Neckpiece: 12 red pods (J271)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Jane Adam
Title
Neckpiece: 12 red pods
Made in
London
Date
1999
Description
Two-part neckpiece, with a silver wire choker and twelve pale-coloured aluminium sheets shaped into pods dangling from the silver wire.
Materials and techniques
Dyed and crazed anodised aluminium, silver tube and stainless steel wire and 9ct gold tube rivets. Anodised aluminium sheet is block printed and dyed and milled to stretch and craze it. Fabricated silver neck collar and stainless steel wires.
Dimensions
length: 49cm
weight: 12cm
depth: 12.3cm
Object number
J271
Category
References
P Hughes et al - Jane Adam: Jewellery (1999)
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Neckpiece: 12 Red Pods, Jane Adam, 1999, Crafts Council Collection: J271. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography.
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Nick Moss, 2011
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Neckpiece: 12 Red Pods, Jane Adam, 1999, Crafts Council Collection: J271. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography.
Maker's statement
As a true one-off piece, this neckpiece is a relatively rare excursion for me, a basking in the luxury of making for the pleasure of creation. It explores the sensuality of jewellery, the restriction and simplicity of the silver collar contrasting with the cascade of pods which moves and falls across the torso - the centre of one's being.