I have chosen Emily as one of my designers of choice although she may not be using multi-disciplinary methods in her work; she does however has an interesting approach to her subject matters, which she addresses through the use of narrative jewelelry. In some of her work she tends to push the notion of what may be considered as jewellery and what jewellery is in relation to the body.
Like my previous example, Barbara Stutman, she too has studied fine art to then study and train as a goldsmith, this influences her overall work to be more artwork based rather than traditional commercial jewellery. I can also draw another parallel between her and Cecília Erismann, whose work is also direct by dialogue and conversation. However since she uses jewellery to inform her narrative, her pieces come alive when they come in contact with the human body, hence the jewellery items maybe be like words which only become sentences when united to the body.  |
Engagement ring, understanding connection. (2009)
The jewellery item designed by Bryne is one of her earlier experiments where she was trying to explore the concept of connection and ways in which she could depict it using jewellery. I have chosen the above picture as it embodies the concept of expressing a narrative using contemporary jewellery. As it focuses more on the narrative it is meant to depict to an audience.
What I have found to be interesting about this piece is how it allows for an actual physical connection to another person. She went even further with her exploration by including an actual microphone as part of the ring design. This would then enable a person's heartbeat to be heard when placed on their heart, which will be then transmitted through the heartbeat she has created.
I have found the design to have taken many elements and thoughts into consideration, not simply relying on the mind of the viewer to dissect the designer's meaning.
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- How is her work similar to mine?
