Erica Corte is an Argentinian designer, currently based in New York City. Her creations blend ready-made industrial components such as recycled nuts, clips, zippers and bolts, with recycled & organic cotton & silk cords, fine silver mesh elements and the result is a collection which balances and combines style and sustainability – truly iconic of the modern woman and pioneering of the new age of organic design jewelry.
” The concept for my collection is to blend art and design into one. It’s about experimenting and allowing common utility pieces to become something completely new( …)I believe that each piece I create is made for somebody. And I try to keep this in the forefront of my consciousness when I work. When one of my pieces makes it into the right hands, it embodies something uniquely personal and meaningful for her. And this is what art should be.”
Posted on August 24th, 2010 by marica zottino
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Tithi Kutchamuch’s secret friend family project
“My dog died a month before I got back to my parent home.
I would love to bring her everywhere with me if I could. (…)
Jewellery as part of home that you can bring with. Keep them save, and bring back to complete your forever friend at home.”
(via)
Posted on August 9th, 2010 by marica zottino
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Jewellery sculptures and contemporary jewellery by Sari Liimatta…
About the surprises. In order to assemble something new some things have to be put away, removed; things get lost, disappear or become forgotten. Only broken surface can let us see the hidden price. How far can you go within the boundaries of trust, how close can you let yourself get to someone or let someone get close to you. I just tell what happened to characters. I just try to describe. During some tiny tiny moments which proved to be meaningful afterwards…”
Orphans
Washed
Daydreamers
A part
Posted on July 22nd, 2010 by marica zottino
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Sanhistorie (a sinergy between Santéè-healt and Histoire-history) is a jewellery collection created by Silvia Monti Santini with the collaboration of Daniela Poletti Zino, and it’s made out of orginal 1920’s Pharmacy tags. Each piece is unique and full of history.
“While ransacking in our family’s Pharmacy cellars, I discovered an old wooden first-aid box from an English military camp (…) I opened it to let its many stories resurface: a whole world of items which represented the past and the memory of Santini’s Pharmacy. Since that very moment, it was the desire to bring back to life those items that have made the history of the Pharmacy, and that have become part of our collective imagination, that stimulated my creativity”
Posted on June 18th, 2010 by marica zottino
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Whit each pulse, a fascinating body piece by Lorena Lazard…
“Through my jewelry I question existence. I intend to do this by reflecting on the equilibrium of the opposites. The heart embraces the whole of existence, life and death, presence and absence, love and hate, good and evil, happiness and sadness, passion and despair, faith and disbelieve. ” (more on Klimt02)
Posted on April 8th, 2010 by marica zottino
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Romantic, poetical typographic jewels by Victoria Contreras, each piece featuring a quote by a famous author…
say it with a jewel 
(Via Trenddelacreme)
A special thanks to my friend Jeppy for the tip!
Posted on February 19th, 2010 by marica zottino
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The first time I saw Tzuri Gueta’s creations in Milan some year ago I fell in love with his organic jewels. Soon he became one of the most interesting upcoming designers, attracting the attention of several haute-couture design houses for collaboration.His most recent activity is a luminaires installation for the “Il était une fois Playmobil” at the toy gallery of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris…
“The famous “happy accident” whilst experimenting has lead to Tzuri Gueta – Paris-based textile and jewelry designer – becoming the recognised master of silicone jewelry. Through experimentation, Gueta developed a way to extrude hot silicone through silk tubes and lace fabrics to create these luscious forms.
Silicone penetrates the tiniest fissures and cavities of fabric, blending perfectly with all textures. It can imitate wood, ivory, coral or leather, taking on their physical qualities, infusing them with a subtle luminosity, while adding new forms and agreeable textures.
Necklaces, bracelets, rings and accessories, their surfaces are surprisingly tactile, their effect is ironic and yet very sophisticated.”
