EKA Jewellery and Blacksmithing / EKA ehe ja sepis

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(ENG below)

Esmaspäeval selgusid viiendat korda Ülemiste City asutaja Ülo Pärnitsa stipendiumi uued laureaadid. Viiest laureaadist kolm olid EKAst ning üks neist on meie sepakunsti eriala kolmanda kursuse tudeng Valdek Laur. Tema töö “Sinilind” oli üks kahest auhinnaväärilisest loovtööst. Teine loovtöö oli klaasikunsti osakonna tudengite Kaija Kohlmann-Genno ja Anette Aasa töö “Aja kulg”.

“Sinilind” on kummardus kõrgtehnoloogiale ning unistustele paremast tulevikust, kuid ennekõike on see austusavaldus inimestele, kes seda tulevikku ehitavad, ning kellest paljud töötavad nimelt Ülemiste City IKT-ettevõtetes.

Skulptuur koosneb massiivsest portaalist, mis markeerib unistuste poole pürgimist ning selle teekonna läbimist - see võib olla samaaegselt ähvardav ning kutsuv, geomeetriliselt selgepiiriline, kuid sellest hoolimata robustne, ulmeliselt võõrapärane, kuid samas äratundmist tekitav. Portaalist mõnikümmend meetrit eemal istub matemaatiliselt minimalistlikul pjedestaalil sinilind, kes tähistab pürgimuste eesmärki. Eemal, kaugel, raskesti silmatav kuid siiski alati nähtaval. Meenutus sellest, et pürgimus on olulisem kui kohalejõudmine. Sest kuhu iganes sa lähed - seal sa oled.

(ENG)
On Monday, the new laureates of the Ülo Pärnits Scholarship, the founder of Ülemiste City, were announced for the fifth time. Out of five laureates, three were from EKA and one of them was our third year student Valdek Laur @valdeklaur His work "Bluebird" was one of two creative works to receive the scholarship. The other one was "The passage of time" by Kaija Kohlmann-Genno and Anette Aas from EKA glass art.

"Bluebird" is an ode to high technology and the dreams of future, but most importantly a tribute to the people building it - many of whom work in Ülemiste's ICT companies.

The sculpture consists of a massive portal, denoting the road of aspiration - often intimidating and inviting at the same time, aesthetically brutalistic and clustered, both strange and familiar. Juxtaposing the portal is a small cast bluebird, sitting on top of a vectorized pedestal, dozens of meters away. Barely visible, unreachable, but still at sight. In the end, reaching the bluebird is not important, only the strive is. Because no matter where you go - there you are.

Our BA and MA graduates with their well deserved crowns. Academic year is over!

MA Pilvi Tammoja @vesineitsi_official
MA YuFang Hu @y.f.huuuuu
MA Kaia Ansip @kaiaansip
BA Mart Talvar @marttalvar
BA Madis Mattus @mrmattus
BA Joonatan Mäggi @joonatan.maggi

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Joonatan Mäggi BA work
"Meeting with Bach"
Musical notation, iron
Tutors: Urmas Lüüs, Nils Hint

The sculpture reflects my long-enduring interest in Bach’s music, which I have combined with my other big passion, glowing iron. The piece is representing the melody of the first two tacts of the second part of organ sonata BWV 528. The sculpture represents a novel approach to writing musical notes.

The piece consists of 19 iron bars. The first two bars represent sharp signs, the next 17 bars represent notes. The length of each bar was calculated from the length of the piano strings of a specific note. I measured all of the strings from a concert piano and resized them proportionally.
To mark the rhythm, I used punching and sharps are marked by a round dent at the upper right part of the bar. Natural that negates the sharp is marked with a dent on the side of the bar.

Technical info:
The piece weighs about 353kg, the whole length of the bars is 27,94 m.

Kaia Ansip master thesis "Broken Forests"
Cast metals

“Broken Forests” depicts the events of a recent forest fire in Portugal that irrevocably transformed the surrounding landscape before everyone’s eyes. The trauma of this apocalyptic experience has had a profound impact on the author’s relationship with the land that suddenly seems dangerous and unpredictable. The work is a mixture of longing for former lives and places, compassion, fear, and care. It expresses concern and love for a place taken over by eucalyptus plantations and peoples’ selfish needs.

The airy bark of the cork tree, which grows naturally in Portugal, makes it resistant to fire; while the eucalyptus, which comes from abroad, is highly flammable. The two contrasting species work to separate the past from the present, irreconcilable worlds.

To materialize the idea, the bark of the cork oak is used as molds. Cork bark is resistant to low melting temperatures; but at high temperatures, the material was destroyed. In both cases, resilience and perishability are recorded in the imitations.

