Here is a selection of  the pieces we did together with Anneli Tammik and Maria Valdma. They are installed into the former director office of the power station. On the central wall you can see the diagram of electricity net of the entire Hiiumaa(second biggest island in Estonia).

Contemporary jewellery exhibition “HAPPY PEOPLE”

by KAM kartell

Ketli Tiitsar, Anneli Tammik, Maria Valdma

27.07. –  08.08.2010 in Kärdla power station, Hiiumaa, Estonia

An old abandoned Kärdla Power station is a colourful place where local activists decided to start promoting a diverse range of cultural activities. After discovering this amazing monumental industrial environment with time specific ambience, we came up with the idea to create a jewellery collection inspired by the time when we were born and attended the primary school –

our childhood in Soviet Estonia where everyone was supposed to be politically correct and happy. For us it is intriguing to experiment with the symbols familiar to our parents and contemporaries in the environment, which has not changed for almost thirty years.

„HAPPY PEOPLE“

Uuno and Milvi met in 1970 at the spring party of Tartu University. Milvi was studying Estonian language and literature over there. Uuno was just visiting a friend he knew from the summer job. By this time Uuno was about to graduate from mechanical engineering department at Tallinn Polytechnic Institute. Uuno and Milvi fell in love and got married the same fall. They started their life together in Tallinn where Uuno as a young promising specialist of electronics factory Volta was provided with a tiny one-room apartment in a new growing housing estate Mustamäe. Milvi started to teach Estonian language and literature in the secondary school near their home. They spent all their summers in Türi, a small town where Milvi’s parents lived. They loved to grow their own vegetables for the winter. They were active in skiing, spending most of their winter weekends near the hilly Otepää where Uuno was born.

In 1973 Uuno and Milvi became parents of a daughter and three years later of a son. In 1981 they had a chance to buy their first car – a soviet made Moskvitsh.

Uuno, Milvi and their children were very happy people.

Next to our collaboration “HAPPY PEOPLE” we exhibit also three jewellery collections shown previously in Tallinn in solo exhibitions:

Anneli Tammik “Linear”(exhibited in the Hop Gallery, Tallinn 2009)

Maria Valdma “Dust” (Exhibited in the A-Gallery, Tallinn 2009; and awarded as “The best annual exhibition of the A-gallery”)

Ketli Tiitsar “Homesickness” (Exhibited in the Hop Gallery, Tallinn 2008; awarded with the Ede Kurrel prize)

The exhibition is open daily from 13.00-18.00 until 8 August 2010 on the second floor of the Kärdla Power Station. Entrance from the Vabaduse Str.

PS! I had time to take photos only then when more then half of the people left from the opening. Therefore have a look here and much more pictures by Urmas Lauri from the opening here.

We (Anneli Tammik, Maria Valdma and I) are going to present our jewellery exhibition HAPPY PEOPLE in the Estonian second biggest island Hiiumaa. The venue is the office space of the Kärdla’s power station(2nd floor). Beautiful and very authentic, including the director office. We are going to show both the new work we made together and also our independent work. You all are welcome to the opening at 26th of July at 19.00 or to visit the show until 8th of August. Opening hours 13-18.00. If any of you will get to the island on 7th of August, we will participate in the programme of the 15 One-day Cafés in Kärdla. We will have our own kiosk-café in the outdoor pavilion of the power station, you will be surprised!

In the traditional and old candy shop there was a tiny exhibition of Felieke van der Leest and Laura de Alba during the WGA symposium.

POCKET LUCK – Ninth International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea

We are pleased to announce that is now possible to participate in the ninth edition of the International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea which is promoted by the Trieste Contemporanea Committee under the patronage of the C.E.I. (Central European Initiative).

The competition deadline is August 31^st, 2010. The entry is free. Designers from 23 Central Eastern European countries are called to submit a project for a new pocket lucky charm/talisman.

You can read more about the provided prizes and check the competition notice on www.triestecontemporanea.it

For further information please contact our Committee: e-mail tscont@tin.it, telephone +39 040 639187.

Today 3 students of the jewellery and blacksmiths departement of the Estonian Academy of Arts had their portfolio presentations. I was asked to comment their works. Welcome on board!

Nils Hint

Annika Kedelauk(on the first picture)

Rainer Kaasik-Aaslav

Have a look at the other students works here.

The exhibition of 5 blacksmiths will remain open in Müürivahe Str 33 until 30.06.2010