IS THAT JEWELRY?

An exhibition that wonders and asks about the many different aspects of contemporary jewelry

"How do you wear this ring?"

"Is your brooch dangerous?"

"Why is your necklace so large?"

"Is that jewelry ?" exhibition does not have all the answers. But it has many ideas to get the discussion started. It has plenty of creators and jewelry in order to make this an interesting discussion. It also has many parallel activities (performances and workshops) - not just words. The most important thing, it has the desire to guide you through the fascinating world of contemporary jewelry, the way the participants and the creators are experiencing it. An exhibition/invitation in a 4 day celebration, by:

Anastasia Agglopoulou,Jenny Antonopoulou, Amerissa Apokremioti,Maro Vasiliadou, Anna Vlahos, Yiota Vogli, Katerina Glyka,Ioanna Grigoriou,Ioanna Dimitrakopoulou, Evangelia Dimitriou, Aggelika Diplari,Katerina Kallivrousi, Anastasia Kandaraki,Lily Kanellopoulou, Hara Kourtali, Angelo Konstantakato,Aggeliki Madi, Sevi Mavrelou, Sotiria Bramou, Elli Xippa,Iakinthi Oikonomou, Kiriaki Panagi, Anna Pervolaraki, Stella Petraki, Myrto Prokopiou, Elena Simou, Stefania Sioufa, Myrto Smerdi, Theodora,Chrysa Chatzikonstantinidou , Nikola Psihogio.

Duration: 2 -5 July 2015

Opening: Thursday 2 July, 19.00

Hours: 12.00 - 21.00

Place: Atopos cvc, Salaminos 72 str. atopos.gr, Athens


Curators: Anamma group (Anastasia Agglopoulou, Maro Vasiliadou,Evangelia Dimitriou, Anastasia Kandaraki, Kiriaki Panagi, Myrto Prokopiou, Chrysa Chatzikonstantinidou )


SPONSORS:

P.Κ.KAPLANOGLOU ΑΒΕΕ,KIMET HELLAS, KOLOMVOS METALS, MICHAILIDIS Σ.&Ε. Ο.Ε, ELECTROPLATING OIKOMOMIDIS, XAZIGEORGIADIS ELECTROPLATING, STONE STORIES BY ALBANDAKIS, BIJOUTERIE, DIATECHNO, POPEYE LOVES OLIVE, SILVER MARKET, TOPCAST HELLAS, ZONAS TOOLS

OPENING SPONSORS:

MASTORPETROS WINERY,OLYMPIC BREWERY /SOMERSBY


COMMUNICATION SPONSORS:

ATHENS MAGAZINE.GR, DEBOP.GR, LIVING POSTCARDS.GR, METAMATIC TAF, PROPAGANDA.NET.GR

ANAMMA
SEMINARS OF CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY

Classes begin September 29, 2014
The entries begin September 9, 2014


For more information natasha_kandaraki@yahoo.com
& In 6972 848 300

Sincerely

Anastasia Kandaraki

Then the artist-painter Evangelos Papapostolou took us on a journey through the paths of art, based on teachings of three great painters and art theorists.

After that it was Dimitris Nikolaidis with his endless knowledge and talent, who taught anamma students how to shape wax materials and turn them into jewelry. The jewelry technique known as cast jewelry.

Another 3-day seminar on anamma took place in March. Nicole Polentas & Christopher Milbourne were the instructors. The artists from Australia taught us a new technique called Fusion. Merge of materials and ideas. It was an amazing seminar full of jewelry - surprises.

And then, a break combined with a sparkle of inspiration. Our tour in Munich to visit the Schmuck 2014, the world’s most widespread international contemporary jewelry fair. There ... words cannot describe ... we met the family of jewelry. We saw up close, touched and felt creations of artists from around the world.

Once armed with new stimuli, we prepared for anamma exhibition, "Enotion" (the earring in Ancient Greek). Inspired by the past and ancient Greek jewelry we created earrings with modern materials and techniques. Students from both the jewelry making and design group along with the teachers of anamma exhibited their creations, all made through a contemporary approach.

In April we had the honor to host the jewelry designer Akis Goumas, to guide and travel us through his personal journeys. He made us love jewelry even more.

June came with a breeze from Istanbul. We hosted a 3-day seminar with Selen Ozus and Burcu Buyukunal from “maden” jewelry studio. They taught us how an everyday object can be transformed into a jewel and how to see things from other perspectives.

The year ended for anamma with the exhibition of its advanced students, titled "Microcosmoi"(microcosms). Five classmates presented each their own microcosm. They submitted thoughts, ideas, feelings and questions and created a series of jewelry. They learned how an idea can be developed into a jewel and how this jewel can be presented and eventually interact with the audience.

Microcosmoi
Contemporary jewellery exhibition

Thoughts, ideas, observations. And even more: emotions, quests, expectations. This is the essence of the team exhibition of contemporary jewellery, which will be presented at Gallery Marneri.

Five students from the Anamma studio see the world through their own eyes, get inspired and create. The results are five microcosmoi, like personal, imaginary gardens, which call for exploration. Our purpose is the journey and our wish is to share with you the adventure of creation that we went through.

Participants: Maro Vasiliadou, Evagellia Dimitriou, Kiriaki Panagi, Murto Prokopiou, Chrysa Hatzikonstantinidou

Opening: Thursday 3rd July at 19:00

Duration: 3-12 July 2014

El. Marneri Gallerie

5-7 Lebessi & 16 Porinou St
11742 Makriyanni, metro Akropoli
tel. +30 210 8619488
www.elenimarneri.com

opening hours:

Tue. Thu. Fri.  11:00-20:00
Wed. Sat.  11:00-16:00
Sunday  12:00-16:00
Monday closed

Anamma studio
Seminars of contemporary jewellery
www.anamma.gr

In this workshop we will be giving a second look at an ordinary object. We will take an object and deconstruct it by various ways depending on the nature of the object: sawing, breaking, hammering’ tearing…etc and reconstruct it into a jewelry piece. We will make experimentations with the forms while taking apart and rejoining. We will seek for creative solutions to reconstruct the piece and re-contextualize it on body.

This workshop is a conceptual one and basic jewelry making skills are required. We will introduce some connection solutions during the workshop. The object and brass in sheet and wire format will be provided as well as some joining materials. You are welcomed if you like to bring some other materials of yours.


Days of the course: 20, 21, 22nd of June 2014

Instructors: Burcu Buyukunal & Selen Ozus (jewelry artists, Maden contemporary jewelry studio, http://www.madenistanbul.com/)

Hours: Friday 20th of June,

18:00-19:00 lecture from the artists,

19:00-21:00 workshop starts

Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd of June, 11:00-14:00 & 15:00-17:00

Place: Anamma studio

Number of participants: from 6 to 10 people

Participation fee: 200 euros + 23% VAT


The participant is necessary to know the basic techniques of silversmithing.

Last date for entries: 28/5/2014