Mette Saabye.Amber, Boxwood, milk-opal, white coral.. 2014.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Objects of desire.Pendants..

Object: Mirrors & Illusions by Mette Saabye.Laburnum, 925silver.. 2013.From series: Mirrors & Illusions.Rings & Pendants..

Object: Condensators by Mette Saabye.Wood, reconstructed stone, resin & ink.. 2013.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Condensators.Rings..

Object: Condensators by Mette Saabye.Wood, reconstructed stone, resin, minerals & ink.. 2013.Photo by: Dorte Krogh.From series: Condensators.Rings..

Necklace: Balance Tool 1 by Mette Saabye.Ash tree, magnets, silver 925, cotton. 2012.15 x 45 x 7 cm.Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Necklace: Balance Tool 2 by Mette Saabye.Ash tree, plastic, magnets, silver 925, cotton. 2012.15 x 45 x 7 cm.Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Necklace: Time Reader by Mette Saabye.Larch Tree, 18kt. Gold, epoxy. 2012.15 x 45 x 9 cm.Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Brooch: A Boat is a Boat by Mette Saabye.Paper, silver 925, silk. 2012.Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Necklace: A Boat is a Boat by Mette Saabye.Oxidized silver 925. human nails, silk. 2012.Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Brooch: A Boat is a Boat by Mette Saabye.Teak tree, plastic, silver 925. 2012.Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Necklace: A Boat is a Boat by Mette Saabye.Birch tree, plastic, oil paint. 2012.Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Brooch: A Boat is a Boat by Mette Saabye.Silver 925. 2012.Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Necklace: Below the snow... by Mette Saabye.Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton. 2010.19x10x2 cm.Copenhagen, March 12th 2010.

Necklace: Dream of a Friend by Mette Saabye.Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton. 2010.19x10x1 cm 3.5 gr..Copenhagen, August 26th 2009.

Brooch: Spring by Mette Saabye.Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton. 2010.8x4x2cm.Copenhagen, April 2nd 2009.

Necklace: Vienna by Mette Saabye.Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton. 2010.45x8x6 cm.Vienne, October 12th 2009.

Necklace: Ocean of Birds by Mette Saabye.Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton. 2010.19x10x1 cm.Copenhagen, February 9th 2010 .

Brooch: On the Beach by Mette Saabye.Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton. 2010.3.5x5.5x3 cm 3.5 gr..Thy, October 8th 2009.

Necklace: Friends by Mette Saabye.Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton. 2010.19x10x1 cm.Fyn, June 16th 2008.

Necklace: From the Uncle of a Nufle Gufle by Mette Saabye.Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton. 2010.13x7x1 cm.Korsør, September 3rd 2009.

Brooch: Sexual Harassment by Mette Saabye.Paper, 18 ct. gold , white lacquer, silver 925. 2007.10 x 10 x 1 cm.

Necklace: Forget me not by Mette Saabye.Silk, photos. 2006.45 x 10 x 1 cm.

Necklace: A home by Mette Saabye.Paper, cotton string, silver 925. 2006.45 x 8 x 4 cm.

Brooch: Cookiegirl by Mette Saabye.18 ct. gold, scrap, turquoise. 2006.1 x 4 x 8 cm.

Necklace: Mum by Mette Saabye.18 ct. gold, precious stones. 2006.9x 4 x 2 cm.

Ring: Peas and kinky corny carrots by Mette Saabye.18 ct. gold, green agate, pearls, chorales. 2006.4x 4 x 4 cm.

Ring: Pheasant with boiled potatoes by Mette Saabye.18 ct. gold, pearls, agate. 2006.4x 4,5 x 3,5 cm.

Ring: Sweets by Mette Saabye.18 ct. gold, syntetic precious stones. 2006.4x 2,5 x 2,5 cm.

Ring: Four signatures by Mette Saabye.18 ct. gold, signets. 2006.4 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm.

