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2 O i s c 0 s t u 2 o 0 b e e r n o . 2 "Sculpture and installations have a more intellectual approach. They are less direct and ask much more initiative from the audience" EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS: Wolfgang Stiller Iwona Tamborska Marek Emczek-Olszewski Art and lifestyle magazine Madam Jejette & More www.luxurysplashofart.com Photography by Marek Emczek Editor's Note Dear Reader, Welcome to the second issue of Luxury Splash of Art. I am delighted to present you the new art and lifestyle magazine; magazine with a twist, magazine about CREATION, magazine created by like minded people who think outside the box. Why ‘Luxury’ some might ask? It is important to mention that word luxury (in this context) has nothing in common with the material world, things… or those who are wealthy and at the top of their carrier … on the contrary, we are aiming to present the wider aspect and perception of creation. We are all creators, we create every day and that luxury is in us. As a very young magazine at the beginning of the exciting journey, I am thrilled and grateful to all artists who gave us support and trusted us when we invited them for an interview. And thank YOU, Dear Reader, for being here with us. It only confirms that what we do is needed, especially in such uncertain times. Art and creation are very powerful, it is a tool to get through dicult and hard times, it can be used to express feelings and show the beauty of the world but it also can be used to fight for other people’s rights. In October issue, we interviewed photographers, art historian, fashion designer, painters, coach, jewellery maker… who told us their inspiring stories, why creation is so important and how it changed their lives. One sentence that really stuck to my mind comes from an interview with photographer Cover Artist Wolfgang Stiller Wolfgang Stiller who told us that ‘If we limit our encounter with the work to the intention of the artist, we deprive ourselves of some unique experiences’. Kamila Krzyzaniak - Editor in Chief at Luxury Splash of Art LuxurySplashofArt Team Contributors: Editor-in-Chief: Dieter Hanf Kamila Krzyzaniak Patrick Quenum Luiza Laskowska Deputy Editor: Maria Grossbaum Agnieszka Kowalczewska Information Design Manager: Filip Adamczewski www.luxurysplashofart.com Instagram: Luxury_Splash_of_Art Marketing Director: Facebook: LuxurySplashofArt Ludi Holman [email protected] Luxury Splash of Art 2 Photography by Luke Foreman Luxury Splash of Art Iwona Tamborska I don’t think of myself as a “jewellery maker”, but more like someone, who tells stories. The only difference is – I sculpt my stories in silver. Sometimes those stories are short, sometimes they are bitter-sweet fairytales, that often have a hint of nostalgia over the passing of life and it’s meaning. But they have one thing in common: they are not just jewellery. They always have a reason to be. Thanks to them I am the Saul Bell Design Award Finalist and I was invited to China, Australia, UK, France, to share what I hide in my works. JEWLERRY AT FASHION ITS FINEST Interview with Iwona Tamborska “Rękami Stworzone” in Polish means “Hand Created”. “Created” – not “made”, because the act of creation implicates a trace of the soul in the final object’s form. This jewellery is one of a kind. These pieces were handmade from the very beginning and emanate with the artist’s fantasy and unique style. They touch the heart directly because this is how the beauty works – it moves deeply. All of them can be considered works of art. LSA: Through your art what do you want to tell Luxury Splash of Art: I am following what you do for some time now and other people? for me, it is an inspiration. Your work is beautiful and unique; I can see a lot of work and heart in every piece. Can you please tell me why you IT: “I think of myself as a storyteller, only those decided to create? When did it start and what is your background? stories are written with silver”. A sensitive soul can read in my jewellery stories about the beauty of Iwona Tamborska: It’s very nice to know that you follow my work – thank you. the world, about how one doesn’t need to search For someone who creates, it is always very important to know there is an far because all the tiny things around are “audience”. I started to walk this path over 10 years ago. I used to be a magical. I practice the art of noticing, even the landscape architect. But I got sick and landed in a hospital. After the surgery, smallest things, try to understand how those are there were complications with my vocal cords (I lost the ability to speak). I built and why things work the way they do. That was lucky enough, that my convalescence took only 4 months and I was able moment is followed by appreciation and seeing to speak again. It was a time of slowing down and asking myself questions its beauty. Those small details stimulate my about the right choices in life, happiness, regrets. I tried to live according to a imagination; make me see the creature/the new rule I gave myself: “If you would know you would die in a year, what phenomenon as something purely magical and would you want to do tomorrow?” On my list, there was a big regret – that I amazing. And that is what I show in my jewellery: didn’t follow my strong need that I always had: silversmithing. During my the magical world that we are surrounded by, the time of picking a path of education, being a jeweller was something only a stories that might be happening around us if we closed caste had an access to (at least in my opinion). The internet wasn’t so could only notice them. common, the knowledge was hidden away – so I never considered it. But after my surgery, I got very determined and found myself a 4-day course, which So, I try to tell those stories of beauty and magic got me started. It was a big investment for me at that time, but I’ve never around us, but also of sorrow and deep emotions been so clear about anything before. The next years were very intense, lots of that we struggle through every day – often self-learning, experimenting with chemicals and materials, investing in tools, unnoticed. And those emotions are also what digging up the knowledge locked in the internet (there were still no tutorials makes people more beautiful. I don’t want my on youtube, etc.), countless failures and self-doubt, moments of desperation, jewellery to be trivial – I want it to be a breaking down. statement of a soul. From time to time (in my own opinion) I manage to achieve that. And But here I am. I still experience the above, but there are some diplomas on sometimes I make things just for fun. the wall, that keep me focused and give me pride: the Saull Bell Design Award, The Krakow Scholarship for Gifted Creators, The Sydney Art School LSA: What inspires you? Do you have an (who invited me to teach there), and the exhibition in the Chinese National image in your head of what your next piece Museum. will look like; do you follow your intuition? This March 2020 I was supposed to take part in Amberlook - the biggest fashion show in Poland devoted to jewellery and clothes (last year Lady Gaga’s designer took part in it), but Covid put a hold on that plans. Luxury Splash of Art 5 IT: The idea just hits me. I see a stone, a shape, a creature – and I instantly have a picture in my head of what it could be. Sometimes I see random photography of scenery– and I know this is something I would love to always have with me. Sometimes I draw something just for fun, and after years with one look I see a potential in it as jewellery. I never draw jewellery as an object (only if a client wants me to), because I see no sense in that. So I guess what I see is moments, feelings, stories – and I translate that into jewellery. LSA: Do you have your favourite artist that inspires you? IT: Of course! There are many! From the past, but always eternal jewellery artists: Rene Lalique, Georges Fouquet. And from the present ones: Austy Lee, Wallace Chan, Claudio Pino, Ilgiz Fazulzyanov, Sevan Becakci. Outside of jewellery world: photographer Kirsty Mitchell. Sculptors: Michelle McKinney, Małgorzata Chodakowska, Dashi Namdakov, Johnson Tsang, Yuan Xing Liang. Painters: Klimt, Alphonse Mucha, Aya Kato. LSA: Not only your art is unique and one-off but also your photos are very artistic and beautiful. Can you please tell me where the idea of presenting your work on young girls came from – it looks amazing! IT: The author of those photos is Margo Skwara. She is a Polish photographer living in Luxemburg. One day, I posted a challenge that I would send my jewellery to a photographer, who would want to create something interesting with it. I wasn’t interested in typical “product pictures”, but I wanted “stories”. Out of many, Margo wrote to me. I checked her portfolio and really loved her style. Her works, balanced with light and colour, bring to mind peaceful paintings of masters of Renaissance. One could say she paints with a camera. She is famous for creating in the “fantastic-realism” style by joining everyday beauty with elements of magic.

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