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Ute Decker

An reclaimed materials jewelry artist, the one of his works i have chosen, is a PURE tribal neck piece. 18 Carat Fair-trade Ecological Gold.

as i just said, this piece was created and crafted out of reused gold. How the materials were used was in a simple and gentle way, gives this neck piece lovely curves.

By melting down the Gold into a long strip of Gold wire about a meter long. the tips were scolded together at tips, while winding the wire together into a circle. very simple and extremely effective.

i would have to say that i would maybe were this piece but i do think it is only worn by females but i think it looks great, sooo...... yes i would give it a try, and see how i look in it, but i rather give it to someone as a gift.

 ps. love the gold in this one.

         

 Title know as ; Untiled #7
    - Pointed Minimalist arm piece.

this is another piece of Ute Deckers works, and like the previous one above this too has great promotional value in my eyes.

completely made from 100% recycled Silver and hand crafted into the shape we see in front of you. very stylist and 21st century  and a feeling of this old Greek style i can kind of refer this too.


How i think this was made, was by placing hot bolting melted 100% recycled Silver into a molded shaped plated to give the Arm Band shape and have a flat surface. the metal was the and maybe put into something with a high temperature to bend the Silver into the shape. the heat was used maybe to keep the sliver bending wrong of cracking.

then it was done once the work was cooled down.

i would love to wear this piece of jewelry because its just so me and i love the style i think its amazing and want to by one my self :) also out of all the jewelry artist i would have to say that Ute Decker is my number #1 and most favorite artist because of his unique ideas.

                                

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Debra Fallowfeild New Zealand Jeweler

Hand made precious metal contemporary jewellery. Stunning, Urban, Organic gold and silver.
unusual off beat designs are created in gold, sliver and platinum often set rare gemstones or diamonds.

this piece above is finger size and was made in around early 2013, the type of metal used in this picture was white gold. and created in normal methods but more rustic and urban in relating it with the country. as it shows the mountains and the long white cloud. about this piece i enjoy everything its simple and i can see myself wearing such a ring.... so 10/10.

In this bracelet it is made up of jump rings Gold and silver.
the size of this would fit around your wrist chosen to you by the size of your wrist its self.
the gold center jump ring is hung and connected by the other smaller silver jump rings created by scorldering the metals together after cutting them in half and rounding them up to the size she wanted it to be.

I would say how this may be recognized as new zealand origins is of its shine, the shine it gives off just makes me feel home.

i enjoy the urban feeling of the rings and its organic look just seems to catch my attention i really like her work as from today. :)

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 Coco Chanels number 5 charm necklace.

I would have to say it all started in the war for our young Coco Chanel. From been extremely creative and have many talents. i have chose to review her lucky number 5 charm necklace/ bracelet, as you can see the charms hold very personal and close moments to her, from her life., for example Hats.bags,lucky numbers,Star sign, which were all created in gold. all these things had deep and emotional meaning in her jewelry, from the start of her hat business to the on going drive she brought to the table in clothing, perfume and jewelry.


about the size of this bracelet was fitted in many sizes too the wearer. the date it was manufactured was back in 1980s

the types of materials was only rich top graded metals such as gold. in making the charms they would of had to designed some sort of mold for the gold you fit in, then after it has hardened ans slowly put together and placed carefully.

i would have to say that the symbolic meanings in her charms were true to her self as a growing icon. telling  more of a story and hardship through her trails she faced.
i would say that her style relates to NO one else but her self, and till this day states that she is still here in some sort of religious way, but not corresponding to its self taking idea of being beautiful.

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African Jewelry.

Handcrafted jewelry is known for its beauty and quality.
Beyond their use for self adornment these pieces also have cultural significance.
            For example- Jewelry may indicate an individuals wealth, power and their standing in the society.

Africa is the birth place for mankind and human civilization so of course it would we the birth place of jewelry itself.

Tribes would be the ones that produce such beautiful traditional bead work unique to their region and tribe.

As for the necklace itself, it could range from any size around the neck.
the colors make it very decorative and functional with knowing who is who and who has the higher chair in the community.

I have learned that in some sort of way it matters how BIG YOUR CHAIN is around your neck.
and so on, in other wears and sorts.

Materials ranges from many different metals, as Gold,sliver,copper,gems and many colored beads ..... to be honest i really like their jewelry and wouldn't mind one myself.

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Egyptian Jewelry.
Said to be, beleived to be the beginning of the 1st Dynasty in 3100bc.
By this time Egyptians have already gained and had access to precious metals such as, Gold, Sliver, copper and all sorts of gems.

the type of materials used in this Finger Ring, would be pure Gold.  the size of it would range from different finger sizes.

The Main purpose of this jewelry would have to be the symbolic and its spiritual functional effects on the wearer, as, a protective piece of jewelry. also having a decorative look with the symbolic meanings of the ducks etc.   

The side opposite the ducks feathers are more like a personal seal, been worn and shown off as a ring, but mainly, until necessary it would act at a protective seal and other seals the ring will represent.


