Christel Trimborn

The artist Klaus Dupont transforms old finds into new objects – seldom have these old pieces been more cheerfully staged...

Wrinkles may be undesirable on the face, yet folds are present in many different forms in art. Folds are created...

What an anniversary celebration: in 2008, the Munich Academy of Fine Arts celebrates its 200 year anniversary. The class for...

Five designers, five different approaches in the perception of jewelry, five creative providers of ideas: this is the design group...

John Cage was a pioneer of modern sound art with his idea of incorporating complete silence and accidental everyday noise...

The sun-drenched yellow spectrum of archaic amber treasures lends its name to the trend topic. Rarities and curiosities of bygone...

The borders between outside and inside are disappearing increasingly. Urban oasis in the form of roof and facade gardens permit...

The fields of art, craft and design are becoming increasingly intertwined and the boundaries between them ever more fluid. The...

Ten years after it was first established, the ‘Alchimia’ private School for Goldsmithing and Jewelry, together with the ‘Opera Rebis’...

Opinions are divided when it comes to beetles: while some people flee as soon as one of these six-legged creatures...

The new campus is still a building site and will most likely not be ready for opening until 2009. However,...

Sam Tho Duong always springs to mind whenever I think of ginger. The spicy and stubbornly shaped condiments is inextricably...

The idea that she should become a goldsmith actually came from her biology teacher. Could this be the reason why...

80 x 120 cm is the size of the sales space per product that finds its way from the ‘design:palette’...

“The saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” could scarcely be more relevant that in the creative sector....

The married goldsmith and designer couple Sabine Brandenburg-Frank and Egon Frank have, after 23 years, released themselves from the obligations...

The courageous works of gemstone cutters and designers Bernd and Tom Munsteiner continue to focus on a new direction. Brooch/necklace...

The cliche is coming undone. Instead of laboriously asserting themselves on the market, as is apparently befitting of a genuine...

Where does nature end and art begin? This question is the subject of an exhibition that renders almost tangible the...

His roots lie both in France, the land of Haute Couture, and also in Africa, the continent of tradition. Joining...

The traditional arts and crafts of South and Latin America and the gripping colorfulness and wildly romantic symbolism of the...

The unfettered joy of an eccentric mix of styles from historical epochs - with no consideration of rules of combination...

Clay spread by hand, bearing traces of fingerprints and diffuse structures in its moistness, dries to form a sculpted surface...

Ten German jewelry designers are making a name for themselves by means of the wealth of innovative ideas and sheer...

The creative potency of international designers, who will present their latest work during this year’s inhorgenta europe, apparently knows no...

Plastic is not a cheap, surrogate material for her jewelry art in the eyes of the Berlin-based designer Svenja John....

What plan of action should jewelry designers follow if they wish to successfully promote their jewelry in galleries? Wait bashfully...

Anyone working in a creative field knows just how strong the influence between the direct environment and each individual’s work...

The fact that the jewelry by Turkish designer Sevan Bicakci looks like they come straight from the legend of Ali...

Getting the best and not the most out of every stone – this is the motto employed by the gemstone...

In her 20th year of creating jewelry, Aninka Harms has returned to the place where her training as a designer...

Whether in ancient Greece or in China, in Peru or India, gold has not only been appreciated due to its...

Can you trust what you see? Gemstones perched on plastic rings, salamanders are wrapped around Tahiti cultured pearls. Rings and...

Regardless of whether you might run a one person shop or manage legions of employees, constant media liaisons just do...

Help!!! The football world championship is coming to Germany. Ahead of the world championships, there’s a flood of products inundating...

The assumption the business economist and philosopher Dr. Ulrich Freiesleben invented two revolutionary new diamond cuts out of pure boredom...

It is a year now since Peter Schmid took over the reins from the world-renowned goldsmith and designer Michael Zobel....

The merchant ship that sank off the coast of Turkey over 3,300 years ago and that divers salvaged in 10...

Inspiration A topic enthused by its dizzying variety, characterized by a striking contrast between white and black and an enormously...

Inspiration The design inspiration of three decades melt together to form a sweet and poetic topic of luxury; colors, forms...

Inspiration Kenya meets Tokyo - Morocco encounters Amsterdam! The shifting together of most different countries and cultures paints a global...

Large and comfortable – this is the style of the rings created by the Munich-based jewelry designer Angela Hübel. The...

What is connection between a sleepy hamlet in Saarland, Germany, and the glimmering, pearly beauties of Japan? It is above...

