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Maker: Adam, Jane
Aluminium, anodised, dyed, and crazed aluminium with stainless steel wires, and dyed, cultured fresh water pearls. The necklace is formed of steel wire, to which are attached variegated purple narrow folded leaves, and pearls on longer wires.
History note: Exhibited at Origin, held at Somerset House, London, week 1, 7-12 October 2008, where purchased from the maker
Gift of Nicholas and Judith Goodison through The Art Fund
Height: 30 cm
Height: 65-67 cm
Width: 26-27 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2008-11-24) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith
21st Century, Early
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 2006
Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: The colour, lightness and flexibility of these pieces demonstrate Adam’s understanding of the potential of aluminium as a material for contemporary jewellery. For example, aluminium is a less dense, less heavy material than precious metals and thus the leaf forms sit lightly against the human frame, comfortable to wear and responding to the simplest movements of the wearer. With the movement, the detail of the surface colour and texture are highlighted. Jane Adam: ‘My approach was to treat aluminium as an artistic medium like paper or fabric, and I found that, once certain principles were understood, it offered the studio jeweller endless ways of creating surface colour, mark and texture, for instance by painting, drawing, resist printing, block printing, overdyeing or crazing.’
Decoration
composed of
seed pearls
( cultured)
Structure
composed of
steel wire
Surface
composed of
dye
Leaves
composed of
aluminium
Pearls
Accession number: M.7-2008
Primary reference Number: 166432
Entry form number: 1002
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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