Rite of passage/Birth 

“A rite of passage is a ritual that a person must go through in order to progress to the next stage of their life. It is a universal phenomenon which can show anthropologists what social hierarchies, values and beliefs are important in specific cultures. Rites of passage are often have ceremonies events” wikipedia



“Extraction” “Foundry” “Gauge” Three rings

Gold Prospector, gold O.E. gold, from Proto-Germanic *gulth, from PIE base * ghel-/+ghol-“yellow, green,” possibly ult. “bright”(cf.O.C.S.zlato, Rus.zoloto,Skt.hiranyam, O.Pers. daraniya-, Avestan zaranya-“gold;”see Chloe). In reference to the color of the metal, it is recorded from c. 1400 prospect /n.) 1430, “act of looking into the distance,” from noun sense of “spot giving prospects of ore” (1839). Prospector in this sense is from 1857.

Douglas Haarper, Etymology Dictionary, November 2001 


Gold extraction, melting, gauging and transportation equipment.
I am interested in matter and the way in witch we select it, what leads us to prefer a certain material or object as opposed to another. The primary material qualities the gold prospector recognise , through a mix of Knowledge and experience, that make them chose and separate. The probability and persistence of the attentive gold prospector, the tension and the restraint. 

Exhibition “Real Jewellery- Portuguese and Brazilian Contemporary Jewellery” Celebrating the 200 years of the transfer of the Portuguese Royal court to Brazil. At Museu Histórico Nacional - Rio de Janeiro and Palácio Nacional da Ajuda -Lisboa
Curatorship of Cristina Filipe and Lúcia Abdenur. 

Ana Albuquerque,1964, Lisbon, Portugal

Graduated in Sculpture – Fine Arts in 1994 at F.B.A.L (School of Fine Arts) in Lisbon.
In 1986 attended a Graduate Course in Furniture at the Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation, and attended two Jewellery Degrees at the AR.CO, Centre of Arts & Visual Communication and at the Contacto Directo School, Lisbon between 1987 and 1992. Following these studies, she practiced in 1992 at the jewellery workshop at Nunes & Garrido.
From further participation in sculpture, jewellery and tapestry workshops, she made her higher education experience to be a rich and plural one, which soon and on a regular basis, led her to cooperate with several clients and firms in the production of a wide variety of prototypes, artefacts and contemporary jewellery pieces. 

In 2003, she founds with Valentina Garcia www.meetjewelry.com
Since 2007, Ana Albuquerque became vice president of PIN – Portuguese Association of Contemporary Jewellery. 

Ana Albuquerque’s art work has been shown in Art Galleries and Museums, such as her “Low cut necklines” 2008 solo exhibition at the National Costume Museum (Lisbon, Portugal) and May 2008 at the Reverso Galerie 4/10 exhibition “(…)and, alas, it moves” with her own jewels. 

Ana Albuquerque
cell number 919476463
ana.albuquerque@meetjewelry.com
www.meetjewelry.com

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