Group photo of the exhibition Sensory Tales. The Sound of Togetherness
by Josefine Rønsholt Smith and Mette Saabye

Group photo of the exhibition Sensory Tales. The Sound of Togetherness
by Josefine Rønsholt Smith and Mette Saabye

Group photo of the exhibition Sensory Tales. The Sound of Togetherness
by Josefine Rønsholt Smith and Mette Saabye

Josefine Rønsholt Smith
Mette Saabye
Necklace: Care - Intention, 2023
Dyed cotton ribbon, zinc & tartcherry
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Josefine Rønsholt Smith
Mette Saabye
Necklace: Confidence - Togetherness, 2024
Brass, amber, silk, enamel, copper, boxwood & 925 silver
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Josefine Rønsholt Smith
Mette Saabye
Brooch: Care - Intention, 2023
Zinc, tartcherry & dyed cotton ribbon
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Josefine Rønsholt Smith
Mette Saabye
Necklace: Intimacy - Flexibility, 2024
Leather, copper, enamel, pine tree, bone, 925s & silk
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Leucorrhinia caudalis, 2017
Cacholong, plastic laminate, silk, 925 silver.
9 x 11 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Bombina bombina, 2017
Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.
8 x 10 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Coronella austriaca, 2017
Cacholong, plastic laminate, smoke quartz, onyx, 925 silver.
2 x 8 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Coenonympha arcania, 2017
Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.
10 x 10 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Coenonympha arcania – Perlemorrandøje, 2017
Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925s.
10 X 10 X 1 cm
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Parnassia palustris, 2017
Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.
9 x 9 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Orchis militaris, 2017
Cacholong, plastic laminate, Amethyst 925 silver.
12 x 8 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Lychnis flos-cuculi, 2017
Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.
12 x 8 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Malus domestica, 2017
Cacholong, Plastic laminate, Rose quartz, Agatha, 925 silver.
12 x 9 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Lucanus cervus, 2017
Cacholong, Plastic laminate, 925 silver.
11 x 8 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Mimosa pudica, 2016
Cacholong, plastic laminate, 925 silver.
8 x 8 x 1 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Stone Poetry - A Slice of Home
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Tears of Gold, 2016
Various gold alloy
1.8 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
We can express our feelings, and state of mind with tears.
Scientifically tears are divided into three different types, based on their origin. Basal tears, reflex tears and emotional tears. Tears brought about by emotions have a different chemical make-up than Reflex and Basal tears.
Emotional tears contain more of the protein-based hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and Leu-enkephalins, a natural painkiller. No tears are identical and you can't tell if a tear is brought by in anger, sorrow or happiness. These tears of gold are all individual, and their karat are kept a secret. I will make it up to you to decide if your Gold Tear refer to a sad or happy memory, or simply caused by the action of peeling an onion.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Mette Saabye
Object: Objects of desire, 2015
Reconstructed stone, resin, ink, wood, pearls & turquoise.
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Objects of desire
Rings & Pendants.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Mette Saabye
Object: Objects of desire, 2015
Reconstructed stone, resin, ink, wood & turquoise.
Photo by: Krogh; Dorte
From series: Objects of desire
Pendants.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Mette Saabye
Object: Objects of desire, 2015
Reconstructed stone, resin, wood & coral.
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Objects of desire
Rings & Pendants.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Mette Saabye
Object: Objects of desire, 2015
Reconstructed coral, resin, pearwood & coral.
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Objects of desire
Pendants.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Mette Saabye
Object: Objects of desire, 2015
Reconstructed coral, resin, ink, pearwood & coral.
From series: Objects of desire
Pendants.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Mette Saabye
Object: Objects of desire, 2014

Reconstructed coral, resin, ink, pearwood & coral.

Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Objects of desire
Pendants.
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Mette Saabye
Object: Objects of desire, 2014
Amber, Boxwood, milk-opal, white coral.
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Objects of desire
Pendants.
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Mette Saabye
Object: Mirrors & Illusions, 2013
Laburnum, 925silver.
From series: Mirrors & Illusions
Rings & Pendants.
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Mette Saabye
Object: Condensators, 2013
Wood, reconstructed stone, resin & ink.
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Condensators
Rings.
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Mette Saabye
Object: Condensators, 2013
Wood, reconstructed stone, resin, minerals & ink.
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
From series: Condensators
Rings.
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Balance Tool 1, 2012
Ash tree, magnets, silver 925, cotton
15 x 45 x 7 cm
Photo by Dorte Krogh
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Balance Tool 2, 2012
Ash tree, plastic, magnets, silver 925, cotton
15 x 45 x 7 cm
Photo by Dorte Krogh
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Time Reader, 2012
Larch Tree, 18kt. Gold, epoxy
15 x 45 x 9 cm
Photo by Dorte Krogh
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: A Boat is a Boat, 2012
Paper, silver 925, silk
Photo by Dorte Krogh
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: A Boat is a Boat, 2012
Oxidized silver 925. human nails, silk
Photo by Dorte Krogh
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: A Boat is a Boat, 2012
Teak tree, plastic, silver 925
Photo by Dorte Krogh
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: A Boat is a Boat, 2012
Birch tree, plastic, oil paint
Photo by Dorte Krogh
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: A Boat is a Boat, 2012
Silver 925
Photo by Dorte Krogh
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Below the snow..., 2010
Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton
19x10x2 cm
Copenhagen, March 12th 2010
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Dream of a Friend, 2010
Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton
19x10x1 cm 3.5 gr.
Copenhagen, August 26th 2009
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Spring, 2010
Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton
8x4x2cm
Copenhagen, April 2nd 2009
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Vienna, 2010
Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton
45x8x6 cm
Vienne, October 12th 2009
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Ocean of Birds, 2010
Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton
19x10x1 cm
Copenhagen, February 9th 2010
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: On the Beach, 2010
Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton
3.5x5.5x3 cm 3.5 gr.
Thy, October 8th 2009
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Friends, 2010
Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton
19x10x1 cm
Fyn, June 16th 2008
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: From the Uncle of a Nufle Gufle, 2010
Visible materials: gold, paper, paint, cotton
13x7x1 cm
Korsør, September 3rd 2009
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Sexual Harassment, 2007
Paper, 18 ct. gold , white lacquer, silver 925
10 x 10 x 1 cm
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: A home, 2006
Paper, cotton string, silver 925
45 x 8 x 4 cm
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Mette Saabye
Brooch: Cookiegirl, 2006
18 ct. gold, scrap, turquoise
1 x 4 x 8 cm
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Mette Saabye
Necklace: Mum, 2006
18 ct. gold, precious stones
9x 4 x 2 cm
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Mette Saabye
Ring: Peas and kinky corny carrots, 2006
18 ct. gold, green agate, pearls, chorales
4x 4 x 4 cm
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Mette Saabye
Ring: Pheasant with boiled potatoes, 2006
18 ct. gold, pearls, agate
4x 4,5 x 3,5 cm
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Mette Saabye
Ring: Sweets, 2006
18 ct. gold, syntetic precious stones
4x 2,5 x 2,5 cm
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Mette Saabye
Ring: Four signatures, 2006
18 ct. gold, signets
4 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm
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Statement

Mette Saabye is one of Denmark's most distinguished jewellery artists. For over 30 years she has refined and challenged her artistic expression to become a multisensory and nonverbal language. The making of jewellery art is her way of being in touch with life and giving voice to her observations, understandings and perspectives on various subjects.
With her work, Mette investigates themes such as memory, and cultural identity. She is concerned with the impact of aesthetics on people, as well as the interrelation between body and object in a social context. Her works are typically expressed in an elegant and simple style.

Stone Poetry - A slice of home
As a child I hoped to become an archaeologist. I was fascinated by history and ancient cultures.
Another interest of mine, was finding fossils by the sea with my father. We often did, and when a new piece was found he would explain what kind of animal it had once been.
I was fascinated by these objects that kept a door open to lost cultures and time, I felt connected across time and cultures - so close and still separated. The brooches are questioning the matter of cultural identity. They are artificial fossils, referring to the culture that shaped me.