As a part
of the exhibition I created some ceramic necklaces inspired in different
countries where I have studied the representation of the cross.
The first
one is inspired on the Canary Islands “pintaderas”, those are small reliefs created
in wood or clay which were used by the inhabitants of the islands previous to
their conquest by Spain, we are talking before the discovery of America so more
than 500 years ago…There is great mystery surrounding these symbols, since its
not clear what they where really used for. Some think to mark their territory,
their belongings or even to mark their body as some kind of tattoo decorations…
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| Canary island pintadera . |
In any
case, some of them had cross shapes as those you can see here, it is thought
they were interpreting the shape of the sun and the stars…
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The piece I
created inspired in them was made with polymer ceramic, and semi- precious
stones..
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The next
piece its inspire don the Ethiopian crosses, from them I have taken their
geometric style and complicated structure . The inspiration comes from” La
Libela”, a very outstanding area of Ethiopia where they have 11 churches built
on the rock from the XI century These constructions form part of the world
heritage..
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| La Libela World heritage, visited in 2006 |
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| Detail fo one of the 11 churches carved in the rock in LaLibela, Ethiopia |
On the
piece I created I have used Ceramic with some metallic color to hint at the
colorful Ethiopian culture…
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| Polymer ceramic and semi-pretious stones |
For the
creation of the Dominican Republic piece I used as inspiration the drawings of
the Tahinos tribes who inhabited the Caribbean Islands pervious to the conquest
of the Americas.
There
remains hundreds of interesting writings and drawings on caves where the Cross
symbol is also present in many different versions..
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| Modern interpretation of the Tahinos cave paintings in Domenican republic. |
This piece
is created in ceramic and colored nacre which emphasizes the Caribbean
temperament and culture.
The
jewelry inspired in Egypt tries to show the sophistication and baroque style of
the Copt churches decorations and its multiple color mosaics. These images
belong to the hanging church in an emblematic area of Cairo called Coptic Cairo
where centuries old churches pack together in a fantastic neighborhood worth
seen
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| Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo, built on top of the ancient Babylonia wall |
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| Glass work of the Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo. |
These piece
is created in ceramic, macramé and Swarosky glass. I also added on the neck
piece a wink to the Pharaonic period decorated with glass pieces that I bought
in Cairo.
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| Polymer ceramic and swarosky glass Hope you have liked the collection and looking forwardto her your comments, all the pieces where sold in the exhibition for 150€ and working at the moment in some pieces that have been ordered in comission. Cheers |