So slightly symbolic, decorative and less functional if dressed to impress but, very highly spiritually symbolic, decorative and highly functional in more of a way, of believing.

A short History of Painting

THE MONA LISA

Mona Lisa, the worlds most renounced piece of art work. Painted in the time of 1503 and 1506 although time could have been spent on it until 1517, by the one and only Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa has cause many commotion of the centuries, On why? where ? who? when and how?. Painted with oil paint Leonardo went for a more portraiture look for the Mona Lisa understandable because he didn't want it looking distorted at all.

For the Era I would think its hard alone to go an create your own oil paints... very time consuming on it own. Also Thought to be Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. the man whom commissioned Leonardo to paint such a portrait.
Theory's ?

My thoughts on the Painting of Mona Lisa. An amazing mystery a codex on a brush, unveiling with beauty and love. I fine her in love with whom ever sees looking at?
Her lips show the beginning stages of love, the moment when two beings soul gaze and make love with their eyes. I find this portrait as a secret lover.... of someone he just couldn't have.... leaving him in pain carrying the Mona Lisa around till the day of its completion.... This is also what i think Leonardo thought himself.




THE SCREAM

Created in 1893 in the period of Expressionism the form of media was wood cut, Crafted by Edvard Munch. within this art work i find that Edvard is trying to tell us as a viewer, his feel of been threatened of the world. Afraid of wide open spaces and the over-whelming feeling, of ''Screaming'' from his deep self concussions. a phobia. 
i think this is als what hes trying to say.

In the Era is was the time of screen printing a new trend of emotions and media.   

















  

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Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism.

LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred instead of "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, and painting. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965.

Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, LeWitt was born in Hartford, Connecticut to a family of Jewish immigrants from Russia. His mother took him to art classes at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. After receiving a BFA from Syracuse University in 1949, LeWitt traveled to Europe where he was exposed to Old Master painting. Shortly thereafter, he served in the Korean War, first in California, then Japan, and finally Korea. LeWitt moved to New York City in 1953 and set up a studio on the Lower East Side, in the old Ashkenazi Jewish settlement on Hester Street. During this time he studied at the School of Visual Arts while also pursuing his interest in design at Seventeen magazine, where he did paste-ups, mechanicals, and photostats. In 1955, he was a graphic designer in the office of architect I.M. Pei for a year. Around that time, LeWitt also discovered the work of the late 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, whose studies in sequence and locomotion were an early influence. These experiences, combined with an entry-level job as a night receptionist and clerk he took in 1960 at theMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, would influence LeWitt's later work. 

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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol an American Artist was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as Pop art. His work explored the relationship between artistic expression. Celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960's

Born : August 6th, 1928, Pitts bus-burgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: February 22, 1987, New York city, United States.

Media: Morden art, Pop art.

                               Marilyn

The stepping stone in to the face of Pop art.
by Changing the Perception of light and colour.

Starting off as a commercial illustrator, and a very successful one. Andy made his First appearance in the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles in 1962, Showing his "32 Campbell's soup cans". From a span of six years Andy Created his best work like the "Marilyn".

Influenced by an earlier artist, Monet. who painted the motif in series in order to display minute discriminations of perception, and also the shift of light and colour.

i Find that, this style of art began something new and that he was creating new ideas every now and then to fined himself. the art work itself i see Marilyn in different colour and like how he explored different colours and Gradients to the viewer.

                                     Beyonce

In the way Andy worked with the faces of celebrities and in the way of a commercial ad like "pepsi" for Beyonce. you can see how the effect of pop art is well combined in with the ad. with the bright colours, and lay out of different angels, with how the colour is layer throughout the image.

like both these art work i like them both extremely well and would love to use Andy Warhol as an artist model, but in a way of a new style i think with print, ( he might of used print)  and i love the colours in the image. i find this art work extremely fun to look at and feel likes fun.

its a win, win.

tbh, in the way of coulor i don't know what to feel?
so I'm just say fun:)

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Claes Oldenburg

An American Sculptor, best known for his public art installations of very large replicas of every day objects.

Born : January 28th, 1929 (age 85) Stockholm, Sweden

Media : Morden art, Pop art.

                Giant Match sticks (couldn't find real name)

Claes plays with SCALE greatly leaving us viewers feeling like ant's in comprassion to his work.

Some people may have the feeling of, they don't know what to feel? 

or simply the question of, is this Art ?

He uses the enroiment to his advantage, making his art work larger then a building or a car. playing with scale like that i find extremely amazing because he's thinking outside the box.

I guest in a way i feel like his art brings smiles or laugher to the viewer. About something simple and plane, Tapping in to some kind of Memory relating to his art,  but in a sense of "WOW that is a big Match Stick though". 

                               Apple Core

Claes uses sculpture for his work. installations all over the city. and paints the his work to how is will look in really life but keeps it it nice and clean.

i would say that his work reminds me of anyone else's art work so i think that his work is his own and original. and i like to say he in prises me in a way of sculpture.  

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10/03/2014

today we are using photo shop.
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