Archive (2015 - ongoing)
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Photos
“A camera will notice a shadow.” – David Hockney (Interview Magazine, 2013)
Story
Growing up in the days of analogue cameras, I was not particularly drawn by photography. I remember the anticipation after a holiday, handing in a film at the photo shop, picking up the photos a week later, and the disappointment when some of them had turned out blurry.
Life certainly became a lot easier when digital cameras were introduced! That’s when I started to ‘play’ with photography, not just taking touristy and family snapshots but making photographs as a way of creating something beautiful or interesting, catching the shadows and where the light shines through. Nowadays I use my phone camera all the time to identify and collect forms, textures and the ever compelling negative space and this all feeds into my three-dimensional work.
During the actual process of fabricating jewels or objects, I also make photos, sometimes to capture the transient beauty of a project in progress but also simply to record the transformation from ‘junk to jewels’, for myself and any future owner, to show the back story.
Form
I am sharing some of my favourite photographs here, put together in collages with curated layouts, roughly organised by form, from circles and spheres to silhouettes and rugged nature, including some black & white photos emphasising light and shadow, as well as a few colourful moments.
Technique
Experimental, taking lots of photographs in the hope some of them turn out well. Luckily, I have a few photographer friends who give me pointers on composition and lighting. For editing, I use only very basic in-built apps on my phone or laptop.
Material
Phone / digital camera.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus (Artforum magazine, 1971)
03 Finding Form/
Photos
“A camera will notice a shadow.” – David Hockney (Interview Magazine, 2013)
Story
Growing up in the days of analogue cameras, I was not particularly drawn by photography. I remember the anticipation after a holiday, handing in a film at the photo shop, picking up the photos a week later, and the disappointment when some of them had turned out blurry.
Life certainly became a lot easier when digital cameras were introduced! That’s when I started to ‘play’ with photography, not just taking touristy and family snapshots but making photographs as a way of creating something beautiful or interesting, catching the shadows and where the light shines through. Nowadays I use my phone camera all the time to identify and collect forms, textures and the ever compelling negative space and this all feeds into my three-dimensional work.
During the actual process of fabricating jewels or objects, I also make photos, sometimes to capture the transient beauty of a project in progress but also simply to record the transformation from ‘junk to jewels’, for myself and any future owner, to show the back story.
Form
I am sharing some of my favourite photographs here, put together in collages with curated layouts, roughly organised by form, from circles and spheres to silhouettes and rugged nature, including some black & white photos emphasising light and shadow, as well as a few colourful moments.
Technique
Experimental, taking lots of photographs in the hope some of them turn out well. Luckily, I have a few photographer friends who give me pointers on composition and lighting. For editing, I use only very basic in-built apps on my phone or laptop.
Material
Phone / digital camera.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus (Artforum magazine, 1971)
03 Finding Form/
