Brooch
2006 (made)
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The fascination with gold never ceases. Rejected when the avant-garde was experimenting with alternative materials, gold returned to favour in the 1990s. Innovative concepts in treating gold were developed as never before.
Jacqueline Mina is known for her innovative and pioneering use of gold. She creates surfaces that are naturally patterned and sensual in feel. One of her pioneering techniques is fusion inlay with platinum and gold.
In the foreword of a catalogue to the exhibition 'Or Gold', which she curated in 2004, she wrote: "I know from my own practice that gold as an artistic medium is an undeniably versatile metal and that many imaginative artists choose to use it for its limitless physical possibilities. In addition to the appreciation of its natural characteristics they find that their jewellery is endowed with an allure that is carried down from antiquity in the collective subconscious."
Jacqueline Mina is known for her innovative and pioneering use of gold. She creates surfaces that are naturally patterned and sensual in feel. One of her pioneering techniques is fusion inlay with platinum and gold.
In the foreword of a catalogue to the exhibition 'Or Gold', which she curated in 2004, she wrote: "I know from my own practice that gold as an artistic medium is an undeniably versatile metal and that many imaginative artists choose to use it for its limitless physical possibilities. In addition to the appreciation of its natural characteristics they find that their jewellery is endowed with an allure that is carried down from antiquity in the collective subconscious."
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gold with platinum fragments fusion-inlay |
| Brief description | Gold and platinum, London, 2006, designed and made by Jacqueline Mina. |
| Physical description | A rounded, asymmetrical brooch of finely-textured matt gold, at its centre an abstract pattern of fused fragments of platinum. A raised line flows across the surface creating an undulating profile. |
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| Credit line | Given to honour the life of Valerie Stewart and her career at the Oxford Gallery |
| Summary | The fascination with gold never ceases. Rejected when the avant-garde was experimenting with alternative materials, gold returned to favour in the 1990s. Innovative concepts in treating gold were developed as never before. Jacqueline Mina is known for her innovative and pioneering use of gold. She creates surfaces that are naturally patterned and sensual in feel. One of her pioneering techniques is fusion inlay with platinum and gold. In the foreword of a catalogue to the exhibition 'Or Gold', which she curated in 2004, she wrote: "I know from my own practice that gold as an artistic medium is an undeniably versatile metal and that many imaginative artists choose to use it for its limitless physical possibilities. In addition to the appreciation of its natural characteristics they find that their jewellery is endowed with an allure that is carried down from antiquity in the collective subconscious." |
| Bibliographic reference | Or Gold. An exhibition of contemporary European goldsmithing curated by Jacqueline Mina, London 2004 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.220-2007 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2008 |
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