Brooch
1994 (made)
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Jacqueline Ryan has brought a distinctive and very sensitive approach to contemporary making in gold. Her forms are mostly derived from the natural world, and are subtly built up through the exacting creation and arranging of tiny repeating elements.
This brooch was the first she made entirely of gold after graduating from the Royal College, London (where she had worked principally in aluminium). Each of the tiny leaf-shaped forms is individually pierced, forged and soldered. She comments ‘I remember soldering the piece (with a naked flame) multiple times to make sure the solder had flowed and found it a very challenging solder to do for a first brooch’.
This brooch is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
This brooch was the first she made entirely of gold after graduating from the Royal College, London (where she had worked principally in aluminium). Each of the tiny leaf-shaped forms is individually pierced, forged and soldered. She comments ‘I remember soldering the piece (with a naked flame) multiple times to make sure the solder had flowed and found it a very challenging solder to do for a first brooch’.
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 | |
| Materials and techniques | Gold |
| Brief description | Circular brooch, gold, by Jacqueline Ryan, Italy 1994 |
| Physical description | Circular brooch made of individually pierced, forged and soldered petals, radiating out from a central six petals to form a large flower. The back has a convex disc of plain hand-beaten gold. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Jacqui Ryan '94 750 384PD (? French gold eagle mark on pin) |
| Credit line | The Louise Klapisch Collection, given by Suzanne Selvi |
| Summary | Jacqueline Ryan has brought a distinctive and very sensitive approach to contemporary making in gold. Her forms are mostly derived from the natural world, and are subtly built up through the exacting creation and arranging of tiny repeating elements. This brooch was the first she made entirely of gold after graduating from the Royal College, London (where she had worked principally in aluminium). Each of the tiny leaf-shaped forms is individually pierced, forged and soldered. She comments ‘I remember soldering the piece (with a naked flame) multiple times to make sure the solder had flowed and found it a very challenging solder to do for a first brooch’. 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.44-2014 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2014 |
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