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Jewellery collection

When we meet someone new, we automatically know how we should behave - our culture has taught us this. Culture teaches us what we should do and how we should feel. It gives us certainty in uncertain situations. Elwy Schutten asks in her collection: Can a piece of jewellery also convey this?
Typical motifs that convey stories, feelings and behaviours can be found in a culture's jewellery. Elwy Schutten uses motifs from former Pforzheim jewellery producers to emboss patterns on metal sheets with a drop hammer, which she combines with soapstone. These two materials represent two layers of our identity. With her jewellery pieces, the designer asks: How do these layers relate to each other? And how does culture influence our identity?

Elwy Schutten

Elwy Schutten was born in 1990 in Winterswijk in the Netherlands and lives in Maastricht. She completed her goldsmith training at the Schoonhoven Vocational School in 2011 and then completed a two-year jewellery design course at the Willem de Kooning Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. From 2013 to 2016, she studied jewellery design at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts & Design, graduating with a bachelor's degree with distinction. During her studies, she completed an internship with jewellery designer Jasmin Matzakow. In 2016, Elwy Schutten was nominated for the Henriëtte Hustinx Prize. She recently exhibited her work at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, at the "40 years Gallery Ra" exhibition and at Munich Jewellery Week.

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