Carlos Borau
Jewelry
Carlos Borau (Jaca, Spain) is a jewelry designer whose practice focuses on the poetic transformation of small objects and organic forms. His work stems from a sensitivity towards fragments, eroded textures, and material remnants that, when reinterpreted, acquire a new symbolic presence.
Trained in Jewelry Design at the School of Art No. 3 in Madrid, he develops a body of work that combines traditional goldsmithing techniques with a sculptural and experimental approach. His pieces, made primarily of metal, explore irregular surfaces, organic reliefs, and volumes that evoke landscapes, natural remains, or structures in the process of transformation.
Far from conceiving of jewelry as a mere ornament, Borau understands each piece as a small territory: an object charged with memory, tactility and emotion, which establishes an intimate relationship with the body and with the wearer.
Statement
I work with jewelry as a form of small-scale material exploration. I'm interested in fragments, eroded surfaces, and forms that seem to emerge from natural processes or the passage of time. Through metal, I create pieces that exist between the organic and the structural, where texture and relief play a fundamental role.
Each work stems from a careful attention to the material and its expressive possibilities. I don't seek formal perfection, but rather a physical presence that retains traces, irregularities, and tensions. These elements lend the piece a quality akin to that of a remnant or vestige, something that seems to have been found rather than crafted.
I understand jewelry as an intimate object that is activated in relation to the body. More than an adornment, it is a form of connection: a small object with weight, texture, and character, which accompanies the wearer and acquires meaning through use and time.
