Zsuzsanna Kovács - Portfolio

P O R T F O L I OZsuzsanna Kovács

Personal Information1025 Budapest Baba u. 4/a

k.zsuzska@gmail.com

+36203884234

Education2012- Metal Designer

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest

2009-2012 Metalwork and Jewellery Designer

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest

2006-2008 Goldsmith

Szentendrei Art Technical College, Szentendre

2000-2006 High School Diploma

Veres Pálné High School, Budapest

Christmas ornaments

Christmas ornaments

Gingerbread: textile bakelite, plexi 100x90mm Shark and deer: aluminum 70x20mm, 35x25mmAngel and pine: screws and washers 35x25mm2009

TaskMaking Christmas ornaments from materials and with technologies that can be found in the workshop.

Supervisor: Krisztián Ádám

My workThe basic of my work were the materials’ quality, color, translucency and typical shape. My aim was to work with materials that I have not worked with before.

Snowflakes: aluminum Ø 20mm Ornament pendants: plexi, aluminum, snowflakes Ø 45mm, pines 40x60mm2009

heads or tails

heads or tails

Medal: yellow brass Ø 35mm2009

TaskDesign a fortune changer medal.

Supervisor: Krisztián Ádám

My workStarting out the many-few disaccord pair, I designed a medal where the few as the symbol of desire appears on each side.

boat jewels

boat jewels

My workOrigami is a classic way of moulding paper. Using this as a basis I assembled paper boats in different patterns in order to make jewels.

TaskJewellery design made of paper. The goal was to create a piece that can only be produced out of paper.

Supervisor: Vladimir Péter

Necklace and bracelets: cardboard and tissue-paper 2010

fan jewels

fan jewels

TaskJewellery design made of paper. The goal was to create a piece that can only be produced out of paper.

Supervisor: Vladimir Péter

My workI made use of the colours and lightness of tissue-paper. This collection of fans reacts to the tiniest motion or blow with gente movements.

Hand jewels and Hairpin: cardboard and flimsy 300mm2010

body sculpting experiment

body sculpting experiment

TaskCreate a new being from human with only using white paper.

Supervisor: Vladimir Péter

My workI made a forest elf by enlarging the fingers. In another design I transformed my inner fears of moths into a figure resembling a reneissance monarch.

Crepe paper, tissue-paper 2010

spiral hairpin

spiral hairpin

TaskDesign of a jewel made out of one piece on a chosen bodypart.

Supervisor: András Bánfalvi

My workI designed accessories to hold and adorn a bun of hair.

Hairpins: bronze / stainless steel / aluminium Ø 20x110mm - Ø 32x230mm2010

fl exible barrette

flexible barrette

My workI also designed a barrette to hold hair using the elasticity of its material.

Barrettes: alpacca 32x85mm and 25x15mm2010

TaskDesign of a jewel made out of one piece on a chosen bodypart.

Supervisor: András Bánfalvi

bun accessory

bun accessory

Bun accessory: stainless steel 45x50mm2010

My workI designed a jewel which – due to its formation - with a simple turning movement can hold the hair together.

TaskDesign of a jewel made out of one piece on a chosen bodypart.

Supervisor: András Bánfalvi

gem in brooch

gem in brooch

TaskCutting, polishing and setting gems.

Supervisor: Vladimir Péter

My workI made cones out of pebbles and gems by cutting and polishing them. I used them as brooches to hold and adorn clothes.

Brooches: aventurine / pebble-alpacca Ø20-30mm2011

jet pendant

jet pendant

Pendant: jet, yellow brass, leather and thread 230x60mm2011

TaskCutting, polishing and setting gems.

Supervisor: Vladimir Péter

My workI held the jet cone with a special construction that makes it easy to take out and change. On the backside of the pendant there is a mechanic construction that closes around the gem.

turneable ring

turneable ring

Ring: smoky quartz, sterling silver 45x30mm2011

TaskCutting, polishing and setting gems.

Supervisor: Vladimir Péter

My workThe gem and frame can be turned in 4 vertical positions when taken off. The finger of the person wearing it fixes the position and holds the stone.

My butterfly

My butterfl y

My workMy mother brought this butterfly from Brussels some years ago. I pinned it up on the dress in a way that butterfly collectors do it in their albums. I made a golden button on the silver pin in order to represent how much it means to me.

TaskSetting and enclosing personal objects.

Supervisor: Vladimir Péter

Brooch: brussles lace, sterling silver and gold 30x22x25mm2011

My Budapest

My Budapest

Our workWe made a selection of booklets that contain attractions grouped around a given topic. Each page shows a drawing of the place, some informations about it and a line that connects it to its location on the map. The empty space can be used for collecting personal memorabilia and notes; the map helps orientation in the city.

Booklets: 140x100 mmwith: Fruzsina Fekete2011

TaskDesign of souvenirs for tourists visiting Budapest.

Supervisor: Vladimir Péter

tinder fungus

tinder fungus

My workI used the tinder fungus and its pieces that I have found in the garden. Due to the fungus’ structure, it is very lightweight. Hence wearing a bigger piece will not cause a problem.

TaskMaking a jewel using only natural materials within the confines of a one week long course

Supervisors: Judit Bráda

Fanni Vékony

Necklace: tinder fungus, leather and thread, 230x170 mmRing: tinder fungus, 35x60 mm2012

Functional jewelry

Functional jewelry

Textile: 400x8800mm Weight: yellow brass Ø10x400mmLoop: aluminium Ø800mm Adjustable weight: eloxated aluminum and gum, 60x420 mm2012

My workI fixed the ends of a long textile trail with the help of weights with different qualities on the body. This way I created different phenomenon form the contact between the body, the textile and the objects.

TaskDesign a jewel to fix and compose a simple mantle on the body.

Supervisor: András Bánfalvi

My hallmark

My hallmark

Hallmark: Ø 2,4mm2012

My workZsuzsanna: hebrew-latin origin, means lily.

TaskOwn hallmark design.

Supervisor: András Bánfalvi

form studies

form studies

modelingoriginal: height: 4,2cmmodel: height: 50cm

Crop: 42mmStatue: 500mm2009

TaskModelling of a chosen natural shape.

Supervisors: Balázs Orlai

Ákos Lipóczki

waves

waves

Wax models: 50x180mm2011

TaskFree form studies.

Supervisor: András Mohácsi

Wave studies: glass 200x300mm2012

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