ISABELLE BUSNEL  / FRANCE-UK Brooch, 2019 White silicone rubber, magnets Moulded   Ancient Greek art has been revered as the pinnacle of beauty. But statues have all undergone considerable wear over time and are almost all broken. Those brooches are inspired by kitsch magnets I have bought in Athens during the Athens Jewellery Week. Broken […]

ISABELLE BUSNEL  / FRANCE-UK Brooch, 2019 White silicone rubber, magnets Moulded   Ancient Greek art has been revered as the pinnacle of beauty. But statues have all undergone considerable wear over time and are almost all broken. Those brooches are inspired by kitsch magnets I have bought in Athens during the Athens Jewellery Week. Broken […]

MAUD TRAON / FRANCE-UK Bangle, silver, gold plated silver, amethyst, quartz, marquise cut stones, glitter, resin   Maybe nothing is ever really broken. Things just adopt a different shape to force us to look at them not only for what they are but also for what they could be. To adapt. So there are stones, […]

NIK HANTON / NEW ZELAND Brooch, 2019, Pompeii i PLA, resin, sand, brass 3d printing and hand texturing   Pompeii is a decayed city frozen in time with all its Broken Beauty. These "architectural fragments" have been covered, changing their appearance, referring to the way the city of Pompeii has been covered. The city is […]

NIK HANTON / NEW ZELAND Brooch, 2019, Pompeii iii PLA, resin, sand, brass 3d printing and hand texturing   Pompeii is a decayed city frozen in time with all its Broken Beauty. These "architectural fragments" have been covered, changing their appearance, referring to the way the city of Pompeii has been covered. The city is […]

SARA MAS / SPAIN Brooch, Alma Latente nº3 Iron, vitreous enamel and stainless steel Forgin and anticlastic   Beauty is a subjective assessment: what is beautiful for one person may not be for another. That is why we can break with everything, break all the boundaries of aesthetics that conditions us by society. Feel free […]

CHARLOTTE VANHOUBROECK / BELGIUM Earrings, Parure N° 2 - Ear Pieces, 2018 Sterling silver, soapstone Sandcasting, lost wax casting, stonecarving   This jewellery set commemorates the first queen of the Belgians, Louise-Marie d’Orléans. A woman who was promised a blissful life on her wedding day. A life she unfortunately never enjoyed. Because of the loneliness […]

DEIMEZI XENIA  / GREECE Necklace, “Jar”, 2015 Soft plastic, cotton cords, resin   Beauty is subjective. Τhe superficial beauty can be altered through time. Inner beauty is eternal, makes wonders and lives forever. This 2 pieces are the 2 sides of beauty. They are made with a time difference of three years, based in the […]

FABIANA GADANO / ARGENTINA Brooch, Besieged ocean II , 2019 Recycled PET plastic bottles, acrylic resin, nickel silver, stainless steel. Construction (heat, dyes, resin. Riveted to oxidized metal brooch mechanism).   In the last years, I have been working with PET (polyethylene terephthalate), recycling plastic bottles. My project aims to change the destiny of a […]

FRANCINE SCHLOETHF / SWITZERLAND Pendant, Lost II, 2019 plaster, metal powder, silver, lacquer cast, Kintsugi, paint, fabricated   «we’re stronger in the places we’re broken» Ernest Hemingway For my pieces I used the technique of Kintsugi to make the invisible visible and show the damaged part. In 2017 I learned about this technique during my […]

ISABEL TRUJILLO  / COLOMBIA Ring. 1,70. 2019 Silver, cotton pulp from used shirt Pulp making, fabricating   Beauty is like a map where line is direction, river, road, route, limit, bridge, landscape. Still it's possible to get out: one have to de-orientate and get lost to meet with yourself. Only by changing our perspective we […]

ISABEL TRUJILLO  / COLOMBIA Ring. Atravesar. 2019 Silver, cotton pulp from used shirt Pulp making, fabricating   Beauty is like a map where line is direction, river, road, route, limit, bridge, landscape. Still it's possible to get out: one have to de-orientate and get lost to meet with yourself. Only by changing our perspective we […]

