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Local artist Nadège Renée Cassar participates in international online exhibition

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder showcases 247 images chosen from entries from over 55 artists representing North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Central America, Africa and Eurasia.

The drive to adorn the human body is surely as old as human kind. From pre-historic times this drive has led humans to use the materials at hand, combined with the technologies and tools available, to create objects to adorn the human body. The oldest jewellery found to date goes back to at least 75,000 years ago in Africa. Early jewellery was made of bones, shells, sticks and whatever other materials the people could find and shape.

Over time the ability to mine and shape metal developed, and jewellery was made from bronze, silver, gold, platinum and other metals. Gold has long been thought of as a “precious” metal, and today it is joined by silver and platinum as the three main materials modern jewellery is made from. While much jewellery today is made from these three main metals, a large body of jewellery worldwide is still made from a much wider range of materials. The exhibition, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, focuses on jewellery made primarily of materials other than gold, platinum and silver.

Jewellers today are still using found objects such as shell and bone; “green” materials – upcycled and recycled objects and materials; cutting edge plastics and newly developed technology; and older metals such as copper, brass and bronze. Some of the more unusual materials include vinyl LPs, velvet, VCR components, rattlesnake vertebrae, corian, canvas, paper, crab claws, magnets, synthetic rubber electrical insulation tubing and aluminium grounding wire.

More traditional materials used include copper, bronze, brass, glass, various types of wood, gemstones, pearls and seeds.

Techniques range from traditional metal smithing, through a range of beading techniques, textile techniques, photography techniques and cutting edge industrial fabrication.

Participants range from professional jewellers with international reputations to students just learning their craft. Maltese jewellery designer/maker Nadège Renée Cassar, who goes by the studio name of Nadège Renée, is one of the featured international artists. Showcasing the chunky Offset Bangle, the hand-fabricated piece is made from brass and laminated copper wire.

Hosted on the Ganoksin website, the world’s largest internet site devoted to jewellery-related topics, the exhibition is a snapshot of what jewellers around the world are exploring and an inspiration to all. The exhibition was conceived by Beth Wicker, an artist from South Carolina in the USA, and curated by Beth and Hanuman Aspler, founder of the Ganoksin Project.

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