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MATERIAL GIRL
Celebrating
the diverse creative talents of jewellery designers working with a
wide range of textiles and other tactile materials, Material Girl
features jewellery and accessories from seven designers from the UK
and Europe, employing materials that include felt, velvet, wool, silk
as well as stones, wood, wire, paper and paint. Techniques range from
charred balsa wood to delicate embroidery and ‘felting’
of metals such as gold, silver and steel.Kath Libbert explains: “Material
Girl features work that I have discovered and admired on my travels
over the past few years - the collections are all textile-based, yet
vary greatly - and the exhibition is an exciting opportunity to show
them all together. Some of the pieces challenge the definition of
jewellery, and many criss-cross their way through the boundaries between
art, jewellery design and fashion - but above all, this is a collection
of beautifully crafted, tactile jewellery that cries out to be held,
touched and worn”.
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