Anke Huyben
Trained as a traditional jewellery designer, Huyben constantly finds herself returning to the definition of jewellery. When looked at this definition, you’ll find that it has a purely decorative function, it’s worn on the body and that’s all. Without the body, there is no need for jewellery. The body is the object of jewellery.
Huyben uses various materials and media to approach and objectify the human body: colour photos, for example, are combined with synthetic materials such as silicon, hinting at skin. The body is enlarged end rendered in different materials and, by doing so, reduced to an abstraction.

 

Judith Schwendener
Born and raised in Switzerland, Judith Schwendener followed a traditional jewellery education in Schoonhoven NL, continuing her education with Jewellery design Arts&Crafts AD at the Willem de Kooning academy in Rotterdam. After receiving her degree, she started her own practice in the city.
Her interest in combining traditional techniques with questions around the definition of jewellery leads her to make objects around body spaces. In the notion that our body is implicitly the space where jewellery is found, Judith sees that space as a landscape to explore, play and have a conversation with. Her work aims to connect with the body, resulting in both wearable and non-wearable pieces. The value of craftsmanship is explored by the use of traditional techniques.

 

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