Estonian Academy of Arts’ Graduation Show TASE ’22 will be open until 9th of June. Kaia’s works are exhibited at Rotermanni 7 together with @y.f.huuuuu

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Madis Mattus BA work
SPLÄSH OF GOLD
Sand cast coins
Tutors: Piret Hirv, Eve Margus

Honestly, what a f**king waste of money. That’s what I expect the observer’s greed to tell me. Money has a very powerful effect on the mind and taps into a very selfish place. So how do you know that money holds influence over you? How do you know if you have enough? You don’t, others do. The majority of people, especially the wealthy, know the language of money and how influential it is: it whispers ideas and thoughts into your mind and builds confidence in your ideas, actions, speech, etc. Despite the greed, I focus on dismissing the current manipulative effect of money and giving it a new yet aesthetically pleasing value, a sentiment that can’t be spent.

Estonian Academy of Arts’ Graduation Show TASE ’22 will be open until 9th of June. Madis’s works are exhibited in our main building, room C301.

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Pilvi Tammoja master thesis "Decaeon"

The objects I make are interpretations of real and imagined memories. Visions of possible pasts and futures. Factual accuracy and authenticity are overshadowed by the haunting images of distorted reality. These ghostly dreams are looking for a way out of my mind. I give thoughts and memories a tangible shape, using objects and materials discarded by other people. I study the stories that these objects contain, create alternative narratives for them and add them to my world.

How would the world sound if the voices of the forsaken were amplified?

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Estonian Academy of Arts’ Graduation Show TASE ’22 will be open until 9th of june. Pilvi’s work is exhibited in our main building.

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This year both EKA Young Applied Artist Prizes were given to our students.

Young Applied Artist 2022 Prize BA

Mart Talvar “Off-Centred"
Spun forms, porcelain

Everyone wants to find peace of mind and balance. Everyone is striving for it. The search for the “self” is central to my work. Often creating fragility through strong and natural materials through a variety of techniques, I create persuasive architectural forms. I designate each with intentional and directional titles; however, the minimalism at play allows for generous and sought-after interpretation by the viewer.

This year both EKA Young Applied Artist Prizes were given to our students.

Young Applied Artist 2022 Prize MA

Yu-fang Hu
"In Search of Fuzzy Craft"

Lithic objects - marble, brass

The development of human society seems to have come to its peak, but what we believe does not bring us a brighter future. With society moving at a catastrophic rate, we are slowly losing grasp of reality. Our connections to the environment have blurred out. Life in the current iteration of human society leads me to reconsider the established order of things by means of investigations on blurriness as an expressive mode through exploration in the medium of stone.

Although this coupling of blurred technique and expression on one hand with lithic materiality on the other may seem paradoxical, my project’s investigations have their origins in my own experiences with photography and linguistic studies. The written thesis discusses blurriness from visual and linguistic perspectives and its relevance to modern society, which unfolds fundamental questions about material agency in my own practice.

Cutting into the stone takes away the volume as well as its opacity. The plain white surface of marble obscures the inner structure and an image emerges when the light comes through. Its lack of definition avoids denoting the arbitrary relation between concept and form. The perceived image depends not only on the form but its interaction with light. The series of stonework is not crafted to be self-contained objects but presents a phenomenon that interrogates the question of meaning-making through perceiving and understanding.

You can see the works until 9th of June Rotermanni 7, Tallinn.

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BA lõputööde kaitsmine /
defenses of BA final works
T, 31. mai kell 12.00, C301

Olete oodatud ehte- ja sepise eriala magistrantide Kaia Ansipi ja Yufang Hu näituse avamisele, 27. mail, kell 18.00, aadressil Rotermanni 7

Näitus on osa TASE’22 lõputööde festivalist.

Näitus on avatud 9. juunini.
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Come to the opening of the exhibition of Kaia Ansip and Yufang Hu, MA students of Jewelery and Blacksmithing on
May 27, 6 pm at Rotermanni 7

The exhibition is part of the TASE’22 Grad Show.

The exhibition is open until June 9.

Meie teise kursuse näitus “Nihe” on avatud Tallinna vanalinnas, Uus 4, teise juunini iga päev 12.00 - 20.00.

Our 2nd year students exhibition “SHIFT” opens tomorrow (19.05) 18.00, Uus 4, Tallinn Old Town

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Our smithy technician and also BA student Villu Mustkivi is working on his exhibition piece together with our associate professor Nils Hint. You can see more photos of the process from Villu's IG account @must.kivi

Photo @taavetteevet

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Our 2nd year student Hugo @hugo.toss is prepping for exhibition “SHIFT”. Opening 19.05 18.00, Uus 4, Tallinn Old Town.

Photo @taavetteevet
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Our 2nd year student Visa @visardddd is working on his piece for exhibition “SHIFT” with support from our workshop wizard Risto Tali.