The Belgian designer Nico Taeymans has a lot of stories to tell: The one about the boy who grew up...

“I don’t wear jewels, I drive them!” This statement by the Dutch jewelry and product designer Gijs Bakker wrote history...

A petrified miracle of creation – most deserving of this kind of finely sensual description is agate. Agate is found...

For the second time now, international jewelry artists are setting off for boundless networking of their ideas and inspirations. Jewellery...

In many cultures, exchanging rings as a symbol of eternal togetherness is an integral element of the wedding rituals. Other...

She is just as passionate about abstruse stories as she is about droll jewelry. Bruna Hauert and “Friends of Carlotta”,...

The Turkish designer Kemal Simsek chose an acacia as his corporate logo. And this jewelry company, not yet 10 years...

Masks & Facades – Perspectives on St. Petersburg is a book handling themes of jewelry and the pleasure of wearing...

...it’s daybreak in Honolulu. Wolf-Peter Schwarz known to most jewelry-cognoscenti as the inventor of Charlotte variable jewelry, has come up...

Faults or miracles? In general, gemstones are held to be more precious if they have as little “contamination” with other...

The unique style of the designers Björn Weckström, Zoltan Popovits, Christophe Burger, and Pekka Hirvonen has been the creative imprint...

Dorothee Striffler has made her choice: the square is far and away her favorite form. And, there are good reasons...

Inspiration The leisurely lifestyle that artists such as Picasso or Matisse convey in their sun-drenched, love-filled paintings. The atmosphere created...

If the only thing you think of is old Venetian art when someone mentions mosaics, you don’t know how imaginatively...

C2 – when the name of a fair hall is automatically associated with electrifying innovation and ground-breaking design, it can...

Inhorgenta europe is presenting the special show “brand new – new brand” for the third time. Like in the previous...

There are no limits to what we can learn from one material. And I feel that I still have a...

A country whose flag is comprised of four different colors must love vivacity. Brazil and the Brazilians most certainly do....

In 1898, Wilhelm Krische, owner of a factory that made history books and a stone printing shop, patented one of...

The eclipse of nature makes it all the more captivating, especially for artists. Nature has been a topic that cultural...

People have attempted to enter into a pact with the occult forces of nature for thousands of years in order...

As many and varied as the reasons may be to publicize a message or to make a very personal statement,...

The Austrian city of Steyr has been a trading post for iron and a center of metalworking for many hundreds...

From autodidact to prize-winning designer: 30 years ago, the Brazilian national Antonio Bernardo founded his jewelry production firm in Rio...

The photography of jewelry can achieve a whole lot more than just depicting products. It can focus on unique details...

The fascinating depth and quality of the intesive colors that are created by melting stained glass on a metal surface...

The contents of some projects are not restricted solely to creating a presitigious symbolic value, but which instead provide an...

A pretty red brick building from the 19th century is located not far from the city center of Geneva, a...

Reduced lines, minimalist forms and clear colors characterize primarily the jewelry collection by the Freiburg-based jewelry designer Bernd Wolf. However,...

Whether they are cable, balloon, Maderia, rose, rolo or wheat chain, chains can be worn in almost any way. As...

Strings of pearls resting directly on the neck: The Freiburg-based company pars pro toto producers chokers that are popular among...

Platinum, in many regards an extraordinary precious metal, was given its name by Spanish conquistadors in about 1580: “platina,” which...

The works of the British environmental sculptor Andy Goldsworthy are never actually complete, but are always either in the process...

Big names, small prices – this principle is familiar to us from the furniture industry, but less so from the...

The imposing seven-story Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, often photographer for architecture magazines because of its unique design, juts up...

Aid to development, in the broadest sense of the term, seems to be the specialty of Norway’s most famous jewelry...

With his international exhibition concept, which supports and promotes dialogue between foreign jewelry artists and those from Germany, Udo Adam-Pasquale...

Inhorgenta europe (2005) - 20 young designers and newcomers to the trade fair have the opportunity to present their work...

In 1898, Wilhelm Krische, owner of a factory that made history books and a stone printing shop, patented one of...

What he wanted to be was a painter, although he was also thinking about being a graphic artist or book...

The photography of jewelry can achieve a whole lot more than just depicting products. It can focus on unique details...

As many and varied as the reasons may be to publicize a message or to make a very personal statement,...

From autodidact to prize-winning designer: 30 years ago, the Brazilian national Antonio bernardo founded his jewelry production firm in Rio...