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CHATEAU CAC show in Argentina
CHATEAU CAC Contemporary Art Centre
Córdoba, Argentina
is pleased to announce the opening of its
“eleven.eleven.eleven” show
Inauguration will be held on November 12 at 8:00pm
Show open to the public as of Friday, November 11, 2011 – 8:00pm
Art Jewelry by
Adriana Gatti, visual artist
Cecilia Richard, contemporary jewelry creator
Luis Acosta, textile jewelry, visual artist (retrospective presentation)
Plus additional activities by textile artist, Luis Acosta: November 16, 7:00pm: Illustrated conference, “From textile to paper jewelry”. November 19, 5:00pm: Seminar, “Design perception (jewelry and accessories)”. November 20, 5:00pm: “Art clinic”
CHATEAU CAC CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE in Córdoba, Argentina is an institution aiming to promote artistic and cultural events within visual arts, audiovisual presentations, as well as design, theatre, music, and poetry, with a strong mixed-media attitude of experimentation and research.
Such context allows contemporary design to flow through the very diverse and mutating territories of ambiguity or even contradiction, within ephemeral, anti-functional, and re-defined elements, thus creating some of the most extreme featured performances.
—Silvia Piza-Tandlich, translation
Congratulations, Luis! – ¡FELICITACIONES!
Argentina-born and now living in the Netherlands, Luis Acosta’s long list of accomplishments as a textile creator now includes a fast-growing reputation due to his paper jewelry.
Nacido en Argentina, Luis Acosta ahora reside en los Países Bajos, desde donde resalta por su lista de éxitos en el campo del textil, el cual ahora disfruta de una creciente reputación gracias a su joyería de papel.
Each piece is unique and of course, absolutely magnificent, for which Luis has been invited to participate in the Best Of Worldwide Jewelry Artists Volume II.
Cada pieza es única y, por supuesto, absolutamente magnífica, por lo cual Luis ha sido invitado a participar en en el libro “Los mejores artistas de joyería en todo el mundo, volumen II”.
Congratulations, Luis! – ¡Felicitaciones!
To order the book/contact Luis: – Para pedir el libro/contactar a Luis:
www.luisacosta.nl E-mail: ansacost(at)lombok(dot)nl
—editor
Perceptions in Spain
Luis Acosta is a fiber artist from Argentina living in Holland, whose textile jewelry is being exhibited throughout the world. His next exposition will take place in Salamanca, Spain.
Luis Acosta es artista textil argentino y reside en Holanda. Su joyería textil se exhibe en todo el mundo y esta nueva exposición suya —titulada Percepciones— se lleva a cabo en Salamanca (España) del 3 de febrero al 4 de mayo de 2012.
PERCEPTIONS
Jewelry & Mural Objects
February 3 – May 4, 2012 – Arts & Crafts Galería
Contact the artist: www.luisacosta.nl
—Silvia Piza-Tandlich, translation
Jewelry with innovative materials and design
Gian Carlo Sandoval-Mazzero is a Costa Rican-born, Italy-educated architect and textile artist with a versatile mind, whose ability for design earned him the BID2010 AWARD for Costa Rica at the 2nd IberoAmerican Design Biennial 2010 in Madrid, Spain in Category, “Fashion, Textiles and Accessories.”
Information, observation and research led him to discover raw materials in unimaginable places: His Saturn collection is made with rescued orthodontic rubber, which he turns into very appealing jewelry.
Gian Carlo Sandoval-Mazzero- Saturn edition
Gian Carlo Sandoval-Mazzero: Necklace. Edition 150 of the Unitá d'Italia.
Saturn gives contemporary jewelry a new dimension: It honors the art of recycling/upcycling by turning discarded material into a design object. Research on the product allowed Gian Carlo a deeper understanding of the characteristics of the rubber material that he uses.
Gian Carlo Sandoval-Mazzero: Bracelet. Saturno Galileo edition.
He discovered that the product has a particular Antimicrobial Technology With Silver, which prevents the growth of microbes. At the same time, it does not contain latex, it is resistant to wear and tear, and it comes in a wide range of colors.
Gian Carlo Sandoval-Mazzero: brooch. Saturno Stadium collection.
These
characteristics, in addition to the use of stainless steel, silver, crystal and glass, produce innovative hypoallergenic jewels.
Sandoval-Mazzero- Textilis Contemporaneous edition
Work presented by Gian Carlo Sandoval-Mazzero at the main competition of the REDTEXTILIA Encounter (IberoAmerican Textile Network), September, 2010 at the Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center.
