Porcelain.
I stretch it, paint it, fold it, going to the limits of its strength, fragility and transparency.
It often leaves me in desperation because of its fragility.
It leaves me breathless with the feeling of happiness to see its fragile intensity.
Showing posts with label jewellery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewellery. Show all posts

5.10.09

a happy story with a sad ending....


the story of the found and lost (destroyed!) necklace...

something different; there is n't any porcelain ....!

13.9.09

Summer Treasures

12.9.09

cushion brooch



Without my kiln, for a while, finally I mounted some of the smaller pieces, that I keep 'collecting'; my trials and errors and my color- and form tests, these test pieces somehow manage to start a life of their own as jewelery pieces or sometimes as little animals. Maybe because I find it really difficult to throw anything away.. (one never knows if they could turn into something...) and because these small scale trials inspire and keep me going... If they turn out interesting, I try to find out other possibilities. The cushions brooches I have been making for a while, have three layers of thin porcelain, the bottom layers are closed, so in baking they 'rise' nicely!. (I just made an appletart for Sanne's birthday, so this phrase is in style..) and the third layer has holes for the 'pins' and pearls and the stitching.

7.9.09

earrings


porcelain (glazed), sliver and gold (filled)

5.6.08

summer jewellery



porcelain, silver, silk, gold, resin

13.5.08

'Renaissance' Necklace




thin folded porcelain reinforced at backside with resin,
gold, silver, cotton thread

11.5.08

bird earrings

porcelain, resin, gold

25.3.08

porcelain jewellery




Treasures at the Lake
with Chiara, Giulia e Margherita

almost all pictures by F.J. Grinovero

22.2.08

jewels





brooches, porcelain with silver pin

19.1.08

jewels ; brooches, rings


small stories and a lullaby




pieces of a letter
a surface of ice blue
some lines of gold
some half forgotten song...



rings

4.1.08

folded love letters (large and small)





see also "fragility- some thoughts.."

13.10.07

folded earrings


colored porcelain, gold,
coral, pearls, onyx, glass

12.10.07

my-garden necklace

porcelain, silver, fabric, plastic
threads, semiprecious stones,
goldfilled, pearls

a Maria das Rosas 2


porcelain, fabric, silver,
resin with paper

flowered cake cups necklace

















porcelain, silver,
paper, fabric,
semiprecious stones

4.10.07

Folded & Knotted Things


















'shell' jewels





brooches and
pendants; porcelain with silver

21.9.07

Fairytale-jewelry




porcelain with gold leaf, silver, glass
plastic, paper (printed with etching),
thread, silk



30.8.07

earrings and earrings; some flowers, some leaves, some spaghetti ?







29.8.07

Giulia showing earrings








picture by Francesco Grinovero