SAY IT WITH A HAIKU

ARTISTS SEND THEIR MESSAGE TO SCHMUCK 2025.

SMCK Magazine's project Jewelry Poems unites the daring beauty of contemporary jewelry with the elegance of short, yet strong and meaningful poems formed from freely associated words.
This telegraphic style of poetry – a single line or up to three lines, no rhythm, and no conclusion – is called haiku in Japan. Haiku poems, a popular cultural form, can be described as sketching with words, making music with syllables, creating images with letters. Haiku poetry reflects the ephemeral transforming into eternity, reality become surreality, human condition metamorphosing into nature.

Jewelry Poems is the artist’s message to the jewelry community coming to Munich for its annual SCHMUCKmünchen Jewelry Week meeting in March 2025. Sixteen artists have been selected for the Jewelry Poems. Read all poems below!

ARTISTS

SUSAN BEARDMAN, ANDREIA GABRIELA POPESCU, THERESIA BRANDNER, DONALD FRIEDLICH, HALDIS SCHEICHER & MARIANNE HUBER, YOKO TAKIRAI & PIETRO PELITTERI, EDEN HERMAN ROSENBLUM, PAULETTA BROOKS, CHRISTOPH ZIEGLER, LOUKIA RICHARDS, NERINGA POSKUTE-JUKUMIENE, DIAN ODILE YOU, XINCHEN LI, WILLY VAN DE VELDE, NORA SARLAK, VERED BABAI.

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SUE BEARDMAN

'Unison 1' – ring, 2024, Play series. 9k gold, 925 silver, hand-formed and forged. Photo: Sue Beardman.


NIGHT SKY

Luminous
Nocturnal shadow
Quiet now



gaffa.com.au/event/intimacy   |   @sube.form

ANDREIA GABRIELA POPESCU

'Colors and things unsaid' – ring, 2024. 925 Sterling Silver and Epoxy resin with fluorescent pigments. Photo: Stefan Vartolome.


DAZZLING ADORNMENT

Silver body a fragile eggshell.
Colorful dust cloud, desert.
Inner voice like a irredeemable fire!



andreia-popescu.com   |   @andreiagabrielapopescu

THERESIA BRANDNER

'TONNUT' – brooch, 2023. Vinyl and stainless steel, thermoforming. Photo: Petra Jaschke.


COSMIC SPRINKLERS

They adorn the clash,
Ambiguous and daring,
Our cosmic blending.



@the___resia

DONALD FRIEDLICH

'Ketchup Slob Brooch', 2024. Resin, found object, sterling, nickel silver. Photo: Sanders Visual Images, model: Larry Sanders.


FOOD SPILL

There once was a man who used skills
To make brooches of all of his spills
He loved some tomfoolery
In creating his jewelry
Then acceptance to Schmuck gave him thrills.


donaldfriedlich.com

HALDIS SCHEICHER & MARIANNE HUBER

'COMPANIONS' – brooches, 2024. Acrylic glass, wobbling eyes. Photo: Roland Ferrigato_Z.


COMPANIONS

companions of life
laughing along the way
wobbling eyes



@haldis_schmuck   |   @mariannesh15

YOKO TAKIRAI & PIETRO PELITTERI

'KOMOREBI' – brooch, 2024. Sterling silver, pigment, lacquer, stainless steel. Photo: Yoko Takirai.


KOMOREBI

Sunlight,
through the tree-top leaves,
stroll on my walking road.
Silently.



@takiraidesign   |   @pellitteripietro

EDEN HERMAN ROSENBLUM

'IN RUST' series – objects, rings, 2022. Recycled iron, borax crystals. Photo: Yigal Herman.


IN RUST

Fragile earth whispers,
Delusion seeds of harvest,
Mystery unfolds.



klimt02: eden herman rosenblum   |   @eden_herman_rosenblum

PAULETTA BROOKS

'CAUGHT' – necklace, 2017. Icelandic Spar, resin mesh, gold leaf, patina. On the Rocks Magazine. Photo: Nicolas Kern.


CAUGHT

Welcoming Venus ocean net,
noose X-large,
knitted knot of ephemeral currency.



paulettabrooks.com   |   @pbwearableart

CHRISTOPH ZIEGLER

'Memories VIII' – necklace, 2024. Wood, found objects, varnish, rubber string, beeswax. Photo: Chr. Ziegler.


AUSPICIOUS MYSTERY

Joyful trophy
Of wooden tourmaline
Adornment of the body's magic.



christophziegler.com   |   @rossozett

LOUKIA RICHARDS

'St. John The Baptist II' – pectoral ornament, 2025. Embroidery on cardboard, antique white coral, 1930’s Greek silver coin, goat hair, wool , yarns. Photo: Chr. Ziegler.


ST JOHN THE BAPTIST

Freaky sapphire river
Ireful tide of desert sun
Delusion drum



loukiarichards.net   |   @loukiarichards

NERINGA POSKUTE-JUKUMIENE

'Collar' – necklace, Pot/Jewellery series, 2022–24. Enamel, steel. Photo: Ingrida Mockute-Pociene.


Ø 38.5 cm x 11 cm

The collar holds my form,
A pot turned to ring —
I wear my own weight.



facebook: neringa.poskute.7   |   @neringaposkute

DIAN ODILE YU

'A Walk in Hyde Park' – chain, 2024. Hype Park Collection (I). Frosted acrylic, wire, rivet, jump ring, laser cut & engraving. Photo: Dian Odile YU.


A WALK IN HYDE PARK

Fragile leaf,
Ephemeral voice, you or me –
Lover’s illusion, chain.



@oddddile_yu

XINCHEN LI

'Shackle' – wearable structure, 2020. PLA, 3D printing pen. Photo: Aaron Paden.


SILENT WEIGHT

Fragile portraits gaze,
Shadowed whispers press within –
Universe confined.



xinchenlimetalsmithingsculpture.com   |   @xinchenli_art

WILLY VAN DE VELDE

'Controlchaos II' – ring, 2024. LED panels, aluminum, acrylic glass. Photo: W.v.d. Velde.


CHAOS & CONTROL

Chain Restart Restart Chain
Restart Chain Chain Restart
Chain Restart Restart Chain



wvandevelde.com   |   @w_vandevelde

NORA SARLAK

'Breath of Creation' – brooch, 2024. Breathe in Soul! series. Porcelain, wool, silver. Photo: Daniel Santolo Franco.


BREATH OF CREATION

Inhale, life lingers –
Exhale, spirit awakens –
Breath shapes the cosmos.



klimt02: nora sarlak   |   @nora.sarlak

VERED BABAI

'Desert Snow' – brooch, 2019, Touch Wood series. Pencil shavings. Photo: Vered Babai.


EPHEMERAL HEALING

A desert cloud
Like a familiar illusion
Nesting in a grateful hand



veredbabai.com   |   @vered_babai