Schmuck Wander vol.1

This dandy project came up as a crazy idea of me and my colleague Bety sitting in our favorite coffee house and having little brainstorming :). Our notion was that many people can work in tandem on one piece of jewellery. The inspiration for the Schmuck Wander project was born from our experiences from creative symposiums but we shift it into new locations by invention of traveling jewells. We started with fifteen pieces made by Slovak jewellers who thereafter posted it to some friend from abroad. The next link in the chain is another creator, so the ultimate jewell is created by two, three or four jewell makers. Finally Schmuck Wander project joined 47 authors from 11 different countries. The project was running unexpectedly. We missed few pieces bumming somewhere around the world before the termination, but we already have thirteen pieces back home. In these days just two pieces are lost but still wanted.
Maria Nepsinska / curator and organiser
October 2009

 Jewells and objects which were created in cooperation of some number of authors are very interesting, but the point is that each one has its own story just as well as its own transit network. We succeed to join participants from many different countries in one astonishing mission. We hope all jewellery artist who joined our project had great fun with it and that they will be looking forward to the next round.

Each one of 15 jewells has passport to memorize its journey and its creators. Likewise catalogue conception is inspired by passport ;) So are recent wishes are that the project will continue in the future and that there are more enthusiastic artists who would like to participating in it.
Will grow up into the respectfully …The presentation of Schmuck Wander project took place in the Gallery Medium Bratislava, Slovakia early in December 2009

Till today we exhibited Schmuck wander in:
Galeria Medium, Bratislava , Slovakia
December 2009

Stoss im Himmel , Wien , Austria
October 2010

3 stations, Munich, Germany
March 2011

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List of participants vol.1  (2009):

Karol Weisslechner (Slovakia)
Sona Némethová Kabaňová (Slovakia/ Czech Republic)
Petr Vogel (Czech Republic)
Lucia Bartková (Slovakia)
Inga Pelzel (Germany)
Sylvia Jokelová (Slovakia)
Susanne Matsche (Austria/Germany)
Birgit Wiesinger (Austria)
Viktoria Münzker (Austria)
Mária Nepšinská (Slovakia)
Ursula Guttmann (Austria)
Ruudt Peters (Netherlands)
René Hora (Czech Republic)
Kata Kissoczy (Slovakia/ Czech Republic)
Kristýna Španihelová (Slovakia/ Czech Republic)
Pavol Prekop (Slovakia)
Deganit Stern Schocken (Israel)
Michal Oren(Israel)
Anton Cepka (Slovakia)
Vratislav Karel Novák (Czech Republic)
Lída Šikolová (Czech Republic)
Hany H. Kašičková (Slovakia)
Petr Hůza (Czech Republic)
Shino (Japan)
Ján Sajkala (Slovakia)
Gisbert Stach (Germany)
Nedda la Belge (Belgium) + Chris Le Suisse (Switzerland)
Alena Timkovičová (Slovakia)
Stefanie Klemp (Germany)
Danni Swaag (Germany)
Radka Kovačíková (Czech Republic)
Serena Holm (Sweden)
Gertrud Heinerud (Sweden)
Özay Emert (Sweden)
Blanka Cepková (Slovakia)
Rita Oliveira (Portugal)
Alexandra Lisboa (Portugal)
Bety K. Majerníková (Slovakia)
Monika Strasser (Switzerland)
Sofia Björkman (Sweden)
Jan Michalisko (Czech Republic) + Monika Hanečková (Slovakia)
Matej Bezúch (Slovakia) + Jana Machatová (Slovakia)
Lucia Gašparovičová (Slovakia)