JASON STEIN / USA Necklace, “Techno-Lithic Remnants #13”, 2019 Sterling Silver, Shibuichi, Natural Yellow Sapphires Lost-Wax Casting, Fabrication, Stone-Setting   The central theme of my work is the idea of control, both in the physical world around us and within our own consciousness. I am fascinated by the physical means of control we encounter such […]

JASON STEIN / USA Necklace, “Self-Centered”, 2018 Brass Found Objects, Stainless Steel, Copper Fabrication, Object Manipulation   The central theme of my work is the idea of control, both in the physical world around us and within our own consciousness. I am fascinated by the physical means of control we encounter such as locks, ladders, […]

JIEUN PARK / SOUTH KOREA brooch, Leg of Lucy 1, 2018 brass, steel, acrylic lacquer, cotton thread, ott-chil(Korean traditional lacquer) threading, knitting, fabricating   I make Jewelry with the topic of sex and body. I expressed memories and emotions of childhood that establish sexual identity in my art work (art jewelry). And as I grew […]

JIEUN PARK / SOUTH KOREA brooch, Leg of Lucy 2, 2018 brass, steel, acrylic lacquer, cotton thread, ott-chil(Korean traditional lacquer) threading, knitting, fabricating   I make Jewelry with the topic of sex and body. I expressed memories and emotions of childhood that establish sexual identity in my art work (art jewelry). And as I grew […]

JUAN HARNIE / BELGIUM Necklace, Ext01, 2019 Textile, latex, rope, sewing thread. Machine stitching, hand sewing and covering textile with latex to prevent it from unravelling   Extremity I find hands one of the most beautiful body parts; they are useful and elegant at the same time. But, as a jewellery designer you can get […]

JUAN HARNIE / BELGIUM Necklace, Ext02, 2019 Textile, latex, rope, sewing thread. Machine stitching, hand sewing and covering textile with latex to prevent it from unravelling   Extremity I find hands one of the most beautiful body parts; they are useful and elegant at the same time. But, as a jewellery designer you can get […]

JUANJO GARCIA / SPAIN Brooch- Indifference. 2019 Vitreous enamel, copper, wood, small led circuit, steel, silver, quartz crystal. mixed technique - vitreous enamel and led circuit.   What is beauty Why can't there be beauty in something broken? Since ancient times, jewelry has always prevailed because of this very relaxed aspect, impeccable finishes almost as […]

JUANJO GARCIA / SPAIN Brooch- Steam. 2019 Vitreous enamel, copper, wood, small led circuit, steel, silver. mixed technique - vitreous enamel and led circuit.   What is beauty Why can't there be beauty in something broken? Since ancient times, jewelry has always prevailed because of this very relaxed aspect, impeccable finishes almost as if they […]

KATRIN INGRID CHRISTENSEN / DENMARK Pendant, The Lady : Remember Me, 2019 Gold plated silver 925s Camé Goldsmith's techniques (twisted wire work)   Most jewellery pieces have a precious story to tell and this is the story I would like to tell through my pieces made from scraps and reused broken materials. As an artist […]

KATRIN INGRID CHRISTENSEN / DENMARK Brooch, The brooch: I’m still here, 2019 Gold plated silver 925s carved Amber Goldsmith's techniques (Brooches mekanik)   Most jewellery pieces have a precious story to tell and this is the story I would like to tell through my pieces made from scraps and reused broken materials. As an artist […]

LESLIE SHERSHOW / USA Brooch, House of Sand Fleas, 2018 Steel, silver, brass, mirror acrylic, resin, glass beads Fabricated    

LESLIE SHERSHOW / USA Brooch, Kaka (for dad), 2019 Steel, aluminum, brass, silver, car tint, resin, powder coat, sparkles, rubber cord Fabricated, powder coated, set    

