Sabine Herman
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Le souvenir d’un grand-père orfèvre a nourri mon imagination. Une formation en bijouterie contemporaine à Anvers a ouvert la voie tout en me confortant dans mes choix. Dès ses débuts la galerie s’est voulue une vitrine du bijou d’aujourd’hui, un laboratoire créatif, où cohabitent pièces uniques et séries limitées.
Chaque créateur traduit son époque dans un langage qui lui est propre. Je laisse la matière me guider et aime m’exprimer à travers elle en étant à son écoute.
Formes de nos jours et de toujours, mes bijoux puisent leur force dans leur simplicité.
Penser les choses et leur donner forme… Quand une idée se voit ainsi matérialisée et qu’elle prend vie sur le corps, la magie opère.
Hectare Galerie 86 Rue Faider (Châtelain – Bailli) Ixelles 1050 Belgium
Pierre Vanherck
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• 2000, his work was recognized by the Walloon Brabant Arts and Craft Agency.
• In 2006, Pierre Vanherck has his brand registered under the name Pierre Création and had his designs recognized as registered trademarks. During the same year, he won “La Vitrine de l’artisan” contest.
• 2009 came to a close with a very special honour: Pierre Vanherck creates a prestigious cane to be presented to Pope Benedict XVI during the Christmas festivities held in Rome.
• 2012 was more of a transition year. With growing international demand and opportunities to partner with other brands, Pierre Vanherck was encouraged to develop his new brand name, Pierre Vanherck ®, and proposing ever more exclusive canes.
• In 2014, the design of such majestic canes continues to evolve where the only limit is imagination.
• In 2015, creation of the first olfactory cane
• In 2017, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Palais de Justice in Brussels and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Poelaert. Larcier and Meta-Morphosis Editions asked Pierre Vanherck to create a “stick of justice”. This was offered and delivered by Pierre Vanherck to the judicial authorities of the Brussels Palace of Justice on September 1, 2017
• In 2018, Pierre Vanherck is the laureate from the 2018 Champagne Award.
This award was given by Thibaut Le Mailloux, Communication Director of the Champagne Committee on proposal of the Benelux Champagne Office.
The Champagne Award is a prestigious recognition awarded in several countries worldwide including Belgium.
On this occasion a prestige cane was created on the theme of Champagne:
• In 2019, creation of the first microchips cane. This technology not only certifies the origin of the materials that make up the works, but also authenticates them. This as creations imagined and produced entirely in Belgium. This traceability makes these canes unique, exclusive and non-reproducible.
• In 2020 – 2021,Artist and craftsman, creator of exceptional canes for 17 years, Pierre Vanherck took advantage of this lockdown period to take art out of its frame and the cane out of its traditional use and create “Mysteries of Creation”. Rarity of precious stones and woods, technical prowess and poetry are the essence of these exclusive and original works. Pierre Vanherck invite you to discover the first triptych of “Art comes out of its frame”
• In 2021, Maison Pierre Vanherck has entered the digital age and more specifically the Blockchain age. On request, the authenticity certificate of a work, has its digital copy registered in the blockchain. The inscription of the BAP (Biometric Art Passport) in the blockchain makes it possible to create a verifiable, unique, indestructible and inviolable link between the physical work and the digital work. Thanks to this, the DNA of the work registered in the blockchain is made unfalsifiable.
• In 2022, Maison Pierre Vanherck is part of the Artisans recommended and recognized Master Craftsman by the Prestigious Foundation Michel Angelo of Geneva.
From now on you will find our page in the Homo Faber Guide : here
This guide aims to promote the excellence of craftsmanship throughout Europe by referencing artisans who excel in their fields.
SUSTAINABILITY
All our products are designed and manufactured in Belgium, our suppliers are selected based on their work excellence. All the wood we are using is carefully selected and registered with CITES*.
*Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
EXCELLENCE
We master particular techniques allowing us to combine precious woods & metals.
All our products are entirely handmade.
There is no quality compromise, this is why all our products are guaranteed for life.
