Top designers from Brazil and Denmark exhibit jewellery at Koldinghus

Amazonian Rubber and Metal Ring. Flavia Amadeu and Lily Cole

I am on my way to Denmark where I will exhibit my jewellery made of rubber from the Amazon rainforest. The exhibition is an encounter of Brazilian and Danish contemporary jewellery designers promoted by the Ambassador of Denmark in Brazil Anne-Marie Overbye. Last year the exhibition was in São Paulo, Brazil. This year it will happen in the Koldinghus Museum, in Koldinghus.
That time I will give emphasis on the jewellery collection developed with Lily Cole for the Sky Rainforest Rescue and WWF-UK.  
Read below the press release of the exhibition.

New special exhibition at Koldinghus: 
Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition from Brazil and Denmark Koldinghus from 24th August to 24th November 2013. 

Opening on Friday 23rd August at 15.00. 
The artists will give introductions in the exhibition room from 14.00.

A rare meeting between eight Danish and nine Brazilian jewellery designers. 
Two very different worlds each with their own traditions meet - and yet they have a lot in common!

The Nordic cool temperament meets the warm Brazilian temperament. Isn't this how you would imagine a meeting between eight Danish and nine Brazilian designers who are showing their works at The museum at Kodinghus from Saturday the 24th August. But you will find out that it is not quite like this. The two groups met for the first time in Sao Paolo in spring 2012 - and already here it became clear that Danish and Brazilian jewellery design have a lot in common.

On both sides of the Atlantic, jewellery designers are trying to renew their craft and break down the 'rules' which have dominated in this area for centuries. "A piece of jewellery is no longer made from precious metal and an expensive stone which is carried around your neck, around your wrist, or on your finger", explains Axel Johnsen, who is head of exhibitions at Koldinghus.

Ring. Kika Alvaranga.

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This is also seen in the choice of materials. Gold, silver and precious stones are now combined with wood, nylon, paper, rubber, recycling - and a well-used wooden kitchen spon. It is no longer about carat and weight. The jewellery artists add new ideal values to their works. They let them tell small stories or anecdotes from real life or big global stories about climate an social responsability. 

In this way the jewellery is also a testimony to how the designers relate to global challenges. Social responsibility and climate awareness are reoccurring themes which are expressed through the choice and materials but also through the stories that the designers wish to tell with their jewellery. The exhibition is a bonanza of spectacular and exclusive jewellery but also an introduction into the design process of the artists. In the exhibition the 17 designers express what is a driving force in their work and how they think that their jewellery can fulfill the most important purpose of jewellery - to make people happy, explains Axel Johnsen.

Ring. Joana Prudente.

Brazilian jewellery designers: 
Bettina Terepins, Claudia Villela Salles, Joana Prudente, Kika Alvarenga, Ligia de Medeiros, Miriam Pappalardo, Renata Meirelles, Flavia Amadeu, Fátima Bueno

Danish jewellery designers: 
Annette Dam, Karen Fly, Katrine Borup, Lene Hald, Lisbeth Nordskov, Marie-Louise Kristensen, Mette Laier og Trine Trier

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