Inhabited and Not...[1]
Once I had a form that spoke; that had an inherent narrative, a connection to the fabled human heart, how was I to manipulate this elocution to represent a state of feeling?
Representation of feeling is what I am after. My feelings are present strictly because I am making the jewellery. I have to feel or at least empathize with the feelings in order to know I am successful. However, my feelings will never be the same as anyone else's and thus I attempt to create a general state not a specific evocation. The wearer's connection should transcend my existence. I do not matter.
I use the associations attached to texture, color and contrast to modify and evoke. Darkness; lightness, polished; matte, patterned; blank, cracked; whole, inhabited; not...
[1] Design by Rae Mearkle Photos by Simon B Armitt
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