Monica Cecchi

Jeweller

Published: 20.05.2015

Monica Cecchi

: Via San Martino in Campo 13
50056 - Capraia e Limite sull'Arno
ITALY

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Monica Cecchi
Ring: La cosa che ho perso, 2015
Recycled tin
5 x 3 x 1.5 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Necklace: Legami di sangue, 2015
Recycled tin
ø 20 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Necklace: Legami di sangue, 2015
Recycled tin
ø 20 cm

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Monica Cecchi
Necklace: La città bianca, 2015
Recycled tin
ø 23 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Necklace: La città riflessa, 2014
Recycled tin
ø 23 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Necklace: Corrispondenza, 2014
Recycled tin
ø 25 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Cufflinks: Messaggini rossi, 2014
Recycled tin
1.2 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Ring: Gomitolino, 2014
Recycled tin
4.5 x 6.4 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Necklace: Percorsi della mente, 2014
Recycled tin
ø 22 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Earrings: Eco azzurro, 2013
Recycled tin
4.8 x 3.3 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Brooch: Mondo, 2013
Recycled tin
ø 9 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Earrings: Incontro, 2013
Recycled tin
4.8 x 3.3 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Brooch: Gomitolo, 2012
Recycled tin
ø 8 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Brooch: Habitat, 2012
Recycled tin
14 x 14 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Brooch: Untitled, 2010
Tin, iron, steel
16 x 9 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Brooch: Teseo, 2010
Rin, wood, steel
17 x 7 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Bracelet: Assortimento florida, 2009
Tin, gold 18kt
22 x 5,5 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Bracelet: Untitled, 2010
Tin, steel
27 x 11 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Bracelet: Città 2, 2008
Tin, iron
21 x 9,5 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Brooch: Cucu oui c'est moi, 2010
Tin, god 18 kt
25 x 16 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Piece: Lei, 2009
Tin
10 x 11 x 8 cm & 11 x 10 cm
Sculpture-Brooch
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Monica Cecchi
Piece: Grrr, 2009
Tin, gold 18kt
25 x 15 cm & 6 x 4 cm
Sculpture-Brooch
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Monica Cecchi
Brooch: Grrr, 2009
Tin, gold 18 kt
6 x 4 cm
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Monica Cecchi
Piece: Il giorno dopo, 2004
Tin, gold 18kt
30 x 9 cm
Sculpture-Brooch
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Monica Cecchi
Brooch: Il giorno dopo, 2004
Tin, gold 18kt
9 cm diam.
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Monica Cecchi. Necklace: Like an egyptian, 2009. Tin, iron. 31 cm diam..

Monica Cecchi. Necklace: Natura morta, 2008. Tin, gold 18kt. 13,5 cm diam..

Monica Cecchi
Necklace: Seduta alla destra del padre, 2006
Tin
26 cm diam.
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Monica Cecchi. Necklace: Babele, 2010. Tin. 22 x 23 cm diam..

Monica Cecchi
Necklace: Geometrie intorno al centro, 2010
Tin, iron
28 cm diam.
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Statement

My studio is like a child’s playroom where everything is permitted but under the rule of my game. I almost always start with very free sketches trying to keep the lightness and spontaneity of the gesture on paper. During the planning and the execution I do not exclude any possibilities of changing my plan that the randomness or other events can suggest to me. I try to consider what is happening and choose what interests me at the that moment. I think it is a game played on the unconscious memory because my intention is to loose a certain kind of control in my creative phase losing the intent of reason to arrive at something that I have known but, at the same time, surprises me.
I try to reach a result that amazes me while I can recognize as something familiar, like when, during the day you notice something that reminds us of a dream the night before that you were not able to recall with an effort of will. I work both in field of jewelry and in sculpture probably because both of these two disciplines have a base of technical progress that is able to keep my ego and my opinion busy, until the end of the job.
One of the materials that I love are the old thin cans; I like their graphics because represent a certain type of history of society of the last century where the packaging was non junk it was reusable. These containers remind me of my childhood, of grandmother who preserved these boxes of cookies where they kept wires and button or other tools that they consider valuable. I am a passionate collector and, at the same time, a destroyer of these objects that have had a particular symbolism for me ranging from the protection and coercion, but at the same time, can be used as a palette for a painter and still possess a charm which doesn’t seek an explanation.
I really like using the old material, which has the signs of aging or has cracks that suggest their story without revealing it completely. Generally I join these objects, unique for and valuable for their history, with the material prized for its commercial value because it seems to me that this contrast is interesting and that between these two types of material a relationship and tension is born because their difference.

