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Jewellery
- Jewelry
Tribal Necklaces
- Victorian (tribal) Chokers by Sonja Zytkow
Bijoux
Africains - Afrikanischer Schmuck
Sonja Zytkow 1986
1972: Cardiff
College of Art, Wales
1975: BA (FA), Sheffield College of Art, UK
1978: MA (FA) (Ceramic Sculpture), California College of Art, USA
Sonja Zytkow is an
African ceramic artist whose work is displayed in many well known private
and public collections. During the early 1990's, Sonja visited our gallery in Franschhoek South Africa. Without a jewellery background, she settled
into a remarkable bead collection and began to create small,
one-off art works. The encounter proved to be the beginning of what later became
a
calling. At the end of the holiday, she ran off with 100's of kilograms of 16th
- 19th century
Dutch and Venetian trade beads. Since then, aspects of her beaded
wonders have been exclusive to our gallery and clients.
Today, Sonja uses much
more to create these small masterworks then in the early days. She
continues to incorporate seemingly endless variants of glass beads,
while adding others made of bone, brass, clay, coconut shell,
copal amber, ivory, pewter, sea shell and wood. Semi precious stones such as
amethyst, carnelian, garnet, jade, labradorite, onyx, tigers eye and quartz are also used. Drawing
from the past, a dash of old Dutch and /or Venetian trade
beads still are included, as well as the odd Ekipa.
In Sonya's words:
I do not have
the same constraints that trained jewellery designers might impose
on themselves. I mix brass with pearls, glass with semi-precious
stones and even gold with wood. This allows me an unlimited
experimental approach to the design of any piece.
Galerie
Ezakwantu's
selection of Sonya's current work follows.
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on the thumbs for a larger resolution image. Quote the row
number and the items position therein for prices.
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Larger Images
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Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Row 5
Row 6
Row 7
Row 8
Row 9
Row 10
Row 11
Row 12
Row 13
Row 14
Tribal Necklace "A" - was not
made by Sonja Zytkow
Tribal Necklace "B" - was not made by
Sonja Zytkow
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to learn more about Sonya Zytkow and her innovations.
Follow this link to
visit our
African Adornment page offers a small
collection of trade
beads.
Or follow this
link
to learn about Trade Beads - Slave Beads.
Contact
us for information on any necklace, larger resolution pictures and/or prices.
Sonja Zytkow 1975 - 1988 - 1975
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