METAMORPHOSIS Exhibition until November 30th
@thepooljewelry - A muse project for OBSESSED! 2025
@currentobsessionmag
By Cat Priem with Iris Nieuwenburg as muse:
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Dear Iris,
Inspired by your storytelling, I listened to your thoughts behind your beautiful earrings and the Wolpertinger series.
I love stories, especially spooky ones about strange, slightly scary, and obscure characters. So, to compliment your earrings, I made a Wolpertinger; a women-made creation featuring different animals—slightly spooky yet fairytale-like, or at least that’s how I like to think of it.
I loved creating this piece because, as a child, I was both fascinated and scared by a Fiji mermaid I saw at an exhibition about Japan. Part monkey, part fish—a truly (and hauntingly) fairytale creation.
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Cat
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Picture 1 Brooch by
@catpriem “Oh rats, my deer, a crab…!” - Metamorphosis - Silver, coral, pearls, 2025
Picture 2 + 3 Brooch worn by
@irisnieuwenburg
OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival focuses on jewellery-related exhibitions, lectures, workshops and open studios - in a programme put together by Current Obsession.
OBSESSED! runs 1-30 November in various cities across the Netherlands and Belgium, accompanied by a free edition of Current Obsession Paper and an interactive webpage.
obsessedwithjewellery.com
OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival 2025 is supported by
@stimuleringsfonds and
@afk020 , with thanks to Design Fonds.
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