Photo @taavetteevet

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JUBA HOMME!

Tasuta vestlusõhtu “Kas kübersepad tapsid meistrioskused?” EKA-s. Osalevad ka meie õppejõud Urmas Lüüs ja ehtekunsti doktorant Darja Popolitova.

Rohkem infot ja tegistreerimine artun.ee/disainimote

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@bettinaspeckner First day of my workshop "bodywork/jewelrywork" @eka_estonian_academy_of_arts

Kui sul on mõned vastuseta küsimused siis oled oodatud infoõhtule! @eka_estonian_academy_of_arts

EKA extends admissions to MA programs for Ukrainians 🇺🇦 All Ukrainian citizens are welcome to apply to the international Master's
programs in Animation, Contemporary Art, Graphic Design, Interaction Design and Urban
Studies 🇺🇦Apply by May 1st 2022!

Mõned pildid meie töötubadest jaanuaris. / Some photos from workshops back in January.

Pildid: Valdek Laur

Photos from Supš a Voš Turnov - Špéra's post

A daily inspiration from our calendar.

You can purchase the calendars @a.gallery

Models: Indrek Mesi & Tauris Reose / @indrekmesi & @taurisreose
Maria Kadrapik (Soosaar), crowns CROWN OF THE NATURE / @mariasoosaar
Kaia Ansip, neckpiece OBSERVATION / @kaia_ansip_jewellery
Taavi Teevet, neckpiece REMEMBERING DEATH. X MEETINGS. / @taavetteevet

Curators: Liisbeth Kirss / @celestialvirgin and Eve Margus-Villems / @eve.margus.villems
Photo: Valdek Laur / @valdeklaur
MUA: Jane Toim / @janetoim

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Inspiratsiooni meie kalendrist.

Meie kalendreid saab osta @a.gallery

Modellid: Indrek Mesi & Tauris Reose
Maria Kadarpik (Soosaar), kroonid LOODUSE KROON
Kaia Ansip, Kaelaehe VAATLUS
Taavi Teevet, kaelaehe MÄLETADES SURMA. X KOHTUMIST

Kuraatorid: Liisbeth Kirss ja Eve Margus-Villems
Fotograaf: Valdek Laur
Meik: Jane Toim

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A daily inspiration from our calendar.

You can purchase our calendars @a.galerii

Model: Helina Risti / @helinaristi
Olga Tea Krek, neckpiece ETERNITY IN CHANGING / @curiosi.tea
Tauris Reose, neckpiece OVER THINKING / @taurisreose

Curators: Liisbeth Kirss @celestialvirgin and Eve Margus-Villems @eve.margus.villems
Photo: Valdek Laur @valdeklaur
MUA: Jane Toim @janetoim

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Inspiratsiooni meie kalendrist.

Meie kalendreid saab osta @a.galerii

Modell: Helina Risti
Olga Tea Krek, kaelaehe IGAVIKUS MUUTUMISEL
Tauris Reose, kaelaehe ÜLEMÕTLEMINE

Kuraatorid: Liisbeth Kirss ja Eve Margus-Villems / @celestialvirgin @eve.margus.villems
Fotograaf: Valdek Laur / @valdeklaur
Meik: Jane Toim / @janetoim

Rahulikke pühi!

Happy Holidays!

Snapshot from our department's Xmas party - two of the most Christmassy and warm beings from among us. Margus, who is also the chairman of EKA student's council, and lecturer Urmas, who was voted the best lecturer by EKA students this year.

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It’s this time of the year again. End of autumn semester. Evaluations are part of our everyday life at the moment. Snapshot from today. Project VESSEL.
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You can purchase the calendars from our department or just DM us if you are not in Tallinn, maybe we can figure out how to send it to you. One or both of them. Yep, there's two releases.

Model: Mart Talvar @marttalvar
Anu Oruvee (Paal), neckpiece COLLAR
Bruno Lillemets, bracelet WHALE
Liina Lelov @liinalelov object SEA

Curators: Liisbeth Kirss @celestialvirgin and Eve Margus-Villems @eve.margus.villems
Photo: Valdek Laur @valdeklaur
MUA: Jane Toim @janetoim

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Meie kalendreid saab osta meie osakonnast või lihtsalt kirjuta meile - mõtleme välja viisi kuidas see sinuni toimetada! Või need mõlemad. Jep, kalendreid on tegelt kaks varianti!

Modell: Mart Talvar
Anu Oruvee (Paal), kaelaehe KRAE
Bruno Lillemets, käevõru VAAL
Liina Lelov, objekt MERI

Kuraatorid: Liisbeth Kirss ja Eve Margus-Villems
Fotograaf: Valdek Laur
Meik: Jane Toim

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