Inga
Reed
This is not
really an artist's statement, more of a maker's statement. In fact,
I must admit that I have always secretly believed my work is a form
of make and do. I acknowledge it is an advanced form - given the
use of gold, diamonds and the thirty years I have spent turning
technique into skill - but make and do nonetheless. To help you
understand, one of my earliest memories is as a three year old playing
with plastic popper beads. I still remember the satisfying sound
they made when clicked together, and then adjusting lengths of them
for necklaces and bracelets to wear. On holiday as a nine year old
girl I remember scouring the shops in small towns in West Cork for
leather boot laces to suspend the dozens of cowries I had patiently
drilled with a bradawl taken from my dad's tool box. I went home
to Belfast festooned in shell necklaces and a faint tang of the
sea. Today my workshop is filled not only with the tools of my trade
but seed heads and dried leaves, the source of much of the inspiration
for my work. Make and do.
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