Cornelia Stretz runs a producer gallery in Berlin Moabit that offers her and other designers an opportunity for exhibitions and events. The focus is on the area of unique jewelry with individual pieces, custom-made items and reworkings. In addition, there are objects and small pieces of furniture made of terrazzo. plattform.moabit has been in existence for 15 years.
At the same time, Cornelia Stretz works in an educational project. For this year’s European Days of Arts and Crafts, or ETAK for short, in April 2025, she is presenting an exhibition of works by students from the Design Jewelry and Silversmith Department at the Goldsmiths’ School in Pforzheim. The exhibition “Zu Gast” (Guesting) by the vocational school (2nd year of training) focuses on the next generation… and allows thoughts about what used to be and what is today…
Visitors are invited to watch and be amazed at demonstrations of craftsmanship, lectures and workshops. The students were tasked with the topics of “lids”, brooches with references to the Swiss artist and sculptor Tinguely, and necklaces under the motto “Place of Longing”.
Lid on it!
Marie Hausmann, Streetart. Nickel silver, amethyst, ruby, sapphire.
Nora Mutschler No. 5370. Nickel silver, copper, amethyst, rhodolite, wood, plastic. The forgotten individual among 5370 pigs that are slaughtered every hour in Germany. Depicted as a lid for a lard pot, the poor pig lies on top.
Rafael Münzig, Teatime. Nickel silver, brass, copper, alabaster.
Hanna Stängle, Tic Tac Toe. Nutwood, magnets, nickel silver, emerald, glass stone. The box, whose lid serves as a tic-tac-toe field, contains magnetic wooden playing pieces. These ensure that nothing gets lost when you are traveling. So, you can play a round anytime, anywhere, without the stones flying around!
Leo Trost, Bathtub for a dollhouse. Copper, citrine, amethyst, glass stones. The inspiration was the dwindling habitat of marine life and the increasing pollution of the seas, as can be seen in the belly of the fish.
Tinguely as inspiration for brooches
Frederike Krüssel, Tinguely brooch . Plastic, brass and nickel silver. “What I find particularly interesting about Tinguely’s works is the movements. I wanted to make this the focus of my brooch. The plastic figure is intended to add a tension and a more personal connection to the movement.”
Selma Fabian, brooch Das Gefühl in meiner Bauch (The feeling in my gut). Plum wood, brass, volcanic glass, magnet, stainless steel. “What rings and what sounds in you? How does it sound? How does it feel? What do you feel?”
Ju Honer, brooch Le Dragon suisse. Nickel silver, brass, copper, wood and stainless steel. The brooch is inspired by the interplay of bones, death and rusty metal in Tinguely’s La Vache Suisse – Corso Fleurie.
Luana Depner, brooch Do the dead dance? Silver, bone, stainless steel. The brooch was inspired by Tinguely’s installation Totentanz, in which bones and skulls on steel frames move in a gruesome way. This movement is represented in my brooch with the help of interchangeable pendants set with bones, which can slide back and forth on tracks.
Necklace on the theme of “Place of Longing”
Noah Kolberg, necklace Place of Well-Being or the Place Where I Can Be Myself. Silver, plastic, steel silk, metal.
Frederike Krüssel, necklace. Bronze and nickel silver. The schoolgirl thought of lightness and a waterfall in summer. Both are embodied by a dragonfly.
Lilith Collmer, necklace. Silver, citrine, peach stone, pebble. Inspired by the images of the film Call Me by Your Name, this necklace tells of lightness and the quiet magic of an unforgettable summer in Italy.
Meret Ahlbrecht, necklace Mikrokosmos. Silver, quartz.
Selma Fabian, necklace, Where the hare and the frog bid each other good night. Nickel silver, bronze, rock crystal. A piece of jewelry in honor of the forest fairies of a place that can be imagined, but not quite grasped, familiar, natural, far away and beyond the reach of humans.
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plattform.moabit
Ein Ort für Kunst + Design / Cornelia Stretz
Oldenburger Straße 3a
10551 Berlin - During ETAK
April 4, 2025, 7–10 p.m. Exhibition opening
April 5 and 6, 1–4 p.m.
Afterwards, the following opening hours:
Wed 1–7 p.m.
Sat 12–4 p.m.
and by appointment - Link