Brooch (J272)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Jane Adam
Title
Brooch
Made in
London
Date
1999
Description
Large pod-shaped brooch with a pale-coloured square pattern made by folding aluminium, and freshwater black pearl inside, with a metal wire pin clasp.
Materials and techniques
Anodised aluminium sheet, blockprinted and dyed, then milled to stretch and craze it. Fabricated; applied 23ct gold leaf, dyed freshwater pearls and stainless steel wire.
Dimensions
length: 9cm
width: 2cm
Object number
J272
Category
References
P Hughes et al - Jane Adam: Jewellery (1999)
Maker's statement
These pieces [including bangle and earrings] are a development of an ongoing dialogue with the possibilities of anodised aluminium to create jewellery which is sensuous and precious. They fall somewhere between my production work and the one-off pieces; they exist as parts of series of similar pieces, where the exact form and size will depend on the qualities of mark and colour (rather than the other way round), and on their alteration by stretching to create the surface texture.