Belgium Catch-up: This is Not Diamond

Ikaros Moushouttas

On July 28 I went to Brussels with Karin and Hervee to attend the opening of, "This is Not Diamond." The show featured the work of Arnaud Sprimont, Barbara Deriemaeker, Nina Airapetova, Carine Van Landeghem, and Ikaros Moushouttas. Each artist had a unique body of work on display, some of which I had seen back in June. It was great to see the work again and this time to have conversations with the artists about their work The show was bustling with guests and my wine glass seemed to fill magically. Afterward, Karin and Hervee and I went to dinner. Such a great 
night!

 Carine Van Landeghem

 Karin talking to Arnaud 

 Arnaud Sprimont

 Barbara Deriemaeker

  Nina Airapetova

Nina and I

Thanks to Barbara Deriemaeker for all the great pictures!

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Guest Star #93...Arnaud Sprimont

A few years ago Arnaud Sprimont featured my work on his contemporary jewelry website, Apparat.  Then a few weeks ago I met him at the exhibition Patro(o)n here in Belgium. (How cool is that?!) We had a nice visit that day. It was great to meet him! Arnaud's work is an exploration of nanometrics and the chaos of human existence. As he told me, he takes a nanometric element or vision of the body and translates it into jewelry forms, specifically the brooch, to show that humans are constantly evolving. He sand casts his pieces in Shibuichi and creates structured organic forms with wonderful color and texture.

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