PASSION
For more than 20 years, Pierre Vanherck designed and manufactured unique & timeless accessories
8, Avenue de la Grande Closière Lillois 1428 Belgium
Ine Vacquier
Ine VacquierKlaverstraat 1 Ingelmunster 8770 Belgium
Sylvie Jousset
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After a few years in the communication field, in Paris then Brussels, the passion of contemporary jewellery led Sylvie Jousset to express herself through another form of communication: the creative expression.
Creating jewels, a mean of expression she masters with curiosity and sometimes humour, is for her a real vehicle of emotions.
After 4 years of jewellery education at the Jeanne Toussaint Institute (Arts and Craft campus) in Brussels, she graduated with high distinction in June 2010.
Since then, her work has been showcased and published in several countries in Europe and in the USA.
Registered Jeweller with the Royal Belgium Mint.
Maker’s Mark registered at the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property.
Registered since 2015 by Fairtrade Max Havelaar Belgium.
Registered Fairmined licensee (www.fairmined.org)
“Certified Craft” (certification granted by the Belgian Ministry of Economy)
Ingrid Verhoeven
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MY STORY
My work is influenced by the colors and shapes that I enjoy having around me. I like the precision and craftsmanship so many objects and art pieces – past and present – are made with. I also find pleasure in the playful and ordinary things I encounter in everyday life. This combination of playfulness and precise technique can be found in my collections.
Earlier work clearly communicates my affection for Modernism and Constructivism. And although gradually my work has become gentler and more female, still today these schools remain sources of inspiration. Both images are compilations of ‘sketches’ I made throughout the years. The picture also contains a favourite painting, in small print, of Wassily Kandinsky.
All rings, bracelets and necklaces, made in the workshop after March 2012, are marked with this graphic logo.
The jewelry is designed and produced in the private workshop in Antwerp. Some pieces, like the paper pieces, lacquered dots, rings and bracelets, take a few weeks to finish because they need time to dry and harden.
Important for me, and fun, is the research I do. Throughout the years I collected (and continue to do so) images of Art and Applied Art of favourite Artists. This study helped to build up a personal graphical style.
I do sometimes look at other (antique) jewelry, but my main sources of inspiration lay elsewhere.
The second step in the design process is sketching. Not only by making tests in metal, as shown above, but also by drawing and writing about the work
Besides working with classical materials like silver and gold, I look for other ways of bringing print and color into my jewelry. This often results in working with ‘ordinary’ office supplies, such as vintage Dymo tapes and Letratone prints, the latter were used a lot by graphic designers and architects in the Eighties. I also use ink, paint, markers and dry color pigments.
These non-common materials and various sources of inspiration, form a base for my work.
Generaal Eisenhowerlei 40 Antwerp 2140 Belgium
Claire Lavendhomme
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Claire Lavendhomme
Born in 1959
Lives and works in Brussel (Belgium)
(…)”If we may be so bold: the sharp edge of sensitivity on the one hand, the very subtle construction on the other. All of it in a sort of perpetually threatened emotion”.
(… )”Si l’on peut aller jusque là, le tranchant de la sensibilité d’une part, la très subtile construction d’autre part, tout cela dans une sorte d’émotion perpétuellement menacée”.
J-M H 1995
“Claire Lavendhomme plays with the” philosophical “notions of life using the form in an almost bi-dimensional way. Her work reveals something subtle, vibrant, poetic, mysterious …”
FS, 2012
Artist creator
• Contemporary jewellery, objets, drawings, multidisciplinary.
• Since 1997 Organisation of artistic meetings (plastic arts, cinema, conferences, lectures music, …)
Link: http://artrencontre.blogspot.com
Teacher experience
Since
• 2003 •Contemporary jewellery teacher at Academy of fine Arts.
Link: http://atelierarlon.blogspot.com
•Teacher of many workshops (jewelery, resin,artistic research).
Link: http://workshoplavendhommeclaire.blogspot.com
• 2016 •Teacher at « institut Jeanne Toussaint » (Arts et Métiers), Bruxelles
• Before 2003 •Teacher in the broader context of fine arts.
