Rip Off_Necklace, Rip Off_Bracelet, Rip Off_BroochThe Rip Off series includes jewellery in gold or silver that is attached to the body with sticky tape. The pieces have a raw expression and appear as arbitrary fragments of precious metals with pinprick perforations forming the inscriptions “Necklace”, “Bracelet” or “Brooch”. The jewellery is made in 0.5 mm 925 sterling silver and 0.4 mm 14 carat gold, while the tape is either white or transparent and specifically selected for contact with the skin. Every step of the process has been carried out manually crafted. Rip off_ is a daring title discussing the element of value and appointing the fact that these jewellery pieces are placed on the body using tape. This jewellery series is a part of Eskholm’s graduation project “The What is Jewellery Collection”, which explores the span between jewellery and clothing and reflections on material value and our times’ massive focus on image and self staging. Eskholm’s jewellery explores contrasts such as value versus non-value in material as well as technique and challenges conventional concepts of jewellery and the way it can be worn on the body. |
Liv Eskholm
b. 1975, Danish Jewellery artist and designer
Eskholm graduated from Designskolen Kolding with a degree in textile design in 2007. Her works have been exhibited at Trapholt and at Musikhuset Århus in connection with the graduation exhibition from Designskolen Kolding. Eskholm works experimentally with a variety of materials, generally characterised by a pure and simple appearance, striving for a simple, aesthetically tight expression. For example, in her collection “The What is Jewellery Collection”, she explores a wide range of materials including veneer, Sterling silver, leather, wire and hair, which she combines within a clear, expressive design idiom. The concept is the first aspect that Eskholm considers in her projects, and she addresses this concept as a general element throughout the process. An overriding framework of meanings and words forms the basis for a development of visualisations and images, and in addressing both body and space she unfolds her practice in a broad spectrum within the design profession. Since the conceptual aspect is so essential in Eskholm’s works, the research phase is crucial, and it is the challenges that she encounters in this process that fuel her desire to play with contrasts in terms of materials as well as meanings. | By same artist: |









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