Xavier Monclús
Jeweller
Published: 09.07.2018
yahoo.esBrooch: Sa Barraca de s'Hostal, 2016
Silver, enamel painting.
5.5 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm
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Brooch: Arquitectura menorquina I, 2015
Silver and Enamel painting.
5.5 x 6 x 1 cm
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Brooch: Arquitectura menorquina II, 2016
Silver, Oxidated silver, Brass and Enamel painting.
4.5 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
Published at: Miniarchitectures. Argumentum, Lisbon, 2017
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Brooch: Arquitectura menorquina III, 2016
Silver and Enamel painting.
5.5 x 5.3 x 1 cm
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Brooch: The Gate, 2016
Silver, Wood, Acrylic and Enamel painting.
6 x 3 x 1.7 cm
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Brooch: Podium, 2016
Silver and Enamel painting.
4.7 x 5.7 x 1.2 cm
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Brooch: Encontre sobtat, 2016
Silver, Oxidated silver, Plastic and Enamel painting.
7 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm
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Brooch: Blind window, 2016
Silver and Enamel painting.
55 x 36 x 12 mm
Published at: Miniarchitectures. Argumentum, Lisbon, 2017
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Brooch: The Church, 2016
Silver, Cooper and Enamel painting.
55 x 30 x 12 mm
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Brooch: Welcome house, 2016
Silver and enamel painting
55 x 30 x 12 mm
Published at: Miniarchitectures. Argumentum, Lisbon, 2017
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Pendant: Maison de la charité, 2016
Silver, Oxidated silver, Wood, Plastic, Acrylic and Enamel painting
6.7 x 2 x 1.2 cm
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Pendant: Sa fresca a Alcaufar, 2016
Silver, cord and enamel painting.
5.3 x 3.3 x 1 cm
Pendant and Object
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Pendant: Casa cabrona, 2016
Silver, wood, cord, acrylic and enamel painting.
55 x 25 x 18 mm
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Ring: Magnum, 2016
Silver, wood and acrylic painting.
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Amunt sa Pedra, 2014
Silver, plastic figure, enamel painting
70 x 40 x 16 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Materies Constructives I, 2012
Silver, wood acrylic, enamel painting
60 x 45 x 8 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
Published at: Éclat. Maestros de la joyería contemporánea, 2014
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Brooch: Materies Constructives II, 2012
Silver, oxidated silver, wood, acrylic, enamel painting
47 x 55 x 15 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Record Immemorial, 2013
Silver, enamel painting
65 x 35 x 15 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
Published at: Éclat. Maestros de la joyería contemporánea, 2014
Published at: Menorca Contemporània. 2013
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Brooch: Sa Porta de s´Aire, 2014
Silver, enamel painting
62 x 32 x 13 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Poisson Male & Poisson Female, 2013
Silver, wood, acrylic, enamel painting
28 x 77 x 10, 28 x 78 x 8 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
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Brooch: Poisson Male, 2013
Silver, wood, acrylic, enamel painting
28 x 77 x 10 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
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Brooch: Poisson Female, 2013
Silver, wood, acrylic, enamel painting
28 x 78 x 8 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Sa Papallona Petrificada, 2013
Silver, enamel painting
40 x 70 x 8 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
Published at: Papallona/Mariposa/Butterfly, 2014
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Brooch: Fragment Constructiu I, Fragment Constructiu II, Fragment Constructiu III, 2014
