Artist Statement
Convergence
As in many collaborations between two artists, each individual taps
into ideas and thoughts that had been laying dormant in the other.
These pieces of oneself were always there, but in need of a second
person to draw them out.
While creating our four wearable adornments, we drew from the common
thread in our styles and influences, and found a natural flow in
the way we worked together. New doors opened, recalling old memories
and forgotten treasures of the mind.
This creative process evolved into a layering of ideas, which, in
turn, translated into integral layers in our jewelry. Each component
is a separate entity, yet the whole piece is assembled so that each
layer gently shelters the next. This creates a familiar assemblage
that awaits discovery.
Although the works are not true narratives, they are intended to
evoke feelings of sentimentality, to involve the wearer, and to
encourage them to discover their own meaning in each different layer.
The organic is engrained in our work. Intensely fascinated and affected
by our surroundings, both of us recall many childhood hours spent
fossicking outdoors. Intrigued by small and discarded objects, we
would imagine that each collected treasure had its own secret story.
We have created our own kind of reliquaries, each being a miniature
world serving homage to our natural environments and dusted with
fragments of our own personal experiences.
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