Month in May

"A Month in May" is a jewellery collection that investigates form and identity. Each brooch is an imitation of a photographic image, one taken on each day of the month of May 2007. The images are a record of observations of objects and forms, some of which are generally overlooked or seemingly insignificant. The images range widely and include abandoned detritus, natural objects, household items, and human imprint. On one particular day no image was recorded and hence the jewellery piece represents this "missing" observation.

Firmly entrenched in the approaches of the falsity of set design, and following the anti-jewellery philosophy, the pieces challenge received notions of jewellery making and reject ideas of value and preciousness. Made with materials to hand and with time constraints (every effort has been made to work quickly and for effect) the brooches are concerned with process, the desire to re-create the actual appearances of the object. Often calling into use unexpected materials and techniques, in combination with surprisingly traditional jewellery methods, the resultant jewellery is both meticulous and klutzy.

Identity, being the labelling of things, is concerned with issues of context and knowledge. This collection attempts to break down this system of recognition to one of pure observation. The identity of the original observed object is abandoned as the context and content lose acknowledgement. The isolated image is analytically studied to produce a jewellery object faithfully, without sentiment.