Coming Soon -E-Quality By Chequita Nahar

Last year the company E-Quality (Den Haag) asked me to design a bracelet for them.
It had to be a jewel that a lot of women could relate to. A jewel made by women in
Surinam guided by me.After a long process the designed bracelet will be presented
 in October during the Dutch Design Week at Yksi Gallery and in November
at Sieraad Art Fair. It will be on sale then for a limited time.
Want to know more about it watch out for any news about it on my blog.  

Danner-Preis 2011 13. Oktober 2011 bis 8. Januar 2012

Danner-Preis 2011 13. Oktober 2011 bis 8. Januar 2012

For the 10th time the Danner prize will be awarded.It is one of the few major awards in the Bavarian area. The competition promotes creative new ideas and developments in arts and crafts and is under the patronage of the Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, Martin Zeil. An international jury awards the prize of 15,000 € and other prizes with a total value of 12,000 €. The decision to award the prize and the Danner Danner Prizes object falls within the jury on 24 March 2011. The award ceremony and exhibition opening will take place on 12 October 2011 at the Prince Regent Theatre. For the first time presents the Museum Villa Stuck, the results: From the 13th October will see the winning exhibits in a prestigious exhibition, which displays a comprehensive illustrated catalog.

Jury members Danner - Award 2011: 

Rudolf Bott Gold, Silversmith, Neuburg a.d. Donau, Dr. Gert Bruckner, Undersecretary, Executive Chairman of the  Danner-Foundation, Münich, Michael Buhrs, Director of the Museum Villa Stuck, Münich, Franz X. Höller, Glassdesigner,Professor Glass Design, Glass school Zwiesel,Wolfgang Lösche, Chamber of trade for Munich and Upper Bavaria , Münich, Nils Holger Moormann, Managing Director Nils Holger Moormann GmbH, member Design Council, Aschau i. Chiemgau, Chequita Nahar, Jewellery Designer, Head Department Jewellery & Product design Academy Fine Arts Maastricht, Karl Rothmüller, Gold- u. Silversmith, Deputy Chairman of the Danner Foudation, Munich, Robert Smit, Jewellery artist, Prof.Dr Joanna Veiteberg, art historian, art college Bergen Norway

Museum Villa Stuck Prinzregentenstraße 60 D- 81675 München www.villastuck.de 

On showcase at Gallery Marzee

                                  Chequita Nahar, Necklace, wood, porcelain beads,cord,silver
                                     Gallery Marzee Lage Markt 3 Nijmegen www.marzee.nl

Spiegeltje Spiegeltje aan de wand.....?

The "perfect 10 ring" 

The media determines how we should look and what is beautiful. We are increasingly trying to eliminate the "outer imperfections". But who decides what is "imperfect", or even wat perfect beauty is? 

The Bijenkorf offers jewellery label CC (Chequita & Christiaan) the oppertunity to present their first joint jewel, the "perfect 10 ring". This special edition to mark the Dutch Design Week will be sold during this week at the Bijenkorf Eindhoven. It is a design based on the perfect facial proportions and shows the  vision of CC on beauty.  They will be donating a part of the sales to the Dutch Burns Foundation.

Bijenkorf Eindhoven -Piazza 1 5611 AE Eindhoven - Openingstijden: Maandag -Donderdag 11.00 - 18.30

Vrijdag 10.00 - 21.00 - Zaterdag   09.30 - 18.00 - Zondag zie zondags- openingen. www.bijenkorf.nl -www.ddw.nl

Fingermarks Pecs-Hungary

The Designers Hester v Eeghen, Merijn Bolink, Ela Bauer, Rozemarijn Lucassen, Alexander Fielden, Jackie Habets, Sylvia B and Chequita Nahar were invited to Pecs to work with local gloves factories and ateliers. During one week they worked together with the craftsmen in the several ateliers they were assigned to. The finished projects will be presented in the near future.

 Chequita Nahar,glove, silver finger element

Materia, 3D Printing Exhibition

The exhibition ‘Materia goes 3D Printing’ runs from 8 September 2011 till 27 January 2012 and focuses on several techniques of Rapid Manufacturing that are in use now.  

Techniques are explained, printers and products are at display. During two special lecture days, experts on the subject will share their knowledge and enthusiasm. Furthermore Materia initiates an international jewellery competition.

Materia goes 3D Printing

Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Manufacturing, Rapid Tooling, 3D printing, Stereolithography, Laser Sintering – what does it mean, what can I do with it and what is it used for?

With the exhibition ‘Materia goes 3D printing’ we want to break the confusion and bridge the distance between the different terms. Everybody knows a bit about this theme or has heard about it. The exhibition provides information that makes the visitor understand the possibilities of the different technologies and makes them think further.

Location:Materia Inspiration Centre -Pedro de Medinalaan 1b -1086 XK Amsterdam- info@materia-ic.nl  www.materia-ic.nl 

INSPIRATIONS -ART FAIR SIERAAD-AMSTERDAM

Tijdens de 10de editie van Sieraad Art Fair in de Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam( 3-6 November), presenteer ik  samen met Jasmin Matzakow werk bij Inspirations een platform, die het hedendaagse Nederlandse auteurssieraad laat zien. Voor deze tweede editie zijn verder o.a. Terhi Tolvanen, Evert Nijland, Machteld v Joolingen, Francis Willemstijn, Suska Mackert en Ralph Bakker uitgenodigd.

Jasmin Matzakow, Brooch

Chequita Nahar, Ring

Think Twice: New Latin American Jewelry May 26 - October 16, 2011

Today, a new generation of artists from the continent is interested in exploring that relationship and observing jewelry outside its conventional frame. In the last ten years, thanks to the Internet and to foreign publications, Latin American jewelry makers have been able to learn about the work of their European colleagues, yet only a few of them have had significant exposure beyond their own countries.

Think Twice aims to rectify this imbalance, offering the international audience a glimpse of the history of jewelry in Latin America and a comprehensive view of its contemporary development, drawing attention to the unique and innovative ways in which visual artists and jewelry makers born or living in Latin America view and relate, through their work, to such a diverse continent.

Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle USA

Chequita Nahar Necklace ,Porcelain, cord