More information: http://gotikadesign.blogspot.com
—Silvia Piza-Tandlich, translation
The power of association: Chile Crea Textil
CCT: Developing and spreading Chilean textile art
Reconstruct-us opening. Foreground: sdalatinREP, and CCT President Andrea Fischer. Background: U.S. artist Carol Westfall, and German artists Christine Altona and Helene Altona.
For many years in Chile some artistic expressions weren’t considered disciplines of high aesthetic value; textile art being one of them. Eventually, however, academic training and international contact—among many other factors, helped change around this situation. Nowadays the work of artists within this discipline is favored by greater receptiveness and appreciation of their proposals thanks to access to a wide range of creation possibilities, which is due to diversity and richness of technique and materials developed for centuries by first-settler artisans, mestizo country traditions, and urban creation.
Visitors browsing through the Reconstruct-us exhibit in Costa Rica.
In 2007, hoping to grow within their work and optimize the growing interest to cultivate this discipline, a group of Chilean textile artists formed a non-profit organization they named Chile Crea Textil (Chile Creates Textile). Since then they have worked to affiliate representatives of various textile creation and design modalities, establish a link to the academic world, share knowledge and information, and coordinate the participation of Chilean textile artists in biennial competitions, fairs, and international encounters.
Manuela Tromben: Works made with horse hair, silver, vegetable fibers, and yarn.
Carolina Morales. Necklaces. Linen/rayon mix, with closures made of ceramic, and silver.
Little by little, the work started by Chile Crea Textil has proved to be fruitful. One of the last presentations of Chilean textile art arranged by the Organization was at the “Encounter of the IberoAmerican Textile Network: Textile Creation, Sustainable Tradition, and Responsible Innovation,” which took place in September, 2010 in San José, Costa Rica. For that exhibit, the selection of Chilean textile works and contemporary jewelry by eleven artists and twelve contemporary textile jewelry designers, was amply recognized by its originality and high artistic level.
At the time of applying to the Costa Rican Encounter, Chile Crea Textil proposed a theme to be followed by Chilean artists wishing to participate: The earthquake that shook the country in 2010, and the concept of reconstruction, thus naming the exhibit Reconstruir-se (re-construct ourselves). Urged to ponder about the theme in question, the artists resorted to great creativity to develop their own distinctive work, which was marked by the identity of living in a land where movements from within the earth are commonplace, yet having been afflicted by one of the most intense earthquakes ever registered.
Contact CCT: http://www.chilecreatextil.cl/
Montserrat Lira: Necklaces woven with thermoplastic material.
Angélica Delgado & Eduardo Sepúlveda, Necklace. Fabric coiling, thread, metal.
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From the same exposition is one of the wall pieces:
Constancia Urrutia: "Gestures"
—Silvia Piza-Tandlich, translation
CHILEAN JEWELRY EXHIBITORS
Montserrat Lira is one of the jewelry artists participating in the Reconstruct-us textile jewelry show in Costa Rica last September (see article above).
Montserrat Lira: Cocoon pin
She studied in Venezuela, Chile and the U.S. before dedicating her professional creativity solely to contemporary jewelry and teaching.
Montserrat uses materials such as felt, cocoons, woven nets, thermoplastic fibers, and polymers. Her main interest is the discovery and combination of techniques and materials in order to develop surfaces and textile objects featuring contemporary design with a strong visual and color impact.
Montserrat Lira: Nuno felt shawl
In the area of education, Montserrat has taught dyeing techniques, stamping and felting for over 10 years in various design and fashion schools, and in her own studio.
Montserrat Lira: Necklace
Montserrat Lira: Necklaces
Montserrat Lira: Necklace featuring felt balls
Selected into the CREA National Chile Competition in 2009 and 2010, Montserrat also participated in the Reconstruct-us show featured above. Her contact information is www.montserratlira.cl
—Silvia Piza-Tandlich, translation
Award winning jewelry made of paper
Textile jewelry design is gaining popularity worldwide, and there are LatinAmerican artists who take it to levels beyond our wildest imagination. Take Luis Acosta, for example: WOW!
Luis Acosta: bracelet
Luis Acosta is originally from Córdoba, Argentina and lives in Holland. He studied weaving techniques at the Textile Department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, where he graduated in 1988, but later committed his weft designs to paper. He made his first necklace in 1996 and, although it looked quite different from his present designs, it too, used the base of a relatively simple basic shape as starting point.