Silver, oxidated silver, wood, acrylic, enamel painting
39 x 40 x 10, 38 x 38 x 9, 38 x 39 x 10 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: New Work
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Brooch: National Geographic, 1994
Silver, gold, brass, wood, laminated paper, acrylic painting and enamel painting
67x 45 x 6 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
Part of: El laboratori de la joieria. 1940-1990. Museu de les Arts Decoratives de Pedralbes
From series: Animals
Published at: Un art íntim, 1996
Published at: El laboratori de la joieria, 2007
Published at: El Jardí Fantàstic. Joieria modernista a les col.leccions europees, 2005
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Brooch: The Kidnapping Of The EEC, 2002
Silver, oxidized silver, laminated paper and enamel painting
55 x75 x 12 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Animals
Published at: OJO, an exhibition of contemporary spanish jewellery
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Fauna Lleidetana, 2003
Silver,oxidated silver,bronze, laminated paper and enamel painting
125 x 65 x 17 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
Part of: Animals
Published at: BCN Jewellery Factory, 2005
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Brooch: Le Poisson Anti-Pollution, 1997
Silver, brass, gold and enamel painting
38 x 58 x 11 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
Part of: El laboratori de la joieria. 1940-1990. Museu de les Arts Decoratives de Pedralbes
From series: Animals
Published at: De Rebus Naturae. Flora e fauna nel gioiello di ricerca, 2005
Published at: El laboratori de la joieria. 1940-1990, 2007
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Brooch: Spiritual Terrier, 1998
Silver, oxidated silver and enamel painting
63 x 56 x 8 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Animals
Published at: Pensieri Preziosi 5. La llibertat de la joia, 2009
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Brooch: Maya's Home, 2018
Silver, wood, laminated paper, plastic and acrylic painting.
6.3 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Waiting For The Son, 2007
Silver, oxidized silver, wood, laminated paper, acrylic painting and enamel painting
90 x 62 x 8 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Animals
Published at: Hnoss depended
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Brooch: Canvi De Temps, 1994
Silver, gold, copper, wood, acrylic, enamel paint
35x 70x 6 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Animals
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Brooch: Aquarium. Serie Everyday Containers, 2009
Silver, wood, enamel paint
40 x 65 x 10 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Animals
Published at: Pensieri Preziosi 5. La llibertat de la joia, 2009
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Rabbit Amusements. Serie Everyday Containers, 2005
Silver,oxidated silver, wood, enamel paint
50 x 67 x 10 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Animals
Published at: Pensieri Preziosi 5. La llibertat de la joia. 2009
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Brooch: La Factoria de les Pedres Marines, 2000
Silver, gold, wood, plastic, enamel paint
60 x 50 x 9 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
Published at: Pensieri Preziosi 5. La llibertat de la joia, 2009
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Just Like the Frogs of Didsbury, 2004
Silver, oxidated silver, laminated paper, plàstic, enamel paint
72 x 43 x 25 mm
From series: Architecture
Published at: BCN Jewellery factory, 2005
Published at: Pensieri Preziosi 5. La llibertat de la joia, 2009
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Living Under The Factory, 2007
Silver, alpaca, bronze, plastic, laminated paper, enamel paint
78 x 67 x 8 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
Published at: Pensieri Preziosi 5. La llibertat de la joia, 2009
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Brooch: Snowy´s Family, 2007
Silver, oxidated silver, alpaca, bronze, wood, enamel paint.
