A serendipitous sighting of an early morning grass verge on our recent French trip…providing the perfect inspiration for the ‘Changes’ exhibition at Sula Gallery.
A mix of semi precious stones in greens, oranges and browns, carefully selected to represent the late summer grass verge. Finished with a signature handmade clasp in recycled 9ct gold.
Organised by the team at the Sula Gallery in conjunction with Guernsey Art Network.
We’re completely delighted to be selected from over 750 entries to make the final cut of 132 pieces on display in the 2024 Folksy summer exhibition. We’re in the most excellent company – a curated selection of handmade artwork all in one place.
Ski Lodge Earrings – from our luxe plectrum collection. Each plectrum is hand cut from recycled plastic cards, layered on a recycled sterling silver navette chain, finished with raw rubies.
We were delighted to be involved with SULA Gallery’s first exhibition of the year. The gallery was filled with artworks inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian. Marking 80 years since the Dutch artist’s death.
Athene’s love of Mondrian’s work made this a perfect match. We created a new and unique pair of our recycled guitar plectrum waterfalls inspired by the shapes of Mondrian’s paintings. The earrings were then pinned through Athene’s abstracted self portrait painting on canvas. Using bold reds combined with our favourite french greys and spring greens – our own version of Mondrian’s restrained yet all encompassing primary colour palette.
We’re delighted to be involved with another of the Harbour Gallery’s brilliant exhibitions – ‘ Healing Arts ’ which displays artwork centred around the positive effects of art on mental health.
This theme really resonated with us – the connection between the often slow and repetitive nature of our craft, and the stillness it provides for the brain. We know many other artists feel the same about their own practise too.
We submitted two purple pearl necklaces, part of our colour theory collection (focused on exploring colour theory and it’s effect on mood) – hand tied one pearl at a time – highlighting the repetitive and gentle process of making.
It can be wonderful to lose yourself in the cathartic nature and repetition of completing the same movement over and over again. From a mental health perspective, when the hands are busy the mind can often find stillness. Many of the pieces I make exist as a physical manifestation of the need to create a mental comfort from the pursuit of repetitive movement. Jewellery particularly lends itself to repetition, creating the perfect environment for that all elusive mental stillness, that can lead to calm and a soothing of the edges.
Writing about colour itself brings a particular comfort, as when I started the series of essays, prompted by a body of work created for the Gate House Gallery in Guernsey in 2017, I realised that colour was a huge part of my artistic journey, and something that I clung to in times of confusion or need. Interesting that I hadn’t previously realised this, and I hadn’t intended to write, but once I started, the floodgates well and truly opened. It then dawned on me that I attributed colours to the people around me, and perhaps unknowingly used my perception of the colour as a means of attempting to understand the person. The exploration of colour through my nearest and dearest has led to a greater understanding of self, and has proved to be a cathartic and healing process.
We are excited to show our submission for the FOX ART competition. We weren’t selected for the exhibition – but we love the piece anyway.
This piece is called Friends That Leave – a collage/mixed media/painting/performance piece involving collaged elements glued to a canvas, and then being forcibly removed.
Inspired by Guernsey and it’s population management policies – and the inevitability of losing friends as life moves and changes.
