I've been researching the connections between jewellery and identity, and have found some useful insights in a selection of published lectures from the annual Thinking Jewellery symposium, held at the Trier University of Applied Sciences in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.
One contributor, Professor Tilmann Habermas represented (as in re-presented) "the special importance of cherished objects for the formation of personality, and showed the enormous contribution they make to the subjective and societal construct of the self". For cherished, I read treasured, and for subjective and society construct of the self, I read identity. I need to consider how my found object treasures not only represent identity, but become part of the identity. This connects to a collection of care labels I made last year, in response to the Threads of Feeling exhibition at the Foundling Museum. I have been fascinated by labels in clothing for some time, and find myself frequently returning to the format of trapping drawings or objects on one side by stitch. Labels, and particularly found labels, definitely need exploring further.
One contributor, Professor Tilmann Habermas represented (as in re-presented) "the special importance of cherished objects for the formation of personality, and showed the enormous contribution they make to the subjective and societal construct of the self". For cherished, I read treasured, and for subjective and society construct of the self, I read identity. I need to consider how my found object treasures not only represent identity, but become part of the identity. This connects to a collection of care labels I made last year, in response to the Threads of Feeling exhibition at the Foundling Museum. I have been fascinated by labels in clothing for some time, and find myself frequently returning to the format of trapping drawings or objects on one side by stitch. Labels, and particularly found labels, definitely need exploring further.
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| Linen, stitch, found object, 2010 © Vanda Campbell |
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| Linen, stitch, found object, 2010 © Vanda Campbell |
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| Linen, stitch, found object, 2010 © Vanda Campbell From the Care Label Collection, 2010 |
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