Author/Authors :
Sevim, Sibel Anadolu Üniversitesi - Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi - Seramik Bölümü, Turkey , Yeşilmen, Nesrin Anadolu Üniversitesi - Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi - Seramik Bölümü, Turkey
Abstract :
The production of goods has started to increase in every field ofindustry with the developments in the world from past to present, and theconsumption has also increased accordingly. Since the human beingshave an endless tendency to consume, ecological balance has beendamaged. Actually, a lot of material that we think we consume anddescribe as waste material can be reused. Disposable glass bottle, paper,plastics are examples of this argument. Today, the artists produce worksto make a reference to this situation and to make use of these materials.The people have been using jewelry sometimes forornamentation, to look good, to show commitment to someone (spouse orGod etc.), and it has also been used on special days and for rituals sincethe day they have existed. Whatever the purpose is, it is an inevitable factthat jewelry has been a part of the life of human beings. Primitive peopleornamented themselves with the bones of the animals that they hadhunted or from the branches of trees. However they ornament themselveswith different materials today. The material of jewelry for human beingsis endless today. The individual can choose the material for their visual,aesthetical or spiritual tastes. In this article, the use of waste ceramicsmaterial in contemporary jewelry design is going to be studied andeclectic samples of works which are composed by the phenomena ofceramics waste material and jewelry within the artistic and aestheticalcontext are going to be presented.
