Valentim Quaresma restoring his ITS 2008 accessory for the first exhibition at ITS Arcademy

Valentim Quaresma returns after 14 years to restore an accessory from his ITS 2008 winning collection, in view of the first exhibition at ITS Arcademy curated by Olivier Saillard, sharing details about the restoration process and about his fondest ITS memory. Valentim works with unconventional materials - often, cogs, springs and parts from the mechanical world - to create jewellery, accessories, fashion and sculpture. He studied in the School of arts António Arroio and in Ar.co’s Jewellery department and has worked with Ana Salazar, a pioneer of Portuguese fashion, creating jewellery and accessories for her collections from 1990 to 2010. In 2008 he was selected for International Talent Support and won the Accessories Collection of the Year Award, which kickstarted his own brand. Since then, Valentim Quaresma has been presenting his own collections internationally in events like Bread and Butter in Barcelona; 080 Barcelona Fashion, [moment] in Riga, Fashionclash in Maastricht, The Netherlands; Cesis Fashion Art Festival in Latvia; Bijorhca in Paris; MoBa13 "Fetishism in Fashion" in Arnhem; Manupulating Surface - Portuguese Craftmanship in London, just to name a few. Discover more about Valentim Quaresma https://www.instagram.com/valentimquaresma/?hl=it Discover more about ITS Contest, ITS Arcademy and the ITS Foundation: https://itsweb.org