EDGES
30mm x 30mm x 60mm
december 2021
recycled tin-plate, miliput, brass and steel pin
]Inspired by the physical qualities of tin plate, this piece focuses specifically on its purpose as a way of preserving simple things like food, extending its quality through means of a confined and sealed space. The next physical quality I explore through this piece is the meaning of the “edge”. This led me to contemplate the essence of confined and isolated spaces in nature which have often also served as modes of preservation for plants, animals, and humans throughout history. I furthered this concept by looking specifically at icey and mountainous landscape topography where the same landscape is segmented by differences in temperature and altitude. In a way, each meter in the world has its own unique “world” within, each one has its similarities, yet is different from the next. I explored these notions and preservation through focusing my technical samples and tests on creating numerous ways to contemplate space and preciousness through a material that often is often overlooked. I did this by experimenting with unusual ways of folding, encapsulating volume, and working with edges. This piece features tin-plate “pearls”, contemplating the preciousness of the metal, which have been set on repetitive and prolific tin-plate rolls, symbolic of “preserved space and time,” which have been set into black Milliput. The reverse side of the brooch features the tin-plate rolls which have been revealed by being sanded down to a smooth surface, symbolic of the secret and private experience of being alone in a space.
december 2021
recycled tin-plate, miliput, brass and steel pin
]Inspired by the physical qualities of tin plate, this piece focuses specifically on its purpose as a way of preserving simple things like food, extending its quality through means of a confined and sealed space. The next physical quality I explore through this piece is the meaning of the “edge”. This led me to contemplate the essence of confined and isolated spaces in nature which have often also served as modes of preservation for plants, animals, and humans throughout history. I furthered this concept by looking specifically at icey and mountainous landscape topography where the same landscape is segmented by differences in temperature and altitude. In a way, each meter in the world has its own unique “world” within, each one has its similarities, yet is different from the next. I explored these notions and preservation through focusing my technical samples and tests on creating numerous ways to contemplate space and preciousness through a material that often is often overlooked. I did this by experimenting with unusual ways of folding, encapsulating volume, and working with edges. This piece features tin-plate “pearls”, contemplating the preciousness of the metal, which have been set on repetitive and prolific tin-plate rolls, symbolic of “preserved space and time,” which have been set into black Milliput. The reverse side of the brooch features the tin-plate rolls which have been revealed by being sanded down to a smooth surface, symbolic of the secret and private experience of being alone in a space.