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An Exhibition by jeweller Tessa Blazey
August 18 - September 12 2009
In ‘Fabrication’ Tessa Blazey creates intimate
sci-fi worlds and geometric wearables through a series of new
jewellery pieces for Pieces of Eight Gallery. Exhibited are
two collections exploring her concepts of fabrication; the invention
of a story or fiction and the process of
manufacturing.
The
collection is highly sculptural and unified by its common conceptual
origins- Blazey’s fascination with mineral specimens, their formal
geometries and structures. There is a striking contradiction
of scale in the work which is both clever and playful. The
ring series uses the process of casting, transforming complex and
beautiful mineral specimens into miniature architectural
worlds. In contrast to this, her series of bold chains
manipulate crystalline structures and geometric forms to
monumentalise the language of chain-making.
In this body of work which is exclusive to Pieces of Eight Gallery, Blazey invites us to marvel and delight in the beautiful forms fabricated by both geological forces as well as the artist