Cristina Vinhas

based in Macau, China

Workshops

STUDIO Casa de Portugal, Macau

The aesthetic sense combined with ethics, can be transformative, would refer to the sensitive and  to the subjectivity.

STUDIO Casa de Portugal, Macau

Beyond the Metaphysics

My biggest motivation continues to be to create original forms, from organic elements like a coral of the Virgin Islands or a ginseng root from a Hong Kong shop, a pig intestine from a market of Macau, trunks wood from a fish store, a root of a dry goods store, a seed of a lotus flower from Taipa lake, the trees, the birds, or objects such as a braid of cabaias from a clothes store, transformed into pieces of jewelry such as a necklace, a ring or a bracelet.

The process of transformation is diversified. Some pieces begin with the execution of the silicone mold of the objects to be developed. Next, they go in the wax mold, then injected into metal, thus obtaining the texture or shape for the elaboration of the jewel. In other pieces it is developed the shape in a clay and then made ​​the mold. The creative process often starts from a precious stone, or from any visualized image, from the metal, or even an idea developed in the paper.

STUDIO Casa de Portugal, Macau

The more aesthetic experiences, the biggest cultural-artistic repertoire since our memory stored a range  of experiences and feelings, emotions, perceptions and meanings generated through situations experienced. The greater the repertoire, the greater the possibilities of creation,  all of creation is the result of the reorganization of existing elements in the repertoire, however, so inaugural, new ...

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