Chantel Gushue (Canada)
CHANTEL GUSHUE
Biography:
Chantel Gushue is a visual artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design and her MFA from the Massachusetts' College of Art & Design. Chantel's work includes jewellery, drawings and small sculpture installations.
Chantel has exhibited internationally and is passionate about building community with other art jewellers. She has been (elected) Co-Chair of Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society since 2017.
Collection Concept: What Remains
What Remains is metal-based jewellery that focuses on crystal growth as a metaphor for an intense desire to reach an unattainable perfection, inevitability resulting in failure.
Through the union of two separate entities, bone and crystal, I reveal how similar chemical actions cause dramatically different results. It is the nature of the crystal to recognise failure causing it to be unaware of the astonishing and crucial process of bone formation. The crystal is blinded by the allure and the attention seeking nature of the lustrous crystalline matter.
Brooch, German silver, bone
Brooch, German silver, sterling, bone
Brooch, sterling, bone
Necklace, steel, bone