Cherished Chemistry @The Pool Jewellery Collective 08-25.11.2023, 12:00-18:00

An exhibition as part of Obsessed Jewellery Festival with the participation of five Alumni

The Pool Jewelry is excited to present a group exhibition in which every piece has been made collaboratively between members. Our Cherished Chemistries, true jewelry Frankensteins, will be made by not one but by up to fifteen pairs of hands. A laboratory of techniques, mediums and imaginaries.

Wilderness, infinite colour-palettes; Violent yet delicate
The celebration of life
To embrace diversity, Surrealism and witty jokes
The Deception of texture, fluidity and unpredictability
To root and to uproot, colouring the transparent and forging the unreal
Skeletons of past architecture to highlight the invisible
Classic not classic; to awaken a new evolution

The Pool is a Jewelry Collective based in Amsterdam. A team of fifteen artists, ranging from emerging to both mid-career and established makers. We run a shop in the historic heart of Amsterdam that features our members’ works, it is an original space to view and buy pieces created by contemporary talents. The Pool has grown and evolved since its creation in 2020, going through cycles of transformations.

The artists:

Paul Derrez, Alex Gasparis, Gabriella Goldsmith, Floor Mommersteeg, ShinkaQ, Triin Kukk, Chloe Valorso, Stefanie Verhoef, Sophia Zobel and our alumni: Caroline Bach, Ela Bauer, Marguerite Bones, Martina Turini, Morgane De Klerk,

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DDW x Rietveld Alumni: Convergence

21-29 October, Eindhoven (NL)

The Rietveld Academie has been invited to participate in this year’s Dutch Design Week (DDW) in Eindhoven. From 21 to 29 October, we will present the work of seven graduates from seven different departments in the Klokgebouw.

Each work represents one of the academy’s distinct specialisations: Architectural Design, Ceramics, designLAB, Fashion, Jewellery – Linking Bodies, The Large Glass, or TXT. This exhibition invites you to explore the connections that underlie these diverse artistic practices.

Participating artists are:
Danute Līva (Architectural Design)
Lesja van Hoof (Ceramics)
Shai Datauker (designLAB)
Ruben Janssen (Fashion)
Ada Jochimsen (Jewellery – Linking Bodies)
Daichi Fuwa (The Large Glass)
Sojin Lee (TXT)

The Gerrit Rietveld Academie is a small-scale, internationally oriented art academy in Amsterdam. The academy has 23 workshops that enable students to experiment with different techniques and materials. The works on display here are the tangible results of this.

For example, one entered the silhouette of his grandmother’s wedding dress into a computer model, another looked at the relationship between textile craftsmanship and capitalism, and the paradox of the 3D printer was explored to highlight the tension between limitless innovation and genuine modern-world requirements.

Campaign by Sigga Hannesdóttir (alum Graphic Design)