Saskia van Es JOYA 2021 Jury Member interviewed by Klimt02, May 2021

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What is the specific aesthetic you are looking for and what criteria or visions do you have for your selection?
My specific aesthetic as a personal taste, I’ll try to leave at home. It is useless anyway because it is very inconsistent. An example: I always thought that using words in jewellery was unnecessary and a bit silly. Too literal, too verbal. Until a ring by Paul Adie, with the words ‘mother’, ‘other’ and ‘her’ scratched into it, touched me deeply. […]

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Photo: Paul Adie, Ring: Mother, 2019, Silver, aluminium, paint. Image Courtesy Galerie Rob Koudijs Amsterdam.