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Published: 19.08.2011
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Brooch: Daniels first dream
Pipe, jet, aquamarine, silver, steel
Tanel, Veenre
Brooch: Daniels first dream
Pipe, jet, aquamarine, silver, steel
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Necklace: St Sebastian II
Antique wood, bob-floats, silver
Tanel, Veenre
Necklace: St Sebastian II
Antique wood, bob-floats, silver
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Brooch: Papaver
Engraved horn, jade, silver, white gold
Eve, Margus-Villems
Brooch: Papaver
Engraved horn, jade, silver, white gold
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Brooch: Sigh
Engraved horn, gabbro, white gold
Eve, Margus-Villems
Brooch: Sigh
Engraved horn, gabbro, white gold
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Earrings: King Cobra
Black precious coral, white gold, silver, spinel, obsidian, black raw diamond
Kadri, Mälk
Earrings: King Cobra
Black precious coral, white gold, silver, spinel, obsidian, black raw diamond
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Brooch: Unexpected Angel
Painted cibatool, silver, white gold, black raw diamond, aquamarine
Kadri, Mälk
Brooch: Unexpected Angel
Painted cibatool, silver, white gold, black raw diamond, aquamarine
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Brooch: Moonshine
Vanilla, paint, silver, citrine
Kristiina, Laurits
Brooch: Moonshine
Vanilla, paint, silver, citrine
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Brooch: Phrases
Animal liver, antique wood, silver, glass stones
Kristiina, Laurits
Brooch: Phrases
Animal liver, antique wood, silver, glass stones
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Brooch: He
Silver
Piret, Hirv
Brooch: He
Silver
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Brooch: Pesence
Silver
Piret, Hirv
Brooch: Pesence
Silver
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Object: White Ship
Painted metal
Villu, Plink
Object: White Ship
Painted metal
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Brooch: Thousand Years of Love
Silver, iron, aluminum, paintbrush
Villu, Plink
Brooch: Thousand Years of Love
Silver, iron, aluminum, paintbrush
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Castle in the Air, Estonian pavilion at Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
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Statement
Jewellery artists are individualists; they tend to avoid groupings. Unlike such classical groups of artists as Die Brücke or Der Blaue Reiter, which shared a program, Castle in the Air is only too glad to remain an association of individual talents. They have never advocated any common philosophy besides the desire to make a contribution to contemporary art in a small format, and to be capable of using a piece of jewellery as a key to an imagined world where fantasy can prove to be reality. At some point, the participants developed a non-rational feeling of belongingness, an inexpressible and unaccountable kinship, as Kadri Mälk has called it.The walls of Castle in the Air are permeable; its content, ephemeral. It takes the form of a projection, developing at a magical moment like some object that in the morning rays of the sun seems close enough to touch, although it is kilometres away. Art bridges that gap; desire overcomes reality. And, anyhow, what does reality look like when viewed from the fantasy side?
Rüdiger Joppien, Ph.D., art historian and curator
The jewellery of the artists of Castle in the Air brings the viewer together with fragility, vulnerability, awe, dignity, power and magic. The concentrated spiritual power sequestered in this jewellery speaks to us with needle-sharp delicacy, evocative radiance and concealed magic. It inspires us to explore the meeting point of the apprehensible and the elusive, incites us to go outside the "box" delimited by space-time and make discoveries also in our familiar four dimensions. Castle in the Air has the power to intrigue, surprise, delight, and challenge us. Despite offering stiff resistance, the playground encircled by conventional reality proves only a mirage, and somnambulance becomes a way to delve into the essential strata of a deeper reality.
Saale Kareda, Estonian musicologist
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Olga Kazakova
Moscow, Russian Federation -
Linda van Niekerk
Tasmania, Australia -
Aya Iwata
Tokyo, Japan -
Asako Takahashi
Toyama, Japan -
Jieun Park
Seoul, South Korea -
Sébastien Carré
Strasbourg, France -
Patricia Iglesias
Punta Arenas, Chile -
Nicole Baert
Kortrijk, Belgium -
Esther Brinkmann
Bienne, Switzerland -
Christine Matthias
Halle, Germany -
Raquel Bessudo
Mexico City, Mexico -
Helen Clara Hemsley
Copenhagen, Denmark -
Andrea MAXA Halmschlager
Vienna, Austria -
Joana de Sousa Henriques
Lisbon, Portugal -
Taibe Palacios
Santiago, Chile