There is a blurry area within the course of being a maker, a place where the jewellery is neither one thing nor the other, or belongs to either one place or another. I am fascinated with this space between; the space of process. Duality sits somewhere within my environment, making a piece of jewellery and…
‘It was like a movie’ always means something happened, you saw something happen right in front of you in an emotionally charged larger-than-life context. ‘It was like a movie’ can only ever mean that while you’re looking at what’s happening in front of you, you’ve also managed to step back from the experience, you’ve…
For some time I have been taking the odd photo of the things that happen to cross our kitchen table. Living with engineers, the table becomes a place of exchange where objects are traded between us or as a temporary residence for objects; between them having been one thing, like a raw material, and them…
The Art of the Motorcycle Solomon R. Guggenhiem Musuem, New York June 26 – September 20, 1998 https://archive.org/details/artofmot00solo In the start of the preface to this book, The Art of the Motorcycle, Thomas Krens references Walter Benjamin’s essay, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936). From this extract [image below], I…
Can form become more precious than material? For the HS3 Frame Galleries exhibit I have combined some of my Kauri Plate pieces, from the Platina show, with 2 new necklaces made from an unknown wooden bowl. My intention was to extend an earlier exploration from Handshake2 that used the same making process, with slight variances,…
“It Will All Come Out In The Wash” When is a singlet not a singlet? When is a necklace a singlet? Incorporating textiles into my work allows for an investigation into hybridising something that can initially be understood as a garment but then also as a piece of jewellery or wearable object. A space between…
https://lux.org.uk/work/a-phrenological-self-portrait re·flec·tion (rĭ-flĕk′shən) n. 1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. 2. Something, such as light, radiant heat, sound, or an image, that is reflected. 3. a. Serious thinking or careful consideration: engaged in reflection on the problem.b. A thought or an opinion resulting from such thinking or consideration: wrote down…
Handshake meets the dialogue collective Just how do you collaborate on top of collaborating? Where does it start, where does it end and what’s in the middle, what becomes of two groups of people from opposite sides of the world when they have to make work together? Recently I have tried to find examples…
Circumstances of late have made me think that now would be a good time to talk about my material of choice, wood, and quite frankly I see it as a good place to start reflecting. While being mentored by Helen Britton we discussed style surfing and how the internet provides a haven for makers to…
Earlier this year, Helen invited me to Munich to attend her upcoming workshop, Structures, Folds and Rivets at Akademie für Gestaltung und Design [Academy of Art and Design]. Helen rarely does workshops these days and she suggested it was a perfect opportunity to work through making a prototype from beginning to end that wasn’t over…
‘She had always liked to dress neatly, and remained fastidious all her life. She reflected the styles of her late Victorian youth by dressing usually in a navy or black dress, with a lace jabot at her neck, held by a brooch.’ Megan Hutching – Over the Wide and Trackless Sea: The Pioneering Women and…
I’m off to Munich tomorrow to spend a week with Helen and do her ‘Structures, folds, rivets’ 5 day workshop, https://www.hwk-muenchen.de/ all very exciting and I’m looking forward to making and discussing without being at different ends of the earth! Then its off to Stockholm to meet up with the other Handshaker’s for the Platina exhibition http://www.platina.se/Pressrelease/Handshake_press.html and…
Living in an engineering family allows me to recognize the importance of tools and the ability to create tools that make making a little easier. A while back I also had an interesting discussion with jeweler Roy Mason about adapting what is accessible to create working supports in your studio. Not everything that helps you…
What does the space between the feminine and the masculine look like? This question to myself has drawn me towards a statement below about the work of Louise Bourgeois; ‘Through the use of abstract form and a wide variety of media, Bourgeois dealt with notions of universal balance, playfully juxtaposing materials conventionally considered male or…
HANDSHAKE 3 