Kitchen Necklaces, since 2006
object and necklace
“An object can be given a new and unexpected life by changing it into something different. A dish transformed into a piece of jewellery is an example. Gésine Hackenberg has made a whole series of necklaces, rings and earrings of ceramic discs cut out of bowls and plates, which she uses as beads or precious stones. What remains is an object with many holes. This seems a brutal way to treat exquisite ceramics. However, it is difficult to say whether the objects have increased or diminished in value. The holes are so beautifully made that it looks as if a new pattern has been added, rather than that the object has been damaged. Seen from the perspective of jewellery, the plate can be regarded as leftover material. But when the piece of jewellery is not worn, the plate can serve as a natural place to keep it. In exchange, the jewellery acquires a familiar aura from the plate.”
Materials: vintage or antique plates, nylon thread, sometimes little gold leaf restorations
Text: Jorunn Veiteberg, Thing Tang Trash. Upcycling in Contemporary Ceramics. Catalogue. Bergen National Academy of the Arts 2011. (Excerpt is slightly edited)
Delft Blue ‘Plooischotel’ Necklace 2015
wall plate by De Porceleyne Fles.
Ø 35 x 6,4 cm
collection Associação Património Histórico, Caldas da Rainha (PT)
Kitchen Necklace Luneville, 2011
ca. Ø 20 cm x 2,5 cm
Small Delft Blue Kitchen Necklace with Birds in the Garden, 2015
Ø 22cm x 3,5 cm
collection Röhsska Museet, Göteborg (SW)
Kitchen Necklace with ‘Blue Tit’, 2021
ca. Ø 31 x 4,7cm
Kitchen Necklace ‘Painter’s Test’, 2010
Coloured ‘Oud Delft’ Kitchen Necklace, 2020
Ø 24 x 3,5 cm
collection ‘Smyckoteket’, Rian Museum Falkenburg (SW)
Mat white Kitchen Necklace, 2015 (sand-blasted glaze)
ca. Ø 24 x 2,5 cm
available through Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h (CA)
Fish Necklace, 2008
Large Delft Blue Kitchen Necklace, 2024
Ø 41 x 6 cm
available, please contact me
Delfts Blue Kitchen Necklace, 2010. detail
small ‘Lovers’ Kitchen Necklace, 2024
Ø 21,5 x 2cm
soon available through Galerie Pont&Plas in Gent (BE)
