Interwoven: Jewellery Meets Textiles is a Goldsmiths’ Centre exhibition exploring the creative connections between contemporary jewellery and textiles. This free exhibition invites you to discover the innovative ways jewellers are engaging with textile techniques, materials, and aesthetics.
The exhibition showcases the work of over thirty celebrated jewellers, including Flora Bhattachary, Eleanor Bolton, Elizabeth Bone, Caroline Broadhead, Megan Brown, Susan Cross, Alison Evans, Nora Fok, Ruth Leslie, Jacqueline Mina, and many more. Visitors will experience a stunning display of jewellery pieces, on loan from the practising makers, the Goldsmiths’ Company collection, and the Crafts Council collection. The jewellery will be shown in dialogue with a range of textiles to explore their structural and visual interconnections. Together, they offer a rich perspective on the ongoing and evolving relationship between jewellery and textiles.
Statement
'Repetition, rhythm, and the structures inherent in textiles often inform my creative process. I love being able to suggest a sense of fluidity in precious metal and for over 20 years, I have been using wire to create forms and surfaces that play with these principles. I have a deep appreciation for the patience required to create intricate work, having been surrounded by my mother’s creations as a teacher and skilled embroiderer and quiltmaker. During my studies at Edinburgh College of Art, I was also fortunate to have Susan Cross as one of my tutors, and her beautiful work left a lasting impression on me. The use of hand-drawn wire offers immense potential for creating fine detail and volume, and by layering or interlacing multiple precious ‘threads,’ I generate rippling colour variations that playfully engage the viewer, creating moments of surprise. My jewellery is influenced by the visual effects of Optical Art, as well as the linear patterns and structures found in nature, weaving, and the patchwork-like images of M.C. Escher. I strive for my pieces to come alive with visual movement, moiré, or colour shifts that draw the eye into a world of infinite shadow and reflection.'
