"My new piece "Green" is included in the exhibition
Urban Renaissance: New Visions of Jewelry and Sculpture
What is Green?
When are products truly sustainably produced?
Who or what else suffers in the process?
With the commercialization of “green” products we are left wondering where the term starts and ends, and how much of our perception is part of a marketing plan.
Many of us know what it means to practice methods of conservation, use nontoxic chemicals, buy from manufactures that do the same, purchase only “ethically” sourced stones, etc. But is every aspect of the businesses you are working with “ethical”?
Is this “green”?
“Green” is the anti “fine” jewelry, a commentary on the trend of greenwashing in the marketplace. While strikingly luxurious and opulent, 90% of the materials to make this piece were either donated or repurposed."
"The character gallery is born from the initiative of two designers,
Gemma Barrera et Pascal Cretin, en novembre 2000 à Neuchâtel. Gemma Barrera and Pascal Cretin, in November 2000 in Neuchatel".
In Flaubert’s novel, "A sentimental education, the young hero has to find his path among contradictory feelings at a time of historical changes. In the last decades, the theoretical issue of modernity and his need for change became less relevant and visual artists started to look back to the past, taking forms from a common repertory inheritated from international Avant-gardes. With the same concern, contemporary jewellers explore past history of jewellery to point out specific meanings in a new social and historical context."
"Selfridges in London has selected a collection of jewellery of Ineke Otte, for the launch of the new film "Alice in Wonderland", with Johhny Depp. They have a special presentation with products which are related to the film. They present the collections of jewellery "tea for two" and necklaces "rat" of Ineke to the public during this event."
'The Phallic Hero' -- A Love Amulet for the Young and Shameless.
He is inspired by the Freudian diptych of Eros - Thanatos (love - death), Rainer Maria Rilke's 'Seven Phallic Poems' and Joseph Cornell's surreal universe trapped in a box.
Designed by Loukia Richards and cast at a traditional Greek family workshop, excited to try old tricks in new things. Available in silver 925, gold 14K and gold 18K.