LUCIE HOUDKOVA / CZECH REPUBLIC Brooch from serie “Deep” 2019 paper lamelly, silver, stainless steel laser cut, hand fabrication   Beautiful is everything we look with the heart. The heart does not set limits, does not put barriers. These only exist in our mind. Our mental structures are the ones that break beauty and keep […]

MARTA HERRADURA / SPAIN Ring Entredós 2019 Brass, antique fabric, thread and baroque pearls   I work with textile recovered from old and broken garments, looking for textures, embroideries and laces to bring them back to life through poetic pieces that speak of fashion, the past splendor, misunderstood femininity, the delicacy, the loss, the love […]

MARTA HERRADURA / SPAIN Necklace Menina#1 2019 Sterling silver, old fabric, thread and baroque pearls   I work with textile recovered from old and broken garments, looking for textures, embroideries and laces to bring them back to life through poetic pieces that speak of fashion, the past splendor, misunderstood femininity, the delicacy, the loss, the […]

MICHELLE KRAEMER / LUXEMBOURG - AUSTRIA Necklace ‘Fragment II’, 2019 Balsa wood, Pigments, Varnish, Silver carved, painted, soldered, assembled   Everything can break, but not everything that breaks is lost. Sometimes things need to break in order to live on. One bracelet fell to the floor and broke. However the 4 fragments lived on to […]

MICHELLE KRAEMER / LUXEMBOURG - AUSTRIA Necklace ‘Fragment III’, 2019 Balsa wood, Pigments, Varnish, Silver carved, painted, soldered, assembled   Everything can break, but not everything that breaks is lost. Sometimes things need to break in order to live on. One bracelet fell to the floor and broke. However the 4 fragments lived on to […]

MIKI ASAI / JAPAN Brooch, ‘Vases’ 2019 Wood, Japanese paper, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, mineral pigment, silver, steel wire Lacquer work, soldering   In Japanese philosophical aesthetics, being imperfect is essential to make objects beautiful. This idea came from this Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in impermanence, imperfection, transience and ephemerality. ‘Things are either devolving toward, […]

MIKI ASAI / JAPAN Brooch, ‘Vases’ 2019 Wood, Japanese paper, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, mineral pigment, silver, steel wire Lacquer work, soldering   In Japanese philosophical aesthetics, being imperfect is essential to make objects beautiful. This idea came from this Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in impermanence, imperfection, transience and ephemerality. ‘Things are either devolving toward, […]

MIN JAE EOM / SOUTH KOREA Brooch, The White Chrysanthemum 1, 2018 Sterling Silver, Metal forming   Throughout time the influence of social-cultural and historical event embeds symbolic meaning on a particular object. My research focuses on identifying symbolic structures and utilizing them to derive content and add a new definition. To illustrate, flowers serve […]

MIN JAE EOM / SOUTH KOREA Brooch, The White Chrysanthemum #3, 2018 Sterling Silver, Metal forming   Throughout time the influence of social-cultural and historical event embeds symbolic meaning on a particular object. My research focuses on identifying symbolic structures and utilizing them to derive content and add a new definition. To illustrate, flowers serve […]

MINERI MATSUURA / JAPAN brooch,series:Metamorphosis,2019 sulfurized silver,stainless steel,paint,hand sawing,soldering, hand fabricated   If you try to create something beautiful, maybe you are not able to do it so easily. Because ‘Beauty’ is an atmosphere emanating from nature and it’s natural surroundings. Beauty can easily touch the heart of the people who see it. As a […]

MINERI MATSUURA / JAPAN brooch,series:Metamorphosis,2019 sulfurized silver,stainless steel,paint,hand sawing,soldering, hand fabricated   If you try to create something beautiful, maybe you are not able to do it so easily. Because ‘Beauty’ is an atmosphere emanating from nature and it’s natural surroundings. Beauty can easily touch the heart of the people who see it. As a […]

NAMKYUNG LEE / SOUTH KOREA Brooch, ROOM, 2019 Sterling Silver, Rock Crystal, Photograph, Gold Leaf Transfer the photograph on the rock crystal   Whatever it is, it gets old and broken. But it can’t say it is not beautiful. The standard of objective beauty is clearly different from that of subjective. My works are images […]

