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Jane Dodd, Wrestling; Mother of pearl, sterling silver, pearls, garnet. 2014
Maker: Jane Dodd
Materials: Mother of pearl, sterling silver, garnet
Installation image from Rococo Revolution
Installation image from Rococo Revolution
Installation image from Rococo Revolution
Installation image from Rococo Revolution
Installation image from Rococo Revolution
Installation image from Rococo Revolution
Wilderness
Materials: Beef bone, sterling silver
Rococo Revolution
12 November 2014 - 20 December 2014
The extravagance of the natural materials
used and the incalculable hours of human graft manifest in the displayed
objects shocked me. The magnificent and
sumptuous housing of these elite collections was similarly staggering. However I couldn’t help but be guiltily
grateful that the world was nutty and cruel enough for such excesses to have
happened. My pleasure was my shame - or
the other way around.
Rococo Revolution is my reaction to this experience. It illustrates my discomfort with the way we
‘hoover up’ wildlife and environment for our own frivolous ends. With these pendants I want to honour the
simple, elegant forms of the animal world. The subject of the brooches is the battle
between nature and culture. The collection of works pays homage to the crazy
and rich craft traditions of the Rococo Age.
Jane Dodd
Jane Dodd has been making jewellery for 20 years. Formerly a partner at Workshop 6 in Kingsland, she now lives in Dunedin.