“Il était une fois Playmobil” exhibition
“Il était une fois Playmobil” exhibition
bracelet graine, ss10 collection
Tour de cou flotendo, SS10 collection
Bracelet modular 1, SS10 collection
Posted on December 13th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Collection One, the first hand-worked jewel series by Massimo Ottavio Pavan entirely made out of Corian…
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Maria Cristina Bellucci creates astonishing, unique jewels out of coloured pencils combined with wood and silver …
Posted on November 20th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Sounds Like me by Lind&James, an interesting and innovative example of interaction between the jewel and the owner…
“Sounds like me involves the owner becoming connected to the brooch visually
and also by means of sound. We take a sound sample recorded by the
potential owner, mix it, record the new sound bite onto a cassette tape
and then form the brooch from that recorded cassette. The result of the
collaboration between owner and designer, means that the owner has
become part of the piece. Once completed, the brooch will be able to be
heard through a sound file on our website…”
Posted on October 12th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Yunju Lee’s precious stains…
“The worthless and unpleasant stain that we find in our daily life can be transformed into the most valuable and fascinating jewellery. Jewellery is not always extraordinary, but it is an object tht we can learn in our daily life”
Posted on September 27th, 2009 by marica zottino
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The leading idea behind CellulaZ, a project by Roberto Zanon and Gaia Zebellin, is about creating a collection which can switch from home decor to body ornament, taking advance of wax and ceramic characteristics, both physical and poetic.
We can trace histories of familiar objects which assume a new meaning, included and melted into an organic ceramic shape, enclosed itself in a ephemeral wax box, as you may decide to keep it or even to light it ’til it completely dissipates.
Garbage couture, contemporary jewellery, hybrid decor, massive and ephemeral at the same time, and last but not least… gorgeous!
Posted on September 6th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Andrea Andújar is a Spain-based jewellery line run by a mother and daughter duo, Elena and Andrea.
Their inspiration comes from travelling all around the world to find and purchase materials such as stones, gemstones, pearls and fabrics which all end up in their jewels collections, perfectly combining a sophisticated and elegant appeal with a contemporary fashionable mood…
Posted on August 25th, 2009 by marica zottino
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The Tahsi-Tapil graduation project by Tanya Shin…
“The graduation project is all about seeking for a new aesthetics, forms and materials in jewelry design.
My collection is inspired by plant parasites, and making from organic garbage, like: pomegranate seeds, passionflower, lemon, pomelo and Margosa tree seeds.”
Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by marica zottino
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Amazing contemporary jewellery pieces by Jane Gowans…
“Don’t say it, read it.
Watch it, feel it.
React.
Without speech, a mood, a reaction, an emotion, can be understood. My work demonstrates this physical communication.
Too close or not close enough?
Hold.”
Hold
Strangle
Point
Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by marica zottino
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Hanna Hedman’s pieces are not simply jewels, they are a symbolic representation of our feelings and our inner, emotional, fights. They’re a sort of touchable sum-up of situations everyone may get involved. Besides… they’re beatuful.
“Beauty might be seen as vain, but I find it interesting to contrast beauty with the unpleasant, serious and not so nice. The sad and disgusting can also be something beautiful. I use beauty to get the viewers attention, but there is so much more that I would like to convey other than beauty. Human weaknesses and underlying defense mechanisms are often themes that recur in my work. (…)“
Brooch: Enough tears to cry for two series 2008
Copper, paint and synthetic fiber
Necklace: Enough tears to cry for two series 2008
Copper, silver, paint and synthetic fiber
Necklace: Enough tears to cry for two series 2008
Copper, silver, paint and synthetic fiber
Necklace: Enough tears to cry for two series 2008
Copper, paint and synthetic fiber
Posted on July 6th, 2009 by marica zottino
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The classy, elegant, sinuous textile jewels by Israel Roca…
” Medusa is a limited edition collection made of unique pieces, made in silk with buttons from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, ornaments for hats from the early 2oth century and a long list of details found on trips made all over the world, that provide each piece’ a story itself…”
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by marica zottino
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