-
Pendant with cord
Wippermann, Andrea - Enlarge image
Pendant with cord
- Place of origin:
London, England (made)
- Date:
1999-2000 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Wippermann, Andrea (designer and maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Cord and silver, plaster residue
- Credit Line:
Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection
- Museum number:
M.59-2007
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91, case 44, shelf B, box 4
This piece is part of the Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection. Every year from 1987 to 2006, while David Watkins was Professor of Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery at the RCA, he invited four jewellers and silversmiths from outside Britain to give a week-long masterclass. The artists brought diverse skills, aesthetics and approaches. The first call on their time was to interact closely with the students. In addition, although concentrating on their teaching and working in an unfamiliar studio, each artist generously made an object for the RCA's collection. The Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection, now transferred to the V&A, is a major document of international contemporary jewellery, a tribute both to the artists and to the vibrancy of the RCA as a teaching institution.
Andrea Wippermann (born 1963) studied at Burg Giebichenstein; Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Halle. The rough texture, anthropomorphic form and darkened surface of this cast pendant is remisniscent of post-war sculpture.
