Vania Ruiz
Jeweller
Published: 22.12.2020
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Brooch: Tropical Butterfly, 2020
Acrylic nails, nail polish, thread, organza, epoxy resin, silver, steel.
17 x 12 x 5 cm
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
From series: Bicha Rara
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Brooch: Tropical Butterfly, 2020
Acrylic nails, nail polish, thread, organza, epoxy resin, silver, steel.
17 x 12 x 5 cm
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
From series: Bicha Rara
Alternative view.
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Brooch: Night Butterfly, 2020
Acrylic nails, nail polish, thread, organza, epoxy resin, silver, steel.
11 x 15 x 5 cm
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
From series: Bicha Rara
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Brooch: Night Butterfly, 2020
Acrylic nails, nail polish, thread, organza, epoxy resin, silver, steel.
11 x 15 x 5 cm
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
From series: Bicha Rara
Alternative view.
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Ring: Bird Singing, 2020
Fabric petals, epoxy resin, ink, varnish, silver.
12 x 7 x 4 cm
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
From series: Domestic Wildness
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Necklace: Metona Grandiosa, 2020
Epoxy resin, ink, paint, silver.
21 x 18 x 2 cm
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
From series: Wings
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Brooch: Bug, 2020
Epoxy resin, ink, paint, silver.
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
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Necklace: Piano Key, 2020
Epoxy resin, ink, paint, silver.
21 x 21 x 2 cm
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
From series: Wings
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Earrings: Acraea Acara, 2020
Epoxy resin, ink, paint, silver.
6.5 x 3.5 x 0.5 cm
Photo by: Vania Ruiz
From series: Wings
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Ring: The Navigator, 2019
Fabric, epoxy resin, ink, varnish silver, plastic.
11 x 9 x 5 cm
Photo by: Nicolás Nadjar
From series: Domestic Wildness
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Bracelet: Exotic Bird, 2019
Fabric petals, epoxy resin, copper.
13 x 13 x 5 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Domestic Wildness
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Brooch: Creation and Chaos, 2019
Fabric petals, epoxy resin, silver, steel.
13 x 13 x 8 cm
Photo by: Nicolás Nadjar
From series: Domestic Wildness
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Brooch: Shrimp, 2018
Fabric petals, epoxy resin, ink, varnish, silver, steel.
15 x 9 x 5 cm
Photo by: Nicolás Nadjar
From series: Domestic Wildness
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Brooch: The New Neighbours, 2018
Fabric, resin, acrylic nails, varnish, thread, silver, steel.
15 x 10 x 9 cm
Photo by: María Valeska Cirano
Awarded at: 2nd Latin American Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2018
Construction, layered resin, hand painted, hand stitched.
Colombians, Dominicans, Venezuelans, Haitians, Central Americans. The exuberance of our new female neighbours conquers our modest womanhood, shifting adornment from a domestic and introverted realm, to a leading urban and extroverted scene of these exotic creatures.
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Ring: Cocoon, 2018
Fabric petals, resin, ink, varnish, silver.
10 x 5 x 5 cm
Photo by: Nicolas Nadjar
From series: Domestic Wildness
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Brooch: Navegante, 2018
Fabric, resin, ink, varnish, silver, iron.
18 X 12 x 8 cm
Photo by: Nicolás Nadjar
From series: Domestic Wildness
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Brooch: Over Protection, 2016
Silicone rubber, textile trimmings, bronze, steel, acrylic paint.
20 x 14 x 3 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Domestic Love
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Brooch: Night Table, 2016
Silicone rubber, acrylic paint, magnets.
22 x 14 x 3 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Domestic Love
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Necklace: Maternal Protection, 2016
Silicone rubber, textile trimmings, acrylic paint.
50 x 14 x 3 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Domestic Love
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Necklace: The Password, 2016
Silicone rubber, textile trimmings, bronze, acrylic paint.
50 x 20 x 2 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Domestic Love
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Necklace: The Password, 2016
Silicone rubber, textile trimmings, bronze, acrylic paint.
50 x 20 x 2 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Domestic Love
Detail view.
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Brooch: Ojo del Diablo, 2016
Copper, acrylic.
13 x 11 x 2 cm
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Ring: Desert Crib, 2014
Copper, epoxy resin, resin pigments, Queñua, several powder spices.
6 x 5 x 1 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Immortelle
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Necklace: Desert Crown, 2014
Copper, epoxy resin, resin pigments, gold plated copper, cinnamon, several spices.
16 x 16 x 2 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Immortelle
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Necklace: Altar, 2014
Copper, epoxy resin, fabric flowers, leather, various powder spices, resin pigments.
28 x 35 x 3 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Immortelle
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Necklace: Help Me Daddy, Soul House, 2013
Copper, epoxy resin, fabric flowers, curhuilla, merquén.
27 x 35 x 3 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Immortelle
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Necklace: Help Me Daddy, Soul House, 2013
Copper, epoxy resin, fabric flowers, curhuilla, merquén.
27 x 35 x 3 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Immortelle
Detail view.
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Brooch: Animita Soul House, 2013
Copper, epoxy resin, fabric flowers, curahuilla, merquén.
15 x 15 x 3 cm
Photo by: María Cirano
From series: Immortelle
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Based in Viña del Mar, Chile, and formally trained as an architect. Since 2010, I divide my work between my jewelry brand Casa Kiro and a more personal art jewelry practice as Vania Ruiz. I’m also an active member and part of the Board of Joya Brava Association. I won the First Prize at the 2nd Latin American Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2018, and also got the Second Prize in 2016 for the first version of the same event in Buenos Aires. My work was featured on the cover of Metalsmith Magazine in February 2020, thanks to my participation in Loot 2019 at New York MAD Museum. My pieces have been presented in Chile, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Polland, Greece, Portugal, Argentina, and the United States.
Statement
I’ve always needed to create things with my hands. I don’t have formal training as a jeweler or either as an artist, but jewelry surprised me allowing me to bring together those things I’ve loved to do since childhood: tell stories, sketch, paint and make objects.In my work, I search to unveil and understand aspects of our cultural identity from a feminine Latin American perspective. And so, jewelry is, for me, a means to explore our culture, discover in popular manifestations a starting point for creation. Protection, raising, taking care of others, creativity, and manual work are qualities associated with a feminine world. Virtues that have been underestimated as well as the intrinsic value they hold.
Much of this ancient female wisdom I did not inherit. It has been through jewelry that I have been able to admire and relate to this woman that I am not and from whom I have so much to learn. The decoration that celebrates the cult to death, devotion, home adornment are all instances where the craftsmanship of popular knowledge is present, often relegated to a lower level of crafts. Elaborated pieces are generally made by women that express love, protection, and belonging.
Each series of work I make is a tribute to these feminine worlds that move me, always accompanied by the experimentation of new material plus historical or anthropological research and reflection on some self-defined aspect. I generally use synthetic or industrial materials to give them a new craftsmanship use because these are the raw materials of our time and which I have on hand in my environment. I use low-cost materials and contribute them with many hours of my time, the major investment for love.
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