Multi-disciplinary artist Lynne Speake combines sculpture, ceramics, photography and written word to create visually arresting work. Organically driven by her materials and directly influenced by color, texture, pattern and form, Lynne creates work that always has an environmental core.
Read MoreThrough my creations I translate my experiences, subtleties and dreamy vision into forms and structures. I like to discover, in general to experiment with different materials, unconventional or conventional, precious metals, various elements of nature, wood, leather, paper. Most of the time nature is what inspires me and that is why I am grateful for the things that are ethical, environmentally friendly, for recycling. Accuracy and detail, harmony and effervescence are things I love. I favor a certain removal of uniformity from jewelry.
Read MoreFor me, a piece of jewelry is not worn. You wear it to let yourself be carried into its world.
It is more than just an accessory which enhances a fashion context. It is a sign with its own message, creating unexpected relationships between an idea which has just discovered new means of expression and a shape, uniquely articulated by the juxtaposition of materials (silver, brass but also precarious materials encountered accidentally - pieces of wood, paper, etc). The jewelry becomes an unconventional collage, a metamorphosis of the initial purpose of the materials and also of the bearer which is in touch with it.
In every stage of jewelry development, challenges arise and choices must be made. The process requires a fluid approach and the final outcome displays the relationship between the idea, the choices made, the application of the process and the behavior of the material.
Read MoreA brief sighting of wildlife or the discovery of a growing jewel can be a transitory respite or a lifelong enrichment. My attention has long been held by these glimpses and discoveries; they have become my source of sanctuary and personal rhythm. Collecting natural forms and incorporating them into my work reaffirms truths that begin with the self, but are at once universal. A certain intimacy is established by both acts - the collecting and the making.
Read MoreLaura Tartau, graduate of the National University of Bucharest Arts / Faculty of Decorative Arts and
Design / Ceramics-Glass-Metal, Specialization Metal and master's degree with glass specialization.
