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Clare Ransom’s work is inspired by details observed in the natural world, and her intuitive approach brings fluidity to her hand-raised silver vessels. She won the New Designers Goldsmiths’ Company Award in 2005, and two Gold Awards for her technical and design skills in 2006. She has work in the Goldsmiths’ Contemporary
Silver Collection and at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. |
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Damien Hirst, Sadness, Sterling Silver, Edition of 12, 7.5cm height
Silver is one of the elements, one of the building blocks of our material world.
It is a symbol of value and preciousness loaded with association even before
you make it into anything. Apart from any of that it represents wealth and
stature, shines like the moon and is an incredibly beautiful and seductive
material. So when Pangolin asked me if I would make a piece for 'Sterling
Stuff' I agreed. Silver used to be mined in Combe Martin where I live, Queen
Victoria's jewellery was made from silver mined here. In ancient times artists
drew with a stick of silver - it has a slightly graphic feel. Textures and edges
feel crisper than bronze. It's dreamy, other-worldly but also sensuous and sexy
- natural to make sculpture with. I think I may have just begun to tap into
its potential. Silver seems to magically throw out more light than it absorbs. |
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