CV

Monica Cecchi, 1964, Prato, Italy.

Education:
2009 Workshop with Gianpaolo Babetto, Le arti orafe; Florence, Italy
2004-2007 Graduated at Libera Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2006 Workshop with Giovanni Corvaja, workshop with Gianpaolo Babetto, Le arti orafe, Lucca, Italy
1999-2001 Specialization course with Giampaolo Babetto, Specialization course with Manfred Bischoff, Alchimia contemporary jewellery school, Florence, Italy.

Exhibitions:
2010 Artef iera Bergamo, (Italy)| Gardini informali, biennale arte contemporanea, Empoli, Florence, Italy | 1st edition of international art festival, italian and international artists show, Wison art center, Expo 2010,Shangai,China | Exhibition of international artists works, Inter national convention center Huang, He Ha, Shangai, China
2009 Micro museum, New York, US | Studio Iroko/ Tortona Creativity “Anatomy Domain” Milano, Italy | Jewelry created for Manon Lescaut 55° Festival Puccini di Torre del Lago, Lucca, Italy | Jewelry created for Manon Lescaut Taetro dell'opera di Nizza, Nizza, France | Solo exhibitions Galleria Previtali Milano, Italy
2008 Trump Tower. New York, US | Italian art exhibitions “StArt Miami 1°” Miami, Florida, US | “Come carne viva” Accademia Euteleti San Miniato, Pisa, Italy
2007 “Art Miami” Fine art fair, Miami beach, US | “Artexpo” , New York, US | “Kiaf” Korea international art fair, Seuol, Korea | “Rose's choice” Museo Internazionale della donna nell’arte – Scontrone, Aquila, Italy | “To call to mind” - Spazio Mondadori , San Marco, Venice, Italy | “Art Singapore fair”, Singapore | Euart “Contemporary european art showcase” exhibition in USA | Alliance francaise & Società Dante Alighieri, New Cultural Center, Miami, Florida, US
2006 “Collect” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK | “Women in jewellery” Alternatives Gallery, Roma , Italy
2005 “T.5 “, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, US
2004 “Eco-jewellery”, galleria Alternatives, Roma, Italy | “Contact”, Mobilia gallery, Cambridge, US
2003 “Schmuck 2003”, Munich, Germany | Promo-Arte Project Gallery, Tokyo, Japan | Contemporary Art Centre, Laren, The Nederlands
2002 Alchimia Gallery, Florence, Italy | London Guildhall University, London, UK | “Design Podium”, Inorghenta, Munich, Germany | Galleria Marcolongo, Padova, Italy
2001 International Graduation show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmengen, Nederland | “Midora” Jewellery fair Lipsia, Germany | “Cross Currents” Sofa, Chicago, US
2000 Rassegna di grafica italiana, Museo Pecci, Prato
1999 Solo exhibition, galleria La Spirale, Prato, Italy | “Arte usa non getta replay” Villa Pisani, Dolo, Venice, Italy | “Rosa rosae”, gallery Tutt’Arte. Prato, Italy
1998 “Arte usa non getta”, spazio espositivo S. Caterina, Prato, Italy | Solo exhibition, gallery La Spirale , Prato, Italy

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Monica Cecchi

: Via San Martino in Campo 13
50056 - Capraia e Limite sull'Arno
ITALY

: Website

Mail:: infomonicacecchi.it