Goudsmid unieke sieraden in opdracht
Koen Jacobs combineert zijn vakmanschap als goudsmid, met de creatieve kijk van zijn studie aan de Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
"Mijn specialisatie is het maken van unieke gouden sieraden in opdracht, waarbij er veel ruimte is om samen tot een mooi ontwerp te komen. Graag spreek ik persoonlijk met u af om kennis te maken en de ideeën door te spreken. Samen kijken we naar uw wensen en adviseer ik u graag over de mogelijkheden, om zo tot een uniek ontwerp te komen. Na het overleggen van de ontwerpen en eventuele aanpassingen waar gewenst, begin ik met het vervaardigen van uw sieraad op maat".
NEWS: MUSEUM ACQUISITION
Jan. 2022 MUSEUM ARNHEM, Arnhem/NL
I'm super proud to announce that my wearable marionette Tartaruga Marinha has been acquired by Museum Arnhem, Arnhem/ Netherlands! This piece was on show at the exhibition "Cosume by" ("tenminste houdbaar tot")
from 12 May 2022 until 29 Jan. 2023 and now part of the museum's permanent collection.
In total 4 jewellery pieces were part of the exhibition: Tartaruga Marinha and Sonho de Medusa from the series of The Artificial Kingdom 2017-19; Narcissus and Medusa from the Metamorphoses series 2020-22.
Jan. 2020 CODA MUSEUM, Apeldoorn/NL
I feel very happy and proud to announce that CODA Museum, Apeldoorn/ Netherlands, purchased my wearable marionette Saiwala for their permanent collection. My first purchase by a museum! This piece was part of the 21grams exhibition on show from 13 Oct. 2019 until 12 Jan. 2020.
Atlantis NEW!
In the myth of Atlantis, Plato described how a greedy society was destroyed in one night by a powerful tidal wave from the sea. Today, the sea not only poses a threat to humanity, but humanity also poses a threat to the sea by a tidal wave of plastic. How bizarre when you realise that all life once originated from the sea and that one of those life forms now poses a threat to the origin of life. Plastic that I picked up from the beach has been made into a mosaic that ironically provides color to all the special forms of life that I created.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses is inspired by men getting out of touch with nature. The Roman poet Ovidius, describes in his poems Metamorphoses beautifully how the harmony between men and nature got disturbed by gods pursuing earthly desires, just like men today. In classical times the longing for getting back to harmony was symbolised in hybrids of men and nature which can be seen in many fresco’s in the form of centaurs, fauns and so on.
By bringing these mythological figures to live, trough silver wire drawings on top of chiselled shapes, I hope to inspire you to get in harmony with nature again.
The Artificial Kingdom
My work is about reliving memories of my childhood. An escape to a child’s naive dreamworld, where they playfully discover the world around them and the beauty of nature. A skeleton is a carrier of past memories and a device for recreating them. Wearing and playing my marionette animal-skeletons will trigger childhood memories and evoke the naive playful child in you. Just like time adds layers to nature and memories, my animal-skeletons are in a process of transformation, creating a new image.
Koen Jacobs
Koen Jacobs (1989) started his studies at the Vocational School for Gold and Silversmiths, Jewelers and Watchmakers in Schoonhoven/NL, where he took the 4-years course in gold and silversmithing. Subsequently he studied for one year at Alchimia, school of Contemporary Jewelry in Florence, and further at the Rietveld Academy Jewelry Department and the Jewelry Class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He graduated at the Rietveld Academy in 2017. Since 2014 he is the assistant of Ruudt Peters.
His Artificial Kingdom marionettes were nominated and awarded in competitions in 2017, 18 and 19. His work has been exhibited in different international jewelry exhibitions in The Netherlands, Italy, and Finland. It was part of Preziosa Young 2019 in Florence, Munich and Paris.
Written by Author and Art historian Liesbeth den Besten
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