Wholeness

This Jewellery piece is an exploration into symbiotic relationships. The relationship between the parts of the piece to each other and the relationship of the brooch to the wearer and the wholeness which springs into being when all the interdependent parts come together.

Without the metal appendages which slide into the housing of the shell structure of the brooch back, the piece is incomplete. Likewise, without the brooch back the patinated metal components (these could be called the brooches perhaps?) are unwearable. The coming together of the pieces brings the Object/s into a state of wholeness which is both physical and visual.

If we follow this line of thinking, the brooch isn't a brooch until it is worn. Before a person pins it to their coat, it is just an object with potential. When worn, this potential is realised, the object becomes jewellery; a Brooch.

Transforming Trees

These images are from Pakistan and were taken after the recent wide-spread flooding (but not by me). What your looking at are trees which millions spiders climbed into in their bid for survival. Because the flood waters have taken so long to recede the spiders have cocooned the trees in their webs.