vickysaragouda:Materials matter…As July draws to an end we conclude the month with a beautiful exh
vickysaragouda: Materials matter…As July draws to an end we conclude the month with a beautiful exhibition seen a few weeks ago at Ruthin Craft Centre. The work on show is by twenty five international jewellers who employ materials “for their expressive potential rather than for their intrinsic value”. I particularly like this part from the gallery’s statement: “Radical artist jewellers of the late 1960s and 70s vigorously rejected the idea that jewellery should be considered ‘precious’ simply because of the materials of which it was made. Today, the use of a huge variety of materials in jewellery is far more accepted, but economic pressures are putting that freedom of artistic expression at potential risk as people revert to traditionally ‘valuable’ materials for ‘safety’. Here are a few images from the contemporary jewellery exhibition ‘Not too Precious’. -- source link
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