​MÄRTA MATTSSON
GLUETASTIC!
21st and 22nd of april 2024
In this experimental workshop I will demonstrate how to use epoxy glue in unexpected ways to create pieces of jewellery.
About the workshop
I started out as a traditional silversmith but over my twenty year long practice of making jewellery I have always had a big interest in working with alternative materials.
Epoxy glue is a perfect material for creating interesting surfaces on top of metal or on materials like wood, found objects or clay.
I will demonstrate how to encrust a piece with for example crushed stone, sand or glitter, how to cover a surface with colours or patterns and also how to make small castings from epoxy glue.
I use epoxy glue in different ways in every single piece that I create and it is my one favourite material because of its versatile and transformative properties.
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I will share all the little tricks that I know and show demos of the different ways I use glue in my work.
I will also demonstrate how to attach metal brooch backs, chain and earring posts to alternative materials. You will get the opportunity to create your own unique pieces of jewellery using the techniques covered in the course.
Most materials are included in the price of the course.
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The teacher
MÄRTA MATTSSON
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Märta Mattsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1982. She received a Master degree from the Royal College of Art in London in 2010. She also received a Bachelor degree in jewellery art from HDK - Acadamy of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg and has been an exchange student at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery in Tokyo, Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and at Hawaii Pacific University. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally since 2006 in over 20 solo exhibitions and in many group exhibitions. Märta has given workshops and lectures around the theme of her work in countries like China, Belgium, Mexico, Thailand, USA, Sweden and Latvia and she is was employed as a lecturer at HDK – Academy of Design and Crafts in the department for jewellery art between 2018-2021. In 2016 Märta was awarded the prize Young Applied Artists 2016 in Sweden and her pieces can be found in prestigious Museum collections like MAD – Museum of Art and Design in New York and the National museum in Stockholm.
‘My jewellery deals with the tension that lies between attraction and repulsion. I take seemingly inappropriate materials, making ordinary and familiar objects seem extraordinary and unfamiliar.’ - Märta
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Practical information
DATES
21st and 22 nd of april 2024
from 9h30 to 13h and 14h to 17h30 (7h /day)
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
12 maximum per workshop
Level: all levels
PLACE
Bruxelles (near place flagey)
PRICE
290 euros (The material is included in the price of the workshop )
+ 10 euros / homemade lunch (optional)
LANGUAGES
english
LINKS INSCRIPTION (have a look first at the terms and conditions)
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