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Karl Fritsch: RING CAN BE A WEAPON
An article that Karl Fritsch wrote in 2006: "I noticed a few years ago that in my jewellery work I´m constantly reworking my own history. I did a traditional jewellery apprenticeship in Pforzheim and...
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Ted Noten Manifesto
Celebration of the street 'Manifesto of the new jewellery’ If I could fuck a mountain Lord I would fuck a mountain And I'd do it with a woman in the valley (Palace Brothers: The Mountain Low)...
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12-18 March 2014 Events related to Jewellery during the International Trade Fair ALL THE EVENTS FEATURED BELOW (+ FEW EXTRA ONES) WILL BE PUBLISHED IN CURRENT OBSESSION PAPER...
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A5: AEON PROFIT - PIANO FORTE
Musical instruments and jewellery share several fundamental similarities: a rich tradition of craftsmanship, function, ornamentation, and inherent value. Both are meant to last generations and to be...
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Megumi Shauna Arai: Hand History
Megumi is a fine art and commercial photographer based out of Seattle, WA. Her work is consistently about stripping away the layers and walls we use to protect ourselves. In revealing each person’s raw...
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CURRENT OBSESSION Cotton Tote Bag
ORDER ONLINE This tote bag was made especially for the Schmuck'14 Week in Munich. It's a good place to store and accumulate your flyers, books, catalogues, invitations, visit cards and, of course...
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THE GIJS + EMMY SHOW
THE GIJS + EMMY SHOW The show about the show On Friday 21st of February CURRENT OBSESSION along with a good four hundred dedicated visitors had the pleasure to visit the evening opening of 'The Gijs +...
View ArticleUPCOMING: #3 FAKE ISSUE
CURRENT OBSESSION is deliberately caught up in the issue of FAKE. And while this may sound like a painful acquisition, we sense it to be so much more revealing and promising than the negation of...
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TALENTE'14
TALENTE'14 Photography by Linda Beumer WINNER: Patrícia Correia Domingues “Untitled” Serie “Duality ” Brooch Reconstruted wood, Steel , 2013 Photography of the brooch by Manuel Ocaña WINNER: Lauren...
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Savoir Joaillerie
Paris-born, Berlin-based fine jewellery designer Lou Andrea Savoir has launched her 'radically refined... with a sensual touch' brand Savoir Joaillerie back in 2010. Recently she set about a line of...
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Never Get Old
Never Get Old Immortality and constant change through the teachings of Chinese alchemy and the makings of Ruudt Peters I first approached Ruudt Peters about featuring him in the Youth issue in early...
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Trey Wright: The Art of Consuption
Dallas, Texas based artist Trey Wright highlights how we experience images today, with overflown social media feeds and bulky fashion magazines we judge quickly and are attracted to bright and vivid...
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Q&A with Moving On collective
Moving On is a London-based collective consisting of 11 jewellery and object designers from 6 different countries. Three years ago they all met at the Royal College of Art in London and ever since...
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CRAFT & BLING BLING - FAKE
DEPOT BASEL, space for contemporary design and CURRENT OBSESSION, contemporary jewellery magazine, present a collaborative curatorial effort in the context of Depot Basel’s ongoing exhibition series...
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UPCOMING: #3 FAKE ISSUE
#3 Fake Issue /SAW - 2014/ CURRENT OBSESSION is deliberately caught up in the issue of FAKE; and while this may sound like a painful acquisition, we sense it to be so much more revealing and promising...
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Luzia Vogt: SUGAR
Continuing my projects Idylle and Instant Idylle I am now focusing on the food product sugar, which is very important and ambivalent to me. On one hand it supplies me with a lot of energy, on the...
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Jing He: Instant Pins/Potential Pins
Jing He likes to research on subjects concerning the archetypes of jewellery, for instance, the pin of the brooch, the string of the necklace and the circle of the ring. Among these basic elements,...
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CLASH PROJECT 6TH EDITION
The Clash Project investigates what work for the body could be. It centers on the participants response to make an outfit that is wearable on the catwalk. Again, the 6th edition of the Clash Project is...
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TOUCH. Alchimia Graduation Show
TOUCH Alchimia Graduation Show An art jewellery exhibition showcasing the final work of eleven students, eight different nationalities, an expansive range of inquiry and a deep commitment to making....
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HENRIK VIBSKOV's 'The Sticky Brick Fingers'
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of The Sticky Brick Fingers, Henrik Vibskov’s Spring Summer 2015 collection. Stirred up by visions of rotating cement mixers, construction sites, bricks,...
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