Connections…A Cosmos of Phenomenons and Possibilities Lecture

A connection serves the purpose of making two or more separate details become a part of a bigger union. Connections can be mechanical, chemical, biological, social, philosophical, or metaphysical. There are many different types of connections: fixed and mobile, material and immaterial, rational and emotional, reversible and irreversible, direct and indirect, visible and invisible. Our physical world consists of chemical connections between molecules and the universe is held together by gravity. Social connections form the structures within societies, the interaction of human beings is based on emotional, psychological, and economic connections and all produced items are a result of the connection of brain and hands…

In jewellery we work with lots of connections: “hot” connections like soldering, welding, or casting and “cold” connections using rivets, screws and nails or we can glue or stitch things together; we connect loops into each other, make connections through slots or close necklaces by hook and eye, but there are also contextual or formal aesthetic connections in the composition of jewellery pieces. We can take inspiration by techniques of other crafts like weaving, smithing, or wood crafting, or from drawings, paintings, sculptures and architecture.

This lecture is an invitation to consciously look around and find inspiring ways of connections. After her first book “To The Point – pin mechanisms and brooch back design“ Daniela Malev is currently researching and investigating the subject of “Connections“ in jewellery design and is working on a new book about this topic which will soon be published.

FREE public lecture by Daniela Malev, visiting jewellery artist from Germany

Time:
Thursday, October 23, 2025
7:00 pm

Location:
George Brown College School of Fashion & Jewellery
Casa Loma Campus
160 Kendal Ave., Room C511
Toronto, ON

Hosted in partnership between George Brown College and Craft Ontario.

About Daniela Malev

Daniela Malev is a jeweller and teacher. Trained as a goldsmith in her hometown of Dresden, Germany, she also holds a Master Craftsman Certificate for Gold and Silversmithing and studied Jewellery Design at Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau. She concluded her formal studies with a BA and MFA degree in Gemstone and Jewellery Design at the University of Applied Sciences Trier/Idar-Oberstein, Germany. She has lectured and taught workshops throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. One of her special fields of interest is brooch backs and pin mechanisms with her research resulting in the publishing of her first book “To The Point”. She is currently investigating the subject of “connections” in jewellery design and will soon publish a second book about this topic.

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