In her presentation held in March, Isverding, professor of jewellery design and metalwork spoke about materials, their different uses, and their importance. Material has an important role in the creative processes of design and art: it is simultaneously connected to ideas and forms. In object design, in metalwork, the choice and use of material conveys essentially a message, but it can also fulfil the function of expression, or serve as a material for conveying meaning and image. 

The meaning hidden in the material is determined by its historical nature. This semantics includes all the secondary connotations and values that a particular material holds because of its history (i.e., its natural, geographical, economic, social, and cultural origins, its uses and evaluation).   

“If we look under the surface of the semantics of a material, we can see how our own choice of material can support our ideas and change our narrative.  It is also important here to examine the use and meaning of the material and the motif, as this reflection allows us to become more aware of our own creative processes and to interpret the relationship that lies within them”, as we read in the introduction to the professor’s presentation. 

The professor from Germany visited our institution upon the invitation of Flóra Vági, Head of Department of MOME Jewellery Design and Metalwork MA.