And the new project of +Bones takes off!
+BONES Go Fine!
Those are the initial designs for the Ring Collection:
24 Oct 2012
2 Oct 2012
LATEST EXHIBITION
But before we move on to the next chapter of +BONES, the pieces from the recent exhibition "Cast from Different Moulds" in School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University in Birmingham, UK.
ChestBone I, mixed media, 2012
HandBone I, mixed media, 2012
HandBone II, mixed media, 2012
FingerBone V, mixed media, 2012
FingerBone II, mixed media, 2012
FingerBone III, mixed media, 2012
FingerBone IV, mixed media, 2012
FingerBone I, mixed media, 2012
1 Oct 2012
PORTFOLIO
It's been a while...
Moving to a new flat, no internet connection thinking about new stuff of work and all...
My full online portfolio ->http://elenizolia.wix.com/jewellerysculpture#!home/mainPage
Not only +BONES but the whole stuff.
And new work is coming soon.
Moving to a new flat, no internet connection thinking about new stuff of work and all...
My full online portfolio ->http://elenizolia.wix.com/jewellerysculpture#!home/mainPage
Not only +BONES but the whole stuff.
And new work is coming soon.
28 Aug 2012
Making Bones for the neck…
I’m going to start
from the bones of the neck as it is a category that if you look into it you
will find it absolutely fascinating. Personally at first I thought the bones of
the neck are almost similar in all creatures but after some research they are
not. Actually they have the greatest variety in nature.
From dinosaurs to
animals…
*Photos taken by me from Natural History Museum in London and the book EVOLUTION, 7 stories pressed
And to humans…
As you see there are
plenty of elements to be combined, changed and transformed.
That’s how it works…
26 Aug 2012
Why this blog?
Ok… After all the
formal stuff it’s time to explain the existence of this blog.
The whole “bones
thing” may spook some people. Funny
thing but it can happen. However, they are something natural and very important
for our life.
Through my work I develop
a different view on them. I am not neither a biologist, a scientist nor a forensic
anthropologist…! I am not going to make any scientific analysis (I do not even
know the actual name of some bones believe me!) or try to create a “spooky”
feeling –at least not for now- by giving any impression of scaring remains. I
admire and research a sculpture made by nature by taking its aim away -at least
for the time being- and I develop new sculptures out of it. On the other hand,
I keep the fact that the bones indicate the existence of the flesh as they hold
it and give its shape. With different bones we would be different creatures, so
simple. So just say that I am playing with nature by creating a transformation
of the real thing.
Actually we are living
in a world that speaks about the transformation of the body far too much and by
any means, from plastic surgery to DNA technology. So why not art participate
into this just by putting the question of what would happen, “if” that
transformation was much deeper?
Bottom line, this is what
this blog is about, to communicate and discuss my ideas and explain my pieces. Sketchbooks
are just too personal and more for educational reasons. Here I can better show
the way of thinking and how this concept evolves and adjusts to different minor
concepts as time passes.
So stay tuned!
24 Aug 2012
8 Aug 2012
INTERVIEW
Read and listen my interview at: http://cast-from-different-moulds.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/interview-lenia-zolia.html (blog of our coming MA exhibition)
7 Aug 2012
Artist's statement
Eleni Zolia, NeckBone I, neckpiece, mixed media, 2012,
photo/photo-manipulation: Eleni
My work is “to make bones”, not real bones, but artificial bones,
external additions and extensions to the actual ones.
When looking at bones of different creatures individually, they are a
kind of natural sculptures. However, they have a very specific structural
purpose. What happens if we take that purpose away and we consider them only as
art objects with the potential of further development?
The actual shapes of human or animal bones are my inspiration. I reform
them, I make them fluid, futuristic and even strange. I create
three-dimensional shapes that are pure white, as a synthetic bone would be. Resulting
in light weight final objects, though they are big in size, they can easily be
carried on the body and become a part of it.
Even if I describe myself more as a sculptor than as a jewellery maker,
my pieces are jewellery in their own way. My sculptures are to do with the
body. They are inspired by it, placed on it and are combined with it. They
stand on the body by their shape in a clear relation with the bones underneath
the skin. They are +BONES!
6 Aug 2012
HOW DID I EVOLVE?
When I started the MA, I aimed to evolve
my designs to more fluid and curvy shapes.
Eleni Zolia, Ring, 2011, acrylic
sheet
The shape of the car has to do with the aerodynamics and the movement.
As a result, I was for a while driven to make experimentations about mechanisms
for kinetic jewellery.
Eleni Zolia, Handpiece, 2011, acrylic sheet, acrylic tube, brass, ball
bearing
As I was looking for my personal style of
aesthetics, researching about streamline, retrofuturism and futurism, I settled
on the futuristic aspect. I made pieces that are characterised by white, fluid
surfaces. They can be worn, actually positioned on the body, in unfamiliar
ways. Still they remain sculptures even without the wearer.
Eleni Zolia, Hand Sculpture, 2012, polymer clay, electroforming, spray
painted
When I made this piece, biomorphism became
a point of interest and I thought about combining aerodynamics and biomorphism.
Eleni Zolia, Hand sculpture, 2012, Milliput, electroforming, spray paint
Were my objects going to be futuristic
organisms fluidly growing on the body?
Eleni Zolia, Ring, 2012, modelling wax, casting, bronze, spray paint
However, the viewers of my work insisted that my objects resemble to
bones.
Eleni Zolia, model for hand piece, 2012, air drying – air light clay
They were placed on the body like some
kind of additional bones. This was the final key to define my style, what I am
doing, how and for which reason.
5 Aug 2012
WHO AM I?
First blogging so
let’s just present myself…
I am Eleni Zolia and I would like to
introduce myself as a sculptor and jewellery designer/maker. I am initially trained as a
regular silversmith. I have made pieces out of silver using traditional
techniques.
Eleni Zolia,
“Prisoner”, ring, silver-copper, horizontal lamination technique, 2008
Eleni Zolia,
bracelet, silver, 2009
Eleni Zolia, neckpiece and ring, silver, reticulation
technique, 2010
When I was trained as a jewellery
designer, I experimented and produced work in different styles following
particular projects.
Eleni Zolia, “Orange in Chocolate” in the subject Pop
Art, ring, polymer clay, resin, 2010
Eleni Zolia, “Balloon Rings” inspired by
Jeff Koons’s sculptures, water paint, 2010
Eleni Zolia, “Architectural bracelets”, models for
bracelets, acrylic tube, balsa wood, 2010
During my essay for diploma, my love for
fluid and aerodynamics curves surfaced. I made a series of rings based on the
curves of the cars.
Eleni Zolia, ring and its design progress, silver,
titanium, acrylic sheet, 2011
And this is from where I started
developing my work during my MA in Birmingham School of Jewellery...
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