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Sjelden nyhet : Ny bok om smykkenes historie

6/29/2015

 
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I forbindelse med den spennende utstillingen på Historisk Museum "Ta det personlig" har Museumsforlaget gitt ut en praktbok om utsmykning av kroppen fra oldtiden til idag, Smykker Personlig pynt i kulturhistorisk lys.
En spennende bok hvor fagfolk fra arkeologi, kjemi, sosialatropologi og kunsthistorie har bidratt og hvor man ser på alt fra forfalskninger og etterlikninger, smykker i religion, portrettmedaljonger med mer. Gullsmed Remy Bugge som er medeier i BuggeAuthen på Grunlerløkka er en av medforfatterene, og han har trukket fem mitt design som en av representantene for moderne norsk smykkedesign. 

Utstillingen står til juni 2016

http://www.museumsforlaget.no

tekst hentet fra beskrivelsen av boka på hjemmesiden :

Smykker er private, og samtidig på utstilling. Et smykke representerer
både økonomisk og kulturell kapital – men det kan også utgjøre et enda mer verdifullt minne. For folk verden over har personlig utsmykning vært viktig. Derfor handler en stor del av kulturarven om nettopp det å pynte seg. Arkeologiske og etnografiske samlinger er fylt med smykker og personlige gjenstander som er brukt til hverdags, til fest og i ulike religiøse og tradisjonelle ritualer.

Hvem pynter man seg for? Og hvorfor?

Denne boka handler om personlig utsmykning. Det kan være smykker fra steinalderen,
antikken, jernalderen og middelalderen til gullsmykker i dagens Zanzibar og i
India. At et våpen kan oppfattes som et smykke, er kanskje ikke selvinnlysende,
men sverdet var faktisk det flotteste mannssmykket i vikingtiden. Andre tema i
boka er smykker brukt i religion og magi samt portrettmedaljonger som ble populære
i Norge fra midten av 1700-tallet. Forfatterne har også sett på forfalskning og
etterlikning av smykker. Historiske oppskrifter som beskriver manipulering med
smykkesteiner og metaller, sammenliknes her med dagens fremstilling av kunstige
smykkesteiner.


MAD about New York

6/16/2015

 
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Just back from a great stay in New York in relation to an exhibition I was part of; Complete Parts. The show was right by The Highline in Chelsea, at The Highline Loft. It was a curated exhibition by DRAFTspace of 40 international jewelry designers, but more about that in a later blogpost.

I travelled with my friend Marlen Langeland Hagen, who is a painter and also runs the restaurant Jeppe at Stabekk. A great choice of companion it turned out since she had a great nose for sniffing up brilliant cafés and restaurants everywhere , with great help from a magic app called Foursquare. We stayed in Brooklyn through Airbnb at this fantastic town-house with the couple Silvano and Craig. They made us breakfast every morning in their spacious kitchen, and we had great conversations about every topic one can think of before we headed out to explore the city. I don´t think they have any trouble with getting guests, but we felt like we were really special, which we probably just weren´t:) 


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KGD goes MAD
When I travel I always bring some samples of my collection, in case I come over some good places where i would like to showcase my jewelry. This time I had even managed to set up a meeting with a wonderful woman who is in charge of LOOT, a famous jewelry event at MAD (Museum of Art and Design). It turned out that LOOT was already set for this year, but she thought my designs would suit the prestigious The Shop at the museum.  So from this autumn on my jewelry will be found here, right by Central Park! Silvano, who is an accessories designer exclaimed that they were simply the best place in town to showcase jewelry:) Had some champagne that evening..
MAD has a most exquisite restaurant on the 9th floor, Robert, worth a visit

PictureMarlen with a Citi bike
Biking in New York
We discovered New York had changed a great deal since last time, they have eventually grasped the idea that a flat city like New York should lend itself to bikes! They have a great bike path along the shore, lots of bike-lanes and it was surprisingly easy to cycle around Manhattan, Brooklyn and Williamsburg. At least not any worse than Oslo. They have the same system of renting Citibikes, great deal, great bikes, great day! In ten years I recon NY is bike-capital of USA. 

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Home sweet Brooklyn

Nothing bad about Manhattan, but it is loud, dirty and stressful, so when we could bike across the Hudson over to Williamsburg and Brooklyn we truly felt at home. Williamsburg is full of small independent shops, restaurants and cafés. The buildings are low, there is a great sense of community and if you want to go rougher just travel on to Bushwhick. We didn´t do that this time, we enjoyed our neighborhood in Williamsburg and Brooklyn far too much. Next time I might not travel into Manhattan at all to be honest..
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    I have been working as an artist and jewellery designer since 2002, after graduating as a furniture designer from Edinburgh College of Art in 1999.

    I work from my in-house studio in an artist neighbourhood by the forest outside Oslo. I love my job, my family, outdoor activities and my neighbours!

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