Hollow-form (J303)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Jessica Turrell
Title
Hollow-form
Made in
Bristol
Date
2010
Description
Blackened copper form attached to grey cotton string.
Materials and techniques
The 'Hollow Forms' are created in copper using the technique of electroforming over a hand-carved wax Mandrel. Vitreous enamel is built up on the surface of the resultant form over a number of firings. The enamel is then rubbed back using abrasives to give a smooth, tactile finish.
Dimensions
height: 5cm
width: 3.5cm
depth: 2.5cm
Object number
J303
Category
Maker's statement
The intimate scale of jewelley is central to my practice. I strive to create work that has a tactile delicay and that rewards the wearer's close attention. Over a number of years I have developed an experimental approach to enamel by which I seek to create work that moves away from traditional jewellery enamel practice in order to achieve a more ambiguous and expressive surface quality.
In 2007 I was awarded an AHRC Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts which I undertook at the University of the West of England, Briistol. This three-year project used both practice-led and theoretical research methodology to investigate the place of enamel in contemporary jewellery practice. The group of pieces entitled 'Hollow Form Series' are one of the tangible outcomes of this research, resulting from an investigation into the use of electroforming as a method for the creation of volumetric forms. Layers of enamel are built up and then selectively removed to re-expose underlying layers of colour and to produce a distinctive surface. Each vessel-like form has a tactile surface, and weightiness that positively encourages touch.
In 2007 I was awarded an AHRC Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts which I undertook at the University of the West of England, Briistol. This three-year project used both practice-led and theoretical research methodology to investigate the place of enamel in contemporary jewellery practice. The group of pieces entitled 'Hollow Form Series' are one of the tangible outcomes of this research, resulting from an investigation into the use of electroforming as a method for the creation of volumetric forms. Layers of enamel are built up and then selectively removed to re-expose underlying layers of colour and to produce a distinctive surface. Each vessel-like form has a tactile surface, and weightiness that positively encourages touch.