66 x 76 x 7 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
Published at: Pensieri Preziosi 5. La llibertat de la joia, 2009
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Mediterrània I, 1996
Silver, gold, brass, copper, enamel paint
55 x 42 x 6 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Architecture
Published at: Jaume Mercadé I La Joia D´Art, 2005
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Brooch: El Refugi del Cel-Winter, 1997
Silver, alpaca, wood, acrylic, enamel paint
57 x 55 x 5 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Architecture
Published at: Jewellery Moves: Ornament for the 21st Century
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Brooch: Carrot and Rabbit Corral, 2011
Silver,oxidated silver,wood, laminated paper, plastic, enamel paint
55 x 70 x 8 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
Published at: Éclat. Maestros de la joyería contemporánea, 2014
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Can Encenalls, 2011
Silver, oxidated silver, alpaca, bronze, iron, enamel paint
75 x 75 x 12 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
Published at: Éclat. Maestros de la joyería contemporánea, 2014
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: La Casa de la Saviesa, 2011
ilver, oxidated silver, wood , enamel paint
68 x 55 x 8 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: De Pinguins Van Amsterdam, 2009
Silver, oxidated silver, alpaca, laminated paper, plastic, enamel paint
90 x 54 x 9 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
Published at: Éclat. Maestros de la joyería contemporánea, 2014
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Brooch: Es Llop de Mar de Binisafua, 2013
Silver, oxidated silver, bronze, enamel paint
60 x 65 x 13 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
Published at: Menorca Contemporània. 2013
Published at: Éclat. Maestros de la joyería contemporánea, 2014
Published at: 10 anni di Pensieri Preziosi. La voce degli artisti, 2015
Published at: Miniarchitectures. Argumentum, Lisbon, 2017
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Taula amb Aucell, 2013
Silver, enamel paint
70 x 43 x 9 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Architecture
Published at: Menorca Contemporània, 2013
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Pastanaga Speed, 1995
Silver, bronze, wood, acrylic, enamel paint
38 x 77 x 11 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Toys
Published at: Un art íntim, 1996
Published at: Lucca Preziosa. Oreficeria europea contemporanea, 2005
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Brooch: Monkey Circus, 2004
Silver, oxidated silver, wood, laminated paper, plastic, acrylic, enamel paint
93 x 48 x 15 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Toys
Published at: BCN Jewellery factory, 2005
Published at: Lucca Preziosa. Oreficeria europea contemporanea, 2005
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Sunday, 2009
Silver, oxidated silver, wood, acrylic, enamel paint
66 x 50 x 9 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Toys
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Brooch: Smoker Carrot, 2011
Silver, bronze, enamel paint
83 x 38 x 7 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Toys
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: The Whale´S Playground, 2004
Silver, rubber figure, laminated paper, plastic, enamel paint
85 x 78 x 23 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
Part of: Françoise van den Bosch Foundation
From series: Toys
Published at: Lucca Preziosa. Oreficeria europea contemporanea, 2005
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: The Hippopotamus´S Destiny, 2002
Silver, rubber figure, textile, enamel paint
50 x 78 x 12 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Toys
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Object: L´Africa Sequestrée per L´Europe, 1996
Alpaca, silver,brass, laminated paper, plastic, plastic toy, rubber figure, enamel painting
75 x 115 x 15 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Images
Published at: The Capture of Europe, 1996
Published at: Lucca Preziosa. Oreficeria europea contemporània, 2005
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Brooch: Brutality, 2003
Silver, laminated paper, plastic, plastic figure, enamel painting
70 x 95 x 15 mm
Photo by: Guillem F-H
From series: Images
Published at: Jewellery Unlimited, 2004
Published at: Inner luxury. International contemporary jewellery
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Brooch: Olga, 1992
Silver, oxidated silver, wood, paper, enamel painting
78 x 65 x 7 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
Part of: El Laboratori de la Joieria. 1940-1990. Museu de les Arts Decoratives de Pedralbes, Barcelona
From series: Images
Published at: El Laboratori de la Joieria. 1940-1990, 2007
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Brooch: Olga, 1992
Silver, oxidated silver, wood, paper, enamel painting
78 x 65 x 7 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
Part of: El Laboratori de la Joieria. 1940-1990. Museu de les Arts Decoratives de Pedralbes, Barcelona
From series: Images
Published at: El Laboratori de la Joieria. 1940-1990, 2007
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Cheese- Movil, 1996
Silver, oxidated silver, enamel painting
50 x 40 x 7 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Images
Published at: Pensieri Preziosi. La llibertat de la joia, 2009
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Brooch: Basic Computer, 2003-2018
Silver, oxidased silver, platic foil, enamel painting
1.7 x 10 x 0.7 cm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Images
Published at: Sacrés Outils! Éditions Arketip, Paris
Multiple edition
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Brooch: El Mite Universal, 1997
Silver, laminated paper, plastic, enamel painting
85 x 66 x 5 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Images
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Wilbur, 1998
Silver, oxidated silver, wood, laminated paper, enamel painting
62 x 51 x 13 mm
Photo by: Xavier Monclús
