Sofia Björkman
Sofia Björkman
was born in 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden
Since 1999 she is the owner of gallery Platina
MFA 1998 Konstfack, Stockholm
"I
believe in jewellery- gossiping jewellery that tells truths and untruths,
gorgeous jewellery that fascinates, annoys and tickles, without falses.
I make jewellery that is questioning the values and status.
I show jewellery that attracts others to think.
I am wearing jewellery that loads my batteries, and illustrate my thoughts.
I discuss jewellery that may seem strange to the viewer
and I sell jewellery stunned or strengthen people's feelings.
I think of jewellery as miniatures of life's content
and dream of jewellery that makes a hole in my wallet. "
Time 2 - 2009
Objects obtain
a different energy when taken from their context and put into another
time and place. You can't revisit a place in order to experience it again.
Then was the time and the place can never be the same. But the memory
exists and the place may receive new meaning through subjective recreation,
using completely different emotions and colours.
So it is with the pieces of jewelry in this collection. Their external
form is the same as pieces in Time1 collection. Depending on time and
changes in time, the approach to making, processing and manufacturing
differs. Through techniques such as 3D-scanning/printing and the use of
other materials, colours and scales, the character of each piece in this
collection stands apart from the original pieces in silver.
Time 2 - 2009
Brooch 160*100*30
mm
Milled uriol plastic, silver and paint
Time 2 - 2009
Necklace 400*160*40 mm
3D printed plastic, silver and paint
Time 2 - 2009
Necklace 400*160*40 mm
3D printed plastic, silver and paint
Time 2 - 2009
Necklace 400*160*40 mm
3D printed plastic, silver and paint
Time 2 - 2009
Brooch 80*60*20 mm
3D printed plastic, silver and paint
Time 2 - 2009
Brooch 80*60*20 mm
3D printed plastic, silver and paint
Focus - 2009
Seeing the
world through a magnifying glass changes your perspective. There is no
objective view of the world. No one sees things as they are. Delusions
and optical illusions build each person's conceptual world and shape the
environment based on how we are in ourselves. All we see is our own reality.
To understand and get to know an object, I have to move it in order to
observe it from another perspective. It has a different energy and changes
character when taken out of context. If we zoom in, frame, cut out and
focus, we discover things that we didn't see before, precisely because
the surroundings blocked out the content.
The jewelry in the Focus collection consists of cut out pieces, taken
from a larger context, small segments that tell us about the whole.
Through digital reconstruction, changing the scale and reworking materials,
the objects become more distinct and they simultaneously tell other stories.
They have gained new meaning through a subjective recreation, with personal
qualities and totally different feelings and colors.
Focus - 2009
Necklace 400*100*30 mm
Milled uriol plastic, silver, string and paint
Focus - 2009
Necklace 400*100*40 mm
Milled uriol plastic, silver, string and paint
Focus - 2009
Necklace 400*90*40 mm
Milled uriol plastic, silver, string and paint
The jewellery
on this page is a part of a bigger project that is supported by
Links to exhibitions;
Home 2008 Link
till utställninga/Link Exhibition - Home
Time 2006
Link
till utställninga/Link Exhibition - Time
Lost Form
2005Link
till utställning/Link Exhibition - Förlorad Form
Blackened
Brilliance 2011 Link
till utställninga/Link Exhibition - Blackened Brilliance