Proposta di Xinyi Chen
Proposta di Xinyi Chen

In Padua the avant-garde jewels of Preziosa Young

The exhibition Preziosa Young returns to Padua. It is an exhibition-competition curated by the Florentine school Lao Le Arti Orafe. The exhibition is an event that follows Preziosa | Florence Jewellery Week and aims to introduce new generations of artisans, designers and artists of the jewel. But with a focus on avant-garde proposals, intercepting and anticipating current and future trends in research jewelry.

Collana di Maria Camera Smith in rame, smalto, verniciatura a polvere
Maria Camera Smith necklace in copper, enamel, powder coating

The competition is open to young professionals in the sector from all over the world and under 35 years of age, who can win the opportunity to promote their work through a traveling exhibition. This year the founder and director of Lao, Giò Carbone, the art historian Alice Rendon and the jewelry historian Maria Laura La Mantia have chosen three winners: the Chinese Xinyi Chen, the American Maria Camera-Smith and the Palestinian Hasan Kurd.

Hasan Kurd, bracciale in marmo di Carrara
Hasan Kurd, Carrara marble bracelet

Preziosa Young
Inauguration: Friday 18 October from 17:30Open to the public until Sunday 10 November with the following hoursTuesday-Sunday 9:30-19:00 | Monday closedOratorio di San Rocco – Via Santa Lucia, 59, 35139, Padova

Choker in argento sterling riciclato, rifiuti elettronici (condensatore ceramico), PVD. Scansione 3D, stampa 3D, incastonatura a griffe, fusione, saldatura, lucidatura, galvanica di Xinyi Chen
Recycled sterling silver choker, e-waste (ceramic capacitor), PVD. 3D scanning, 3D printing, prong setting, casting, soldering, polishing, electroplating by Xinyi Chen
Orecchini in argento, smalto, acciaio. Fusione, smaltatura, taglio laser di Maria Camera-Smith
Silver earrings, enamel, steel. Casting, enameling, laser cutting by Maria Camera-Smith
Parte di collana. Marmo di Carrara. Taglio a mano, scultura, limatura e lucidatura di Hasan Kurd
Part of necklace. Carrara marble. Hand cutting, sculpting, filing, and polishing by Hasan Kurd

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