Small Bowl with Chameleon in 925 Silver

Silver bowl for decoration, with chameleon detail.

Series: “Objects with Chameleon”

Material: 925 silver

MEASURES: Diameter 9.5 cm

Author: Carlos Tellechea

Year: 2021

The piece made by hand in the small place on the island of Mallorca

Stories of a Chameleon by Carlos Tellechea:

For me, the Chameleon means something like: “Non-violent adaptation.”

At one point when I was between Cercedilla and Segovia, in my first years in Spain, I left aside the production of costume jewelery, which I made to sell in markets. And I decided to make a small sculpture of a chameleon, with a hollow body, welding bronze cuts….

Some time later I asked the “Loqui” (my foundry of those times) to melt the original and so I had the first 10 cast bronze chameleons …

And so, once the bronze chameleon was created, I built a landscape of metal cuttings for it as well. This one, within the world of feminine ornamentation, which was my trade. The first Piece that was put together was a Choker and then a Bracelet that were traversed by the little chameleon.

Understanding as Roberto Bolaño that contests can be an alternative to stick his head out for a craftsman from the provinces, I decided to present the Pieces to the Castilla y León Craft Design Contest

The Work was a Regional Prize and in a way the chameleon remained, as a resource, as a talisman and finally as a signature characteristic of my works. Every year he cast about twenty pieces and made completely different series, Jewels, small desk sculptures, objects for personal use and other decorative items such as the bowls that appear in the photo above.

The chameleon transforms the piece in which it appears in a small story, the aesthetic is added to the narrative.

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Silver bowl for decoration, with chameleon detail.