Some recent exhibitions (in jewellery)
Expose since 1992
• 2018 Elle-luit/jewellery and light. Wcc-bf (B)
Kleine Kabinet , Tokyo . (J)
Le génie des images, La joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris. (F)
• 2017 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London. (UK)
Kleine Kabinet , Tokyo . (J)
Bijoux d’artistes et de créateurs. Piasa. Auction during “parcours bijoux”, Paris. (F)
• 2016 Schmuck 2016. Handwerkmessen. Curator Peter Skubic. Munchen. (D)
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London. (UK)
Bonds, METALLOphone, International Biennial of Contemporary Meta art. (AV17)Gallery, Vilnius.
• 2015 Silence please! Noel Guyomarc’h gallery. Curator Ramon Puig Cuyas. Montréal. (C)
Beijing International Contemporary Metal and jewellery Art Exhibition. China World Art Museum. (China)
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London. (UK)
• 2014 Multiple Exposures : Jewelry and Photography Loan(s). Museum of Arts Design New York . (USA)
European Triennal of contemporary Jewelry (2011, 2008, 2005) Etable des Anciens abattoirs de Mons. (B)
Le bijou mis à prix, Drouot, Paris. (F)
Transformation 8, Light Yawkey Art Museum, Wassau. (USA)
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London. (UK)
• 2013 Passage, Sabine Herman Gallery, Bruxelles. (B)
La frontera, Velvet Da Vinci, San Fransisco & Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico
Tweex 2. Vander A Gallery. Bruxelles.(B) Bijou d’auteur.
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles de Paris. (F)
Schmuck Show, during the Schmuck, Munchen. (D)
• 2012 European Prize for Applied Arts ( 2010). Anciens abattoirs de Mons. (B)
Accès direct12, Château de Seneffe, Musée de l’orfèvrerie, Seneffe. 5b°
Some recent exhibitions (drawing, multidisciplinary)
• 2017 Sithonia, Flux Gallery, Liège. (B)
• 2016 Centre culturel de Marchin. (B)
• 2015 Sur du rien, Le Clignoteur Gallery, Bruxelles. (B)
• 2014 Autour du mot, Centre Culturel de Marchin. (B)
• 2012 Participation at « Frecher », Loods 12. Wetteren. (B)
• 2017 Participation at « Hommage à Bernd Lohaus », M HKA, Gand. (B)
• and since 1997 the « rencontres artistiques ». Belgium
Florence Coenraets
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Artiste plasticienne, Florence Coenraets propose, à partir de la matière, une expérience esthétique et émotionnelle pour repenser notre rapport au monde.
A partir des plumes, sa matière première, sa démarche artistique évolue pour englober une réflexion plus large sur notre manière d’habiter un territoire et de cohabiter avec d’autres espèces.
« From feathers to birds », est une série d’œuvres réalisées à partir de plumes récoltées sur un territoire défini. Cartographie sensible, chaque pièce témoigne de notre cohabitation avec d’autres êtres vivants.
Particulièrement sensible à la vibration qui émane de chaque matériaux, dans la série « Offrandes » Florence explore d’autres matières et, comme pour les plumes, les manipule avec attention et amour.
Guidée par les spécificités de chaque matière, elle coud, assemble, relie… Elle laisse libre cours à ses gestes pour faire parler les matériaux entre eux et demeurer dans ce nouvel espace de rencontre.
Pour ces collections de coiffes, Florence Coenraets s’inspire des coiffes et parures ethniques aux symbolismes puissants, des parures des Rois et des Dieux, du pouvoir des parades nuptiales et autres rituels.
La coiffe célèbre la beauté humaine, c’est cette célébration que Florence vous invite à explorer avec puissance et audace à travers son workshop créatif « Je Suis Mon Roi ».
37, rue de Bordeaux Brussels 1060 Belgium
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Experimentation, innovation and surpassing things are words that define the process of research and creation of Espèces – in the sense of identity – because Sébastien Lacomblez and Marie Artamonoff assert a certain level of independence faced with the commercial logic of the masses.
Espèces are designers nourished by their creations, which have been appropriated from their personalities and their personal training: a course in plastic arts with a specialisation in digital art in Mons for Sébastien and jewellery in Namur for Marie. This is an intersting complementary that can be seen in their jewels and their current ready-to-wear experimentations. What is technically acquired in one area is transposed into the other and influences the choice of a certain aesthetic.
