Inaugural lecture speaker at the Academy of Artistic Crafts in Wrocław

I am pleased to announce that I have been invited to give the inaugural lecture of the academic year 2022/2023 at the Academy of Artistic Crafts and Management in Wrocław (Poland). I will talk about “The latest jewelry trends”. The lecture will be held on October 1 at 10:00, at Plac Św. Macieja 21, Wrocław, Poland.

I am very excited about it, because it is not only a great honor, which flatters me, but also the opportunity to share the knowledge and opinions of people who are absolute authorities in the field of jewelry in the world.

You must know that I asked Vivienne Becker, Katerina Perez, Laura Inghirami (founder of Donna Jewel) for their opinion, who were so nice that they provided me with their very interesting insights on what is happening now in various branches of art called jewelry . I am very grateful to them because I think this is the most interesting angle from which I could approach the topic of “trends”. As a lecturer, I am already excited about this fact. That’s why I think it’s a real treat for the audience!

 

Edit 3 October 2022

Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of giving an inaugural speach at the University of Artistic Crafts and Management in Wrocław on the subject of “Latest Trends in Jewelery”. Thank you very much for this honor. As I mentioned earlier, I decided to approach the topic from the best angle from my point of view – that is, asking for their opinion my great authorities, and objectively speaking, the undisputed world authorities in the field of history, jewelry expertise and its greatest designers, i.e. Vivienne Becker, Katerina Perez, Laura Inghirami. I was lucky in my life to meet these people, so I dared to take such a bold step. I am very grateful to them for their kind heart, help and unique knowledge of world specialists. Judging by the ovations and opinions received after – the lecture was really interesting and met the audience’s enthusiasm.

I was able to make the recording, but the sound is not the best – hence I wonder whether to publish it.

Anyway, thank you to everyone for listening to my lecture (especially to the people who came especially to listen to me and give their support). I did put quite a bit of work and passion into it. I like public speaking very much and I am glad when my lectures turn out to find the interest of the audience.

I would like to introduce my respondents, starting from the youngest:

Laura Inghirami 

Laura Inghirami is considered the youngest and most influential Italian opinion leader in the jewelry sector, and has been selected by Forbes Italia as one of the hundred Under 30 talents leaders of the future in 2022. She is the Founder of Donna Jewel (@donna.jewel), the Instagram community founded in 2017 with the mission of giving voice to the excellence of jewelery, from artisans to emerging talents, and bringing young people closer to a sector with still traditional logics.

Today Donna Jewel is followed on her social channels by more than 140.000 followers from all over the world, and sees a young team made up of young enthusiasts and experts in the jewellery sector. Starting with Donna Jewel Laura is now professor in Design Management at the European Jewelery Design university (IED), contributor to specialized sector magazines, involved in national and international tables for the enhancement of the sector. She is also a required consultant in the strategic and creative jewellery field as well as in the corporate digitalization process of companies in the jewelry sector.

Katerina Perez

Katerina Perez is probably the most famous independent journalist dealing with the subject of beautiful and high jewelry, opinion maker, blogger, art concierge, honored in 2021 by the World Association of Influencers and Bloggers (WIBA) with the Jewelery Influencer of the Year award. She started working for Tiffany, Boghossian and Chaumet before deciding to change her career path to journalism. Katerina’s texts have appeared in a number of magazines (VO+, Robb Report, Kommersant, Financial Times), in 2013 she started her own digital platform KaterinaPerez.com and Instagram channel.

She is one of the first authors to introduce high-end jewelry to the web and to promote the work of talented jewelers from around the world, from established brands to fledgling designers whom she personally discovered. Katerina was invited to conduct seminars at International Jewelery London (IJL) , also was appointed a judge of the Couture Design Awards in Las Vegas, gave lectures at The Gemological Institute of America (GIA).

Katerina’s love for the art of jewelry makes a real difference in the world and helps to spread the knowledge and importance of it as a branch of art throughout the world.

 “Great jewelry and precious gemstones really represent the beauty of human expression,” says Katerina. “The time and effort devoted to designing jewelry and creating gemstones gives it weight, a deeper meaning that cannot be achieved with accessories that go in and out of fashion. They are a unique form of artistic enterprise that deserves the same admiration and omnipresence as music, fashion and painting. Beautiful jewelry is no different from works of art and should be enjoyed in exactly the same way. ”

Vivienne Becker

“As an authority on jewelry history and design, a leading journalist and jewelry historian, Vivienne Becker has met in her 40-year jewelry career with an amazing array of gems and designers. Ever since she worked for an antique jewelry dealer as a teenager, Vivienne was as fascinated by the personalities of the industry as she was by the jewelry itself. She became a jewelry journalist and wrote her first book in 1980, Antique and 20th Century Jewelry, which is considered a work that sets the standard for everyone else on the subject. She has since written 15 other books, including one with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and has co-authored many more. Her articles on a wide range of artists, from Laurence Graff to Rene Lalique, are commissioned by the best titles in the world press (Financial Times). For 4 decades, Vivienne has been curating exhibitions, awarding awards and giving lectures, earning a worldwide reputation as an expert expert, a demanding arbiter of talent, trends and exceptional design. ” – text comes from an interview by Jessica May

Edit 4 October 2022

Because I have been asked a lot, I am publishing today the recording of my lecture from October 1sth. It is in Polish and the sound is not perfect, but it is visual as well, so I hope you will like it.