BeCraft supports, promotes, trains and informs artists from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. It's an ongoing exchange between Belgium and the rest of the world. It's a place in a historic landmark: the Anciens Abattoirs de Mons. It's also a place for exhibitions, conferences, workshops and, above all, meetings. Representing the Applied Arts in French-speaking Belgium, BeCraft lifts the veil on today's creativity, its new approaches and its new techniques.

Artists

Mylène Auquière

Isabelle Carpentier

Chloé Noyon

Delphine Perrache

Lou Sautreau 

They are 3 graduates from the jewellery school in Idar-Oberstein: Elena Gorbunova from Russia, Bibi Klekachkoska from Macedonia and Susie Heuberger from Mexico.

They met in the stone valley and share the love of making jewellery and stones. Being graduates from the same school they also discovered that they share a vibe in their work and personalitie. They found out that, in their three different mother languages, existed the same word: Dar, which means giving - gifting and it sounded the same. Inspired by this coincidence, they got the idea of giving, sharing and collaborating through their medium – jewellery and created the collective DarДар.

Artists

Elena Gorbunova @elenita_gorbunova

Biljana Klekachkoska @bbozzana

Susie Heuberger @susiemheuberger

École Boulle in Paris teaches the art of jewellery among many other crafts and design fields from the National Vocational Qualification to the bachelor.

The DNMADE Arts and Techniques of Jewellery takes place with a more contemporary approach and is accessible after an A-level.

The jewellery workshop offers students the opportunity to explore the areas of application and use of jewellery, its relationship to the body, and its material, symbolic, technical and ornamental dimensions. Backed up by technical training during the first semesters, the teaching offers work situations that call for a traditional approach as well as the use of tools, techniques and materials borrowed from other fields of design and arts & crafts, or new technologies (3D modelling, 3D printing, 3D scanning, laser cutting) and putting them into perspective with traditional gestures and techniques.

The exhibition shows current students works from the three years and also diploma projects from previous years.

Students

Ulysse Allanic, Léna Barbot, Émilie Beaudoin, Liza Berthet Ducrocq, Aurine Besnard, Gabrielle Cadon, Justine Cairoli, Angèle Carrion, Ève Célèrier, Joakin Cigna, Kiara Dorval, Faustine Égé, Blanche Gouhier, Jeanne Hufschmidt, Clément Jeanneau, Jeanne Leroux-Westelynck, Maud Machabert, Elise Madou, Noélie Michel, Jules Mourey, Emma Phalippou, Cheyenne Poucineau, Isaline Ruiz Rostan, Ziggi Seroussi, Guillaume Vivier.

Michael Berger lives and works in Düsseldorf. He has dedicated his work to kinetics, a very eye-catching type of wearable artwork that is set in motion by the movement of its wearer. Made of gold, stainless steel, precious stones and dichroic glass.

The Turkish word “Kulp” refers to the handle of an object. As an idiom, it describes the behavior of “finding a flaw” with something or someone even if the person or the thing discussed is in a nearly perfect state. In our culture, those who behave in such high scrutiny are often perceived negatively. As “Kulp” from Türkiye, instead we believe finding a flaw with something is rather very positive and is indeed the starting point of a new creative process. In our perspective, it initiates a thinking process and sparks inspiration for creativity. Along with the questions it brings to mind, it is a way of perceiving the limits or accepting the unlimited rather than reaching perfection.  

Artists

Filiz Ateş

Esra Canikligil

Vefa Çolak

Sevde Kökler

Deniz Turan 

Galerie Pont en Plas, located in the centre of Ghent, was founded in 2002 by Nicole Thienpont and Aline Vandeplas, both passionate about authorial jewellery. They present works that meet their requirements in terms of savoir-faire, artistic approach and conceptual thinking. Creations by both young talents and internationally renowned artists are presented. The gallery offers several exhibitions per year in parallel with the permanent collection.

Gallery Pont & Plas wants to bring the contemporary art jewel to the people. With its permanent collection and exhibitions, the gallery shows time after time again how a piece of jewelry can be more than a charm that testifies to good craftsmanship. Throughout their work, the makers quietly tell tactile stories that stimulate the audience in previously unseen ways. They prove themselves to be ingenious thinkers and feelers and know better than anyone else how concept, material and attention combine with strange textures, playful combinations or flirt exuberantly with shape and color. Each and every one of these works enriches the great art landscape.
 

Artists

Madeli Viljoen (ZA-B)

Martine De Vos (B)

Diederick Van Hovell (B)

Jeanine Van der Linde (N)

Ketli Tiitsar (EST)

Kristi Paap (EST)

Tanel Veenre (EST)

Gésine Hackenberg (D-N)

Jeannette Jansen (D-N)

Jorge Manilla (MX-B)

Karen Vanmol (B)

Åsa Christensson (ZW)

Sebastien Carré (FR)

Ria Lins (B)

Karin Seufert (D)

Tore Svensson (ZW)

Akiko Kurihara (JP)

Ana Escobar Saveedra (CO)

Åsa Elmstam (ZW)

Lore Langendries (B)

Nevin Arig (TR-B)

Isabelle Azaïs (FR-B)

Märta Mattsson (ZW)

Andrea Wagner (D-CA-NL)

Romanian Jewelry Week is the largest international event in Romania dedicated to contemporary jewelry, organized since 2020 by Assamblage National Jewelry Association. Assamblage is currently the most active platform in the country dedicated to the promotion and development of an emerging community of jewelry artists and designers, with over 30 projects and exhibitions over the past 9 years. Integrated in the international map and calendar of international jewelry weeks, ROJW welcomes each October over 200 designers and collectives from all around the world in a celebration of jewelry through exhibitions, fairs, workshops, conferences and guided tours in multiple cultural locations across Bucharest.

The Viceversa gallery is ilona Schwippel and Christian Balmer’s project, who are passionate about designer jewellery and delighted to be able to offer an exclusive selection from the many designers who make up this fascinating world.

As an invitation to share, they present selected pieces that meet their requirements in terms of craftsmanship, artistic approach and conceptual thinking, highlighting young talent and internationally renowned artists. Located in the center of Lausanne, Switzerland, the gallery has been in existence for 25 years and organizes several exhibitions a year alongside the permanent collection.

Artists

Esther Brinkmann (CH)

Ambroise Degenève (FR)

Karl Fritsch (NZL/DE)

Kiko Gianocca (CH)

Kimiaki Kageyama (JP)

Shinji Nakaba (JP)

Terhi Tolvanen (FI)