The gold badge
Previous Next Can there be anything more reliable than gold? Gold has been, for a long time, the pledge of all currencies. Gold is a synonym for eternal values; it highlights its bearer. When this was given to me it was accompanied by the remark: “It’s a gold medal.” And this is exactly how this […]
Sexual harassment
Previous Next These brooches are part of The Childhood Treasures, one of the series presented at the Designmuseum in 2006. They illustrates a duality: in the harsh light of adulthood, childhood’s most cherished possessions are revealed to be kitschy mutants that have long since lost their power to fascinate. Instead of denying the child’s worldview, […]
In Reality
Previous Next “In reality…” is the title of the exhibition and already we, the guests at the exhibition, can begin to wonder what the exhibition really has to offer and what business it is of ours. The title evokes many takes on reality and its implications: Humorous, vexing, playful, disturbing, estranging and insisting. The title […]
Meringues & Jellyrings
Previous Next Questioning the concept of the value. Various materiales & 18k Photographer Dorte Krogh READ MORE SHOW LESS
My Precious
Previous Next 36 women gave or lent me a button that was of sentimental value to them. A button that they have saved for years, maybe their whole lives, but can’t really be used with others or in another context.
Women
Previous Next Each of the three women with whom I have worked with for this exhibition have some very unique qualities. I have materialized their individual strengths and characteristics into 3 pieces of jewellery. Sophia Kalkau, Artist, MA. in art theory and author.Sophia Kalkau occur as a delicate and fragile woman. But through her artistic […]
You are strong forever Lord
The title, You are strong forever Lord, is the inscription in a partially broken ring, and a beautiful reminder that faith is far greater and stronger than the symbols we create to represent the spiritual. Faith is stronger than any material, even gold and precious stones – it is something far more valuable. Traditionally, jewellery […]
Embodiment of the soul
Previous Next With this series, I focus on the question of whether people are made up of both a body and a soul. Some of the pieces can be perceived as “pictures of the soul”, electrical sparks that spring up and take shape according to the feelings they represent. Materials: Porcelain, silk, 18k & 925s […]
A boat is a boat… is a boat a boat?
Previous Next In 2004, Mette Saabye was awarded the Biennale for Craft & Design prize for her innovative conceptual jewellery series ”A boat is a boat… is a boat a boat?” 23 pieces of jewellery made out of aluminium, photographs, birch veneer, wood, silk, plastic, glass, paper, lithographic ink and beach pebbles. This is what […]
Ornamenta
Previous Next An exhibition project, Charlottenborg Autumn exhibition, 2003.A collaboration between jewellery artists Josephine Winther and Mette Saabye, and silversmith Anette Dreyer – experimenting with the staging of jewellery and its significance as body adornment, commenting on the body, art, culture and context. The jewellery is exhibited on 1:1 photos of models in a variety […]
