This work combines the idea of something that is a fundamental necessity with something else that is classified as superfluous to needs. On one hand you have the vessel; a symbol of our fundamental vulnerability through our body's requirements and our interdependence of others. On the other is jewellery; a signifier of individual identity, status, wealth, self expression and more. The tension between these two elements is the central theme of this work.
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Necklace, Title: Sullivan's John
(Private collection)

Material: silver
2011
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Photography: Sean Breithaupt

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