Dragon fly pendant in sterling silver with chain by Katzinka Tschierschky
$370
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Katzinka
Tschierschky is a Melbourne-based goldsmith and jewellery designer. Born and
raised in Germany, she studied goldsmithing at the Zeichenakademie (Hanau) for
three years and a year of jewellery design at the Fachhochschule fur Gestaltung
(Pforzheim) before emigrating to Australia in 1999. She went on to study
jewellery and 3D design at Curtin University in Western Australia, where she
won both the “Artisans of the Sea” award for outstanding achievement in
Jewellery/3D design, and the award for best student in the third year visual
research programme. She moved to Melbourne in 2001 and has since been working
as an independent jeweller.
In addition
to working with found objects, Katzinka favours a two dimensional approach.
Through the use of the traditional technique of hand engraving and carving she
transforms the medium of drawing into three dimensional wearable pieces.
“my
inspiration is the old, the odd, the found, the image, contrasts and colours,
stones, the sparkle, the light and the heavy, the story, the movement, the
moment, distance and lines.”
Exhibitions
include When It Rains It Pours (MDF 2007), Gallery Deux Poisons (Tokyo 2007),
e.g.etal installation (Melbourne 2007), Jewel Fair (Seoul 2007), Penthouse
Mouse (Melbourne 2008), Thonet chair 18 (MDF 2008).
