Desires, love and friendship, imprisonment and entanglement, awakening, tears, death, longing and sadness, gratitude and hope, inspiration and dreams, as well as disappointment - the palette of emotions from which the works on show were born is full and multidimensional. Many of the works on show were created spontaneously, under the influence of an emotion that needed to be felt, named and worked through. Like „Egg”, created as a result of difficult emotions following the death of a newborn child.
It is difficult to put into words feelings, impressions, experiences. Sometimes I don't want to talk about them because they are too personal. But emotions need to find an outlet - with me they take the form of jewellery. Brooches and necklaces tell of joy and happiness, but also of sadness, longing or disappointment. And even about death. The stories I tell using the language of jewellery seem to be universal - they apply to each and every one of us," explains Tyminski.
The material that allows him to express his emotions most fully is polymer. The artist has been working with it for over a decade, during which time he has developed his own grinding and colouring techniques. Thanks to these, plastic ceases to be an ordinary material and begins to resemble miniature sculptures - deep, unique, surprising in form and juxtaposition with other materials.
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Most often, Tyminski combines polymer with amber - not only Baltic, but also Dominican or Mexican - creating contrasting compositions or harmoniously complementing the whole. Recent works also increasingly feature diamonds - colourless and coloured - added to emphasise the aesthetics of the work.
Each work is unique. It is impossible to create two identical ones - both because of the properties of the materials and the emotions that accompany the artist during creation. These are the reasons why most of these works remain in his private collection. They are a personal record of important moments and feelings, but also an artistic documentation of a path of professional and emotional development.
„Stories that really happened” - exhibition of artistic jewellery by Marcin Tyminski Gallery of Contemporary Jewellery - Praga Koneser Centre in Warsaw
5.12 – 12.12.2025
Patronage: Association of Goldsmiths, 301 CARATS, GALEA JEWELLERY