NAMKYUNG LEE / SOUTH KOREA Brooch, Places, 2019 Sterling Silver, Rock Crystal, Photograph, Pearl, Sapphire Transfer the photograph on the rock crystal and metal   Whatever it is, it gets old and broken. But it can’t say it is not beautiful. The standard of objective beauty is clearly different from that of subjective. My works […]

NAMKYUNG LEE / SOUTH KOREA Necklace, Space, 2019 Sterling Silver, Rock Crystal, Photograph, Pearl Transfer the photograph on the rock crystal   Whatever it is, it gets old and broken. But it can’t say it is not beautiful. The standard of objective beauty is clearly different from that of subjective. My works are images about […]

NAN JIN / CHINA Brooch. Coexistence. 2019 enamel.wool.k22yg.sliver.string stainless wire.grape chalcedony lacquer.brass powder no metal enamel.wool felt.maki-e   People's life will encounter some painful experiences or have some unhappy memories. They’re like some stinging pieces in our body. Many people want to forget about these unpleasant things, but for me, these are the things that […]

NICOLE SCHUSTER / GERMANY Necklace “Abundance”, 2018 silver oxidised, aluminium, nylon, paint, phosphorescent paint,gold pigment, lacquer fabricating, casting, editing, mounting, colouring   The beauty of the full bloom of life is a very fragile moment. Many details have to coincide for it to happen, and in nature there is a finite ending. In a limited […]

NICOLE SCHUSTER / GERMANY Brooch “From Dusk Till Dawn”, 2019 silver oxidised, steel, dyed acrylic plastic, acrylic paint, lacquer fabricating, casting (part), mounting, colouring   The beauty of the full bloom of life is a very fragile moment. Many details have to coincide for it to happen, and in nature there is a finite ending. […]

PATRICIA GALLUCCI / ARGENTINA Brooch. Now that we know each other, 2019 Bronze, silver, oxides, stainless steel. Casting, anticlastic.   Fragile as porcelain If it’s unbreakable, I will not love it. Show me you are vulnerable and I will give you my heart. Everything in the world has its own fragility. That’s the way I […]

PATRICIA GALLUCCI / ARGENTINA Brooch. Now that we know each other, 2019 Bronze, silver, oxides, stainless steel. Casting, anticlastic.   Fragile as porcelain If it’s unbreakable, I will not love it. Show me you are vulnerable and I will give you my heart. Everything in the world has its own fragility. That’s the way I […]

RHO TANG / USA Brooch, Opalescent Fantasy No.6, 2019 Mother of Pearl, Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel Pieced, hand fabricated, riveted   Ostensible beauty can be delicate and uncover deep flaws under detailed inspection. When handled through self reflection or projection onto others these superficial images can be pierced and easily shattered, broken into smaller unrecognizable […]

RHO TANG / USA Brooch, Opalescent Fantasy No.7, 2019 Mother of Pearl, Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel Pieced, hand fabricated, riveted   Ostensible beauty can be delicate and uncover deep flaws under detailed inspection. When handled through self reflection or projection onto others these superficial images can be pierced and easily shattered, broken into smaller unrecognizable […]

RUIZHI LI / CHINA Object, Open & Close (Handles from Medicine Cabinet) , 2018 Copper, sterling silver, enamel Metal fabrication, enameling   Informed by quotidian acts, I create new objects that reconsider the overlooked. While observing everyday routines, I draw, scale, skew, and extract, reconstructing these object encounters and presenting them anew. Cutting things open […]

RUIZHI LI / CHINA Object, Pour & Swallow (Coffee Cup Lids) , 2018 Copper Wire shaping   Informed by quotidian acts, I create new objects that reconsider the overlooked. While observing everyday routines, I draw, scale, skew, and extract, reconstructing these object encounters and presenting them anew. Cutting things open with scissors, drinking coffee through […]