OGNYANA TENEVA

Cluster Residency Featured Artist | Cluster Jewellery | 2021

 
 
 

Ognyana Teneva: Born in 1985 in Bulgaria, post-graduation from Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”
in fashion design I moved to Antwerp, Belgium where I currently study and work. 
After discovering the wide possibilities and freedom to experiment, that contemporary jewellery art gives,
I did transition from fashion design to jewellery making. 

 

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Transmogrification

 

My most recent project is series of works called “Transmogrification”. Through those artistic pieces
I have been trying to investigate where the borders between transient and everlasting begins and how
we define them. At first, when I began this project,
the main accent was to emphasise the ever-growing concern of how we use plastic, such as packaging
on daily basis. It made me think of alternative ways
to give it a second life. While studying the physical properties of the material I found the vast potential to alter its form and through repetitive modules to give it structure and let those newly composed shapes unfold.
The final pieces give the sensation of a living being,
yet with architectural rigidity and form. It recalls us
that working hand in hand makes humanity evolve.

Transmogrification

Transmogrification