Sébastien’s interest for zoology was the perfect excuse to launch the line, which happened in a rather organic way. Using silver, gold and bronze – as well as a diversity of animal parts and bones – the idea for the collection first came in September 2011, when Marie purchased an animal skull for Sébastien’s birthday, making a single cast for herself.
An interested in the science of living things was the leitmotif of the creative process. Bones force us to go beyond ourselves as they have become objects of strangeness that defy notions of time and mortality. The ergonomic from of the objects transcends the status of ‘necklace’.
In a satured market, Espèces has made the choice of marketing themselves out as their unusual items lead to a form of exclusivity. The so-called ‘little structure’ made the choice of developping initially at the international level, increasing the number of its points of sale to gain necessary legitimacy to display their collections in the renowned boutique ’Stijl’ on the rue Antoine Dansaert in Brussels.
In 2015, Espèces pursued its work related to bones, proposing new models and materials and enriched its vocabulary by incorporating patterns into its productions with the launch of a new jewellery line and an experimental ready-to-wear collection. These novelties are inspired by patterns that are present in nature and in particular the way in which they are generated. The Conus textile – also called the golden fleece – is a poisonous shell whose patterns are similar to cellular automatons – mathematical objects, evolving in states according to simple rules, by imitating the self – reproducting capacities of living beings in a certain way.
The duo developed an IT programme that generates drawings and puts in place a unique item system within a series in partnership with a Belgian industrial knitting firm. These drawings are used to produce the knitwear, a technique making it possible to reproduce the design precisely: each pixel is equivalent to a point of the mesh. Each pullover, each scarf and each pair of leggings is unisex and unique. The client chooses from an array of patterns but each item of clothing will have its own variation of the drawing. Headscarves made of silk are also produced from the prints. A line of jewels made of silver and gold taking up their patterns by subtraction and by extrusion also emerged from this idea.
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THE ETHOS
With his experience spanning over 20 years, both in manufacture and design, Moïse Mann has created an entrancing new world where excellence, expertise and creativity are held dear.
The Maison Manalys was founded in Brussels in 2009 by master jeweller Moïse Mann and his team.
Passionate about precious stones, the founder’s goal was to offer his cosmopolitan clientèle looking for originality, unique pieces designed around magnificent stones acquired in the course of his travels throughout the world.
Incorporating creation, industry expertise and manufacture, MANALYS offers its customers a full range of traditional Fine Jeweller services.
Holemans
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From religious art to the art of jewellery making, a finely chiselled story… Holemans is synonymous with elegance and classicism, its style developing from generation to generation, balancing respect for tradition with a desire to innovate.
HENRI HOLEMANS,
GREAT RELIGIOUS ARTIST AND GOLDSMITH
The Atelier Holemans is founded by Henri Holemans. His religious works can still be admired at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels.
1922
Henri Holemans learns the art of using natural lacquers on metal from a Japanese Master, a trade secret passed down from father to son.
1928
JEAN HOLEMANS,
THE CREATIVE JEWELLER
Jean Holemans takes over the family workshop and refocuses on the more irreverent allure of jewellery. An inspired artist, he himself designs each piece of jewellery and creates the Holemans style.
1960
Jean Holemans creates the legendary Antelope Solitaire ring and introduces use of lacquers on precious metals, a first in Belgium.
1981
THIERRY HOLEMANS
THE BOLD STRATEGIST
Thierry Holemans takes up the jewellery torch and creates themed collections.
1990
Holemans Jewellers opens a store in Place Vendôme, Paris.
1998
MOÏSE MANN
THE PASSIONATE CRAFTSMAN
Thierry Holemans entrusts the running of the family business to Moïse Mann who knows the Maison well having worked there for nearly 20 years.
2013
A cherished emblem of Belgian jewellery-making for almost a century, Holemans rewrites its history in a new setting, the Place du Grand Sablon.
4. PLACE DU GRAND SABLON Brussels 1000 Belgium