The boundaries of jewelry at Munich's Internationale Handwerkmesse...

This month we are humbled and ecstatic to be invited to participate in the design competition at Internationale Handwerkmesse in Munich, Germany.  I was also asked to give a presentation on where the boundaries of jewelry lie and what aesthetic potential the field affords!

For this uniquely exciting opportunity, I chose to design a piece out of 20K white and yellow golds that symbolises how jewelry, more than most other disciplines in the visual arts, is characterized by social and psychological utility.  The personal uses to which adornment is put suggests an aesthetic possibility that few observers have noticed: its ability to touch people.  

And that is the great potential of jewelry!  By the very nature of the form, it literally touches people.  It is worn: a person can feel the piece on their skin. But more importantly, a person has the opportunity to sense the goldsmith's empathy and compassion whilst creating the piece... Jewelry can in fact be a benevolent act.

A year gone by...

A year has gone by since our beloved friend, Claude Fouché, passed away.  The studio has not been the same without his jovial presence and he remains sorely missed. 

In his memory, we created a few pieces in 18K white and black golds which represent his love of architecture and designs that reflect movement.  These will be donated as auction pieces for the American Cancer Society's fundraising efforts to finding a cure.

A warm welcome 2013!

Wishing everyone a wonderful start to the new year!  Here in the Chicago studio, we remain busy preparing for the new round of commissions... the first project of the year is featured above.  Our client wished to incorporate a lovely Tahitian pearl within a fluid and textured abstract 18K gold design for a brooch. 

We are also excited to announce the revamping of the website of our goldsmithing school, Metalwerkstatt.  The new site will debut at the end of March or early April.  Of note, are the new video lessons as well as a student gallery debuting all of their talented work! 

Thank you for all of your support and we look forward to continuing to push the creative envelope within fine jewelry design!

Quiet.

I had a post to share today, but today is not the day.  Like many of you, the unimaginable events that took place in Sandy Hook, CT as well as the recent NYC subway accident have left me heartbroken. No words, no gifts, nor acts of service will ever remove their pain, but I would like to expres to those affected - the parents and families in particular - that each of you are in our evening prayers.  

To honour the memory of so many who needlessly lost their lives on Friday in Connecticut, and the New York father who was tragically thrown in the path of a subway train the previous week,  I am choosing to be quiet.   

Winter 2012...

Another holiday season is upon us and 2012 brought with it a whirlwind of both joys and sorrows  to Atelier Linde Lim.  

In the late summer, we welcomed a new baby to my growing family, said a final farewell to a dear friend and frequent studio visitor, Claude Fouché, tried to salvage as much workshop equipment as possible in our New York City metals studio prior to Superstorm Sandy's impatient arrival, untied my marriage, and were grateful for the exciting commissions that beckoned our attention for the holiday season.  

The following are a sampling of what was created for commissions this month in the studio, just in the nick of time to be wrapped and given away to special recipients...  Wishing everyone a health and joy-filled season.

Another arrival to the studio tree...

It is with great pleasure I introduce our newest member of Atelier Linde Lim, my recently arrived third son, Cassian!

The summer was a blur with more projects than we anticipated... I will be updating this blog at the end of December with highlighted works from this summer's wedding season as several commissioned pieces were created for close friends!

Until then, the studios in Chicago, NYC, and Munich will remain closed until 01 Decembers so that I may spend time with my growing family before diving into holiday and new year commissions!  Until soon...

Photo credit: Dan Merlo Photography

Au revoir my dear friend...

In loving memory of Claude H. Fouché

Grief has a way of creeping into all facets of our lives... We recently lost our beloved friend, Claude, to stage 4 lung cancer that metastasized to his brain. In honour of many shared times and happy memories, this piece represents the architecture and designs that moved and inspired him.