EXHIBITION. “Generació brillant. 20 years of contemporary jewelry at the EASD Valencia”

On May 24 will be inaugurated at the Crafts Center of the Valencian Community, within the Espais Artesans project, this exhibition that brings together the best work done in recent years by current students or already graduated from the Specialty of Jewelry of the School of Design of Valencia (EASD).

More than one hundred and twenty pieces are gathered, representing only a small but varied sample of the immense creative production of our students through the different formative levels, courses, subjects and professional realities. This has motivated an exhibition structure that distinguishes three blocks among which all the pieces are organized:

• Ideas and forms is the section that presents the work carried out in the project subjects and jewelry and object workshops. In Projects, the starting point is a concept on the basis of which the students have to generate an idea that will lead to the execution of a piece. The main starting points are: the use of sustainable materials of proximity; bionics or inspiration in nature; jewelry as an auratic object; innovation in the use of typologies, and research from a material. In the workshop, students develop skills in traditional and contemporary techniques in order to expand the possibilities of developing their own innovative expressive language, based on long-standing knowledge and practices.

• The section New looks represents the freedom with which the students manage to face their final project, whether it is a Cycle or a Degree project, in the last stage of their studies. This is the most personal project of all, at this very moment the student governs what and how he/she wants to work: concepts, typologies, materials, techniques and dimensions. It is not only about knowing how to solve technical issues, but also about developing their own language, discovering their creative identity and recognizing themselves through their work. The student must face the creative act with an attitude of risk and personal commitment. The final project initiates a process of open experimentation with a future projection that goes beyond the school environment, to become an authentic professional life project.
• Finally, we could not miss a selection of pieces created by those who already fly independent working professionally in the jewelry sector. This is entitled Fent tendències -Creating trends-, and is composed of jewelry that renew traditional techniques, conceptual pieces, author, vindictive, reflective, that tell stories, that are part of fashion shows or participate in competitions, which are marketed or exhibited in national or international galleries.

  Jewelry, as a profession, allows our graduates to tell the world about their principles and to be recognized in the industry for their work. They are people with a creative vocation, who love to innovate and break away from the established, setting trends in the world of jewelry.

  Initiative of the Jewelry Specialty of the Escola Superior de Disseny de València and the Centre d’Artesania de la Comunitat Valenciana.

  Exhibition coordinator: Carlos Pastor

  Curators sections: Ideas and forms, Ángela Bermudez and Heidi Schechinger; New looks, Kepa Carmona and Carlos Pastor; Creating trends, Ana García Sanmiguel and José Marín.