Locutions (the loved object)
9th September - 11th October 2011
Craft Victoria
Katherine Bowman's new work examines the way we imbue objects and artefacts with meaning. Through a series of small box like vessels, themes of containment, secrecy, talismanic power and personal mythology come together to create a collection of mysterious and quiet pieces that draw the viewer in like a small poem. Pulling inspiration from sources as diverse as Federico Garcia Lorca, Jean Baudrillard and Nick Cave, these intricately decorated boxes not only provide a secret space to carry one's true self but a shelter for the vulnerable heart and the spirit animus.
untitled (amulet box)
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet.
untitled (amulet box)
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet.
untitled (amulet box)
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet.
untitled (amulet box)
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet.
untitled (amulet box)
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet.
untitled (amulet box)
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet.
untitled (amulet box)
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet.
untitled (amulet box)
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet.
untitled (bird box)
Copper, stainless steel wire, balsa wood, paper, glitter, enamel paint.
untitled (bird box)
Copper, stainless steel wire, balsa wood, paper, glitter, enamel paint.
untitled (3 sided box)
Copper, enamel paint, stainless steel wire.
untitled (3 sided box)
Copper, enamel paint, stainless steel wire.
untitled (3 sided box)
Copper, enamel paint, stainless steel wire.
untitled (3 sided box)
Copper, enamel paint, stainless steel wire.
untitled (bird cylinder and box)
Copper, sterling silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, sterling silver lemel.
untitled (bird cylinder and box)
Copper, sterling silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, sterling silver lemel.
untitled
Copper, enamel paint, stainless steel wire.
untitled
Copper, enamel paint, stainless steel wire.
untitled
Copper, enamel paint, stainless steel wire.
untitled (3 wine cups based on 2nd century BC Chinese wine cups)
copper, enamel paint
1. detail: whitework Scottish 19th Century embroidery; engravings taken from illuminated manuscripts by Hildegard of Bingen
2. detail: Yoruba textile; engraving from a 16th Century English embroidery
3. detail: Tanshifa 18th Century Algiers embroidery; engravings from a 19th Century Chinese embroidery
untitled (3 wine cups based on 2nd century BC Chinese wine cups)
copper, enamel paint
1. detail: whitework Scottish 19th Century embroidery; engravings taken from illuminated manuscripts by Hildegard of Bingen
2. detail: Yoruba textile; engraving from a 16th Century English embroidery
3. detail: Tanshifa 18th Century Algiers embroidery; engravings from a 19th Century Chinese embroidery
untitled
Copper, enamel paint
detail: whitework Scottish 19th Century embroidery; engravings taken from illuminated manuscripts by Hildegard of Bingen
untitled
Copper, enamel paint
detail: Yoruba textile; engraving from a 16th Century English embroidery
Copper, enamel paint
detail: Tanshifa 18th Century Algiers embroidery; engravings from a 19th Century Chinese embroidery
