ASP Łódź
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Jewellery / Fine Art
My location: Łódź, Poland
First Name: Wiktoria
Last Name: Nowotna
University / College: ASP Łódź
Course / Program: Jewelary
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Jewellery / Fine Art
My Location: Łódź, Poland
A collection of silver jewelry with elements of Wedgwood porcelain entitled "Tradition - based on Pascal's theory in relation to works of culture and art". The collection consists of eight brooches, one pendant and a necklace. Already at first glance, the collection evokes anxiety that is difficult to define, thanks to the characters well known to us from legends, myths and stories. Moreover, I was looking for inspiration in their physiognomy, character and symbolism. Although we cannot talk about a single cultural scheme, I focused on a summary of the output of impressive beauty, putting it in a compact summary of the stylized nature of works of art and highlighting the contrast based on the output, including Pascal's theory about the essence of imagination and its impact. Imagination for thousands of years has determined man to be defined by means of a set of images and features characteristic of a given culture, searching for unreal beings. In the depths of the night, when the sense of sight fails, the other senses sharpen and then look for justification of sounds and anxiety. This is a classic case where the lack of knowledge allows you to add imagination. Pascal describes all this in his texts, looking for a second nature in man, wild and unbridled, placed in the subconscious. These key issues allowed for the development of a collection based on the synesthesia of these phenomena, based on the achievements of philosophers, writers and artists.