Paperseed
Brooch
2007 (made)
2007 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Julie Blyfield draws on the botanical richness and diversity of her native Australia to create these delicate and finely detailed plant studies. Each element is individually raised from silver sheet with detail and texture added by chasing. She explains that her work 'is inspired by the botanical landscape in Australia which I interpret in my metal work using the technique of 'metal raising' and 'chasing'. I enjoy exploring and collecting plant specimens from rich and diverse environments such as the Simpson desert in the north of South Australia and further south around the coast of Kangaroo Island'.
Her intention is not ‘to replicate plant forms in a botanically correct fashion, but .. to capture the essence of the things I discover.’ Although much of her jewellery is directly inspired by plants she has collected or sketched, this brooch is based on an album of pressed Australian desert plants which was put together around 1900.
This brooch is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
Her intention is not ‘to replicate plant forms in a botanically correct fashion, but .. to capture the essence of the things I discover.’ Although much of her jewellery is directly inspired by plants she has collected or sketched, this brooch is based on an album of pressed Australian desert plants which was put together around 1900.
This brooch is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Paperseed (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Chased silver |
| Brief description | 'Paperseed' brooch, silver, by Julie Blyfield, Australia, Adelaide, 2007 |
| Physical description | A silver cluster of leaf forms: four large, paddle-shaped leaves their surfaces covered with raised dots are entwined with four stems of smaller pointed leaves with central veins. The brooch appears to have been made in two parts, each cut from silver sheet (each with two large leaves facing each other and the stems of smaller leaves projecting at ninety degrees between them) which have then been bent together and secured with silver wire. A steel pin on the reverse. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (JB stamped on the reverse) |
| Credit line | The Louise Klapisch Collection, given by Suzanne Selvi |
| Summary | Julie Blyfield draws on the botanical richness and diversity of her native Australia to create these delicate and finely detailed plant studies. Each element is individually raised from silver sheet with detail and texture added by chasing. She explains that her work 'is inspired by the botanical landscape in Australia which I interpret in my metal work using the technique of 'metal raising' and 'chasing'. I enjoy exploring and collecting plant specimens from rich and diverse environments such as the Simpson desert in the north of South Australia and further south around the coast of Kangaroo Island'. Her intention is not ‘to replicate plant forms in a botanically correct fashion, but .. to capture the essence of the things I discover.’ Although much of her jewellery is directly inspired by plants she has collected or sketched, this brooch is based on an album of pressed Australian desert plants which was put together around 1900. This brooch is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.21-2014 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2014 |
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