IMAGO: Ela Nord

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Artist Michaela Schwarz-Weismann is wearing silk cocoon necklaces, a light shirt, her eyes are closed — Artist Michaela Schwarz-Weismann with silk cocoon necklaces

Rose gold necklace with 12 threaded silk cocoons open at the front, painted in bronze colours on the outside and various glitter pigments on the inside — "Bronzebunt", silk cocoons, pigment, acrylic, silver rose gold-plated

The colourful and light-looking collection IMAGO has its basis in the cocoons of the Mulberry Moth, which are elaborately processed, painted, and transformed into new forms by Ela Nord.

The pupa is an intermediate stage between caterpillar and butterfly and stands as a metaphor for inner processes of becoming and unfolding. For the contradiction between what is - and at the same time is not.

Behind the lightweight (literally floating), yet incredibly stable feather-light cocoon colliers, represents an idea of resistance. The nature of the cocoon, with its unparalleled stability of form, can also be a symbol of resilience, which we all need. The piercing with points through the armored cocoons emerged as an idea during the Covid-19 pandemic. From which, this series has come to represent symbolic violations by external threats, emphasizing our need to designate protective mechanisms against attacks on our habitat.

Long silver necklace with 19 threaded silk cocoons open at the front, painted on the outside in shades of grey, black and white — "Schattengrau", silk cocoons, pigment, acrylic, silver chain

Many open silk cocoons painted in bright shades of blue and night luminescent pigment on a blue silk ribbon — "Blaues Nachtlicht", necklace from the IMAGO series, silk cocoons, pigment, lacquer, silk ribbon

Many open silk cocoons painted in bright shades of orange on a black silk ribbon — "Oranges Leuchtlicht" necklace from the IMAGO series, silk cocoons, pigment, lacquer, silk ribbon

Necklace with 9 threaded silk cocoons open at the front, painted in emerald green on the outside and night luminescent pigment on the inside — "Grünes Nachtlicht 9", silk cocoons, pigment, acrylic, steel necklace

Necklace with a black silk cocoon pendant whose white inside is filled with small glass balls, the chain is made of silver — "Glass Cave" from the IMAGO series, silk cocoon, pigment, acrylic, glass-like spheres, silver necklace

Black rhodium-plated silver necklace with bronze-coloured silk cocoon, pierced which many bronze-coloured semicircular nails — "Shield Bronze" from the IMAGO series, silk cocoons, nails , pigment, acrylic, silver necklace

Pendant made of a dark blue, open silk cocoon, painted with noctilucent pigment inside, pierced with many nails through the cocoon, the tips point inwards — "Shield Nachtleuchtblau" from the IMAGO series, silk cocoons, nails, pigment, acrylic, silver necklace

Closed silver silk cocoon, pierced with many flat black nails, on a black silver chain — "Shield Schwarzsilber flat" from the IMAGO series, silk cocoons, pigment, acrylic, silver necklace

Pendant made of an open dark green silk cocoon, painted bright orange on the inside, on the outside are shiny drops — "Dragon" pendant from the IMAGO series, silk cocoon, pigment, acrylic

Pendant made of an open pearlwhite silk cocoon with a kind of shiny fluffy fur with stars oozing out of its inside — "Plush Snow" necklace from the IMAGO series, silk cocoon, pigment, acrylic, synthetic materials, silver necklace

Pendant made of an open dark grey silk cocoon with a kind of shiny fluffy fur oozing out of its inside — "Plush Grey" from the IMAGO series, silk cocoon, pigment, acrylic, synthetic materials, silver necklace

Necklace with an open silk cocoon pendant, black on the outside, pearlwhite on the inside, inside is reflective granulate, the chain is made of silver — "Reflection Cave" necklace from the IMAGO series, silk cocoon, pigment, acrylic, reflective granulate, silver necklace

Necklace with 9 threaded silk cocoons, painted night luminescent pigment, the coccons are shining in the dark — "Grünes Nachtlicht 9" from the IMAGO series, silk cocoons, pigment, acrylic, steel necklace

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