Kristina Kitchener
Raised by Parents of the ‘waste not, want not’ generation, Kristina was encouraged from an early age to re-use and recycle. Her current work is a reflection of this upbringing – it is concerned with redesigning and transforming the physicality of the most mundane of materials, giving them new form and purpose. In coaxing ornament from the ordinary she provokes a re-assessment of their value and beauty.
Education
2002-08 BA (Hons) Jewellery – First Class Honours, Middlesex University
2006-07 BTEC Award in Design Crafts (Distinction), Westminster Adult Education Service
2005-06 BTEC Diploma in Jewellery (Advanced), Westminster Adult Education Service
2004-05 BTEC Introduction to Jewellery Design, Westminster Adult Education Service
Recent Exhibitions
2008 Marzee International Graduation Show 2008, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland
Reworked 2 Exhibition, Washington Gallery, Penarth
New Designers Exhibition, London N1
Free Range Graduate Art & Design Show, London
2006 ‘Inspired By…’ Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Publications
2008 Sustainable Jewellery by Julia Manheim, A & C Black