What he likes best about working with paper, is the infinite possibilities of combining colors and the different ways of working with paper sheets or paper threads.
When asked where he gets his inspiration, he answers:
Luis Acosta: brooch
—”From simple forms I see daily everywhere. I develop a technique, draw a shape, and repeat, cut, and sew it.”
Luis Acosta: necklace
He has participated in group and individual exhibitions in most European countries, Argentina, USA, Japan and South Korea. There are works by Luis Acosta at the Museum of Arts and Design (New York, USA), Costume Museum (Buenos Aires, RA), Centre for the Arts Utrecht, The Textile Museum in Tilburg and in private collections in Argentina, Finland, India, Norway, Spain, Venezuela, USA and Netherlands.
Necklace by Luis Acosta
Luis is part of the circle of members of the LAKMA, Latin American Art Museum of Netherlands. We first met as affiliates to an association we both joined in 2008. At that time, he was volunteering a lot of time to see the Latin American LAKMA wing become a reality.
He teaches courses in textile design and designing women’s accessories in Argentina, USA, Spain and the Netherlands.
Also designs, weaves and creates three-dimensional textile works and installations in (handmade) paper; tapestries and fabrics; women’s accessories in various materials, and paper jewelry.
Luis is one of the semifinalist recipients of Contemporary Art and Craft Awards in Barcelona. Finalists will be announced during the ArtFad award giving ceremony on July 5, 2011. These awards are part of FadFest—an event organized by FAD (Fostering Arts & Design organization). See more at http://www.bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/current/think_twice/index.html
Luis Acosta: necklace
Contact the artist: http://www.luisacosta.nl
—Silvia Piza-Tandlich, translation
Good-luck witches in Santiago, Chile
Award winning brooch by Alba Sepulveda
The Spanish conquista brought its religion to South America, and with the Inquisition a huge witchcraft lore began in Chile—from love-related persecution of famous women such as Francisca de Escobedo, Juana de Soto, Maria de Encío, and Juana de Castañeda all the way to two centuries of the Enchantment War, when Indigenous Mapuches were persecuted due to their costumes and tattoos.
During a trip to South America two years ago, I became aware of little witches hanging in vehicles and bicycles as good-luck charms in Santiago, Chile. This generalized belief has opened up a big market for textile figurines in every material imaginable.
A few weeks ago during an international crafts fair in “the witch’s town of Santa Ana”—west of the capital city of San José, Costa Rica—I met a Chilean finger weaver who works with crin (horse hair), and invited her and her son to spend a day at my place. This encounter was hard to accomplish due to tight schedules and travel distances, but it was very inspiring for me (I still work 100% by hand).
Of all the Chilean weavers working with horse hair, I was lucky to meet one whose work is exquisite, and whose original design has been internationally recognized.
Her name is Alba Sepúlveda. At age 7 she learned this ancient trade from her mother, Ms. Enriqueta Ramos, who wove the roots of the poplar tree. Many years later, the poplars became extinct in the area, forcing weavers to experiment with horse hair.
Alba Sepúlveda, horse hair dyed with aniline and agave ixtle
Nowadays Alba teaches 50 other women to weave, and the crin trade continues to grow: Finger weavers, who must have good sight and be able to spend hours working by a lightbulb. They harvest only the hair of breeds whose hair absorbs dye well, in a process that takes several days.
Alba Sepulveda, "Atom" brooch, Unesco Award
In 2008 Alba received the 2008 UNESCO Seal of Excellence for Handcraft Products award for the brooches shown here.
Alba Sepulveda's award winning "Black&White" brooch
Needless to say I am the proud owner of a little witch made by Alba, which is absolutely beautiful. It measures 4″ in length by 1.5″ in width, and it has tiny details delicately crafted with crin…wonderful! Unfortunately, my knowledge of finger weaving and knotting is very limited, and there’s no way I could remember all the explanations Alba gave me about this long process.
Alba Sepulveda, horse hair witch and necklace
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Alba Sepulveda, Flowers
Alba lives in Santiago, Chile. If you’re interested in seeing or buying her works, you may visit her blog and newly designed web site:www.elartedelcrin.blogspot.com
- I love the artistry and intricacy of design in all of Alba’s works, which she brought over to my house that day.
Alba Sepulbeda: "Camelia"
Here are but a few samples for everyone’s enjoyment:
Alba Sepulveda: "Flower"
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Alba Sepulveda: "Flores"
—Silvia Piza-Tandlich
