Vacide Erda
Jeweller
Published: 25.08.2025
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Vacide Erda Zimic is an artist from Lima, Perú. She designs jewelry and wearable art that uses recycled materials to transform. Vacide studied fine arts at the pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. She started her own studio and workshop with local artisans since 1999. She has designed her own textile collection. Vacide Erda Zimic designs objects out of recycled and reclaimed scrap fabrics like felt, cotton, alpaca, carpet and other materials, combining different processes such as sewing, rolling, sticking and cutting.Statement
I explore various techniques and materials such as jewelry and textiles design, ceramics, and painting, amongst others in my pursuit of finding ways to represent the recurrent subjects in my work. I am interested in health and illness’s cycles and how they might affect the body, in death anxiety and in the restorative nature of recycling and renewing. My pieces develop from the liberating exercise of confronting my fears and obsessions, with crudeness and humor as resources for transforming the character of what I identity as vulnerable.2025 Series:
This special series was created in collaboration with MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima. Inspired by the designs of Elena Izcue, I reinterpreted her motifs in merino wool felt, metal, and embroidery, bringing her legacy into the present. Elena Izcue was a pioneering Peruvian designer who played a key role in the rediscovery of pre-Columbian art in the early 20th century, introducing its aesthetics into modern design.
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