From series: Images
Published at: Distinto-Distinct, 2002
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Xavier MonclúsPiece: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver, oxidazed silver, enamel painting
Silver, oxidated silver and enamel painting
From series: Dinky Jewels
Earrings, rings, pins, pendants and small brooches
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Piece: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver, oxidized silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
Earrings, rings, pins, pendants and small brooches
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Earrings: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver, oxidized silver, enamel painting
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsRing: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Ring: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver oxidated
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsRing: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Ring: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsRing: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsRing: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsPendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Pendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Pendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsPendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Pendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsPendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsPendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsPendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver, enamel paint
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Pendant: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver, enamel paint
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsBrooch: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver, enamel paint
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsEarrings: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Earrings: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Xavier MonclúsEarrings: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Brooch: Dinky Jewels Collection, since 1995
Silver
From series: Dinky Jewels
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Statement
New Work series:My work has changed since 2010, and this is clearly visible if we observe my practice in the twenty years that preceded this shift. The narrative that so identified my pieces is gradually receding. Whilst retaining an element of figurative reference, my line of enquiry is now focused on a more direct geometric simplicity as well as a tendency towards minimalism. Narrative compositions have been replaced by forms that allude more to the inherent qualities of materials. I am now more interested in representing the materials that buildings are made of rather than narrating what happened inside them, as I used to do; to use geometric fragments that evoke the texture and colour of stone as well as of wood. Fragments speak of a whole; almost abstract in character, they can be in themselves a complete composition.
Animals have not disappeared from my work, not in the least. They are still there as messengers of our own selves, except now they are turned to stone. Petrified so that their memory stays with us forever.
I am now surrounded by the vernacular and the Bronze Age, Talayotic architecture of Menorca. Menorca is where I live now and where I should like to die: a small Mediterranean island, where one is always in contact with its ancestral core.
I love this island; I chose it, I represent it….
Animals series:
Animals feature constantly in my work. I feel a special sentimental attraction towards them. Through fable-like stories they can communicate complex human social behaviour. I often represent them as hybrid beings and assemble them alongside objects and architectural elements, so they acquire their own life and individual characters.
Architecture series:
Maybe I am a frustrated architect. If there is one distinguishing trait in my work it is the use of architecture as an important and recurrent feature. The house represents intimacy, where people are protected from the outside world, where they can live peacefully and in comfort, where they grow as persons. Old factories, a legacy from the Industrial Revolution, are also there, though they are now quite still, as if exhausted from their past manufacturing productivity.
Toys series:
“Jewellery to play with or toys to wear?” once wrote the art historian Mónica Gaspar. This is a very accurate description of my work. I have always been attracted to toys, though clearly I am no longer a child.
I add wheels to my pieces so they can race, others have handles for winding them up and set them moving…ultimately my jewel-toys have become surreal miniatures that have a deeper and more complex meaning than appears at first glance.
I am a collector of old toys. It is a very strong passion of mine. Stronger, I feel, than making art jewellery…
Images series:
Pop art has always been a reference in my work. I have always been fascinated by the way this art movement has the capacity to turn mass-produced images into art. Dada and surrealist collages and their typical disregard for the context of images have always interested me as a way of expressing concepts and ideas in my work.
I have also made jewellery in which found images are central to the piece. Sometimes, these images are just another component in the piece. In others the image generates another technical form that I construct, enabling the change from two-dimensional to three-dimensional form.
Dinky Jewels Collection serie:
Rings, earrings, pendants, small brooches and pins make up this series of work.
I make them or find them in flea markets, and they become prototypes that end up as small jewels. These sweetly ironic, figurative pieces inhabit a small world that expands as I find or imagine a new object. These are recognisable by everyone…they are now used to adorn us, but they stem from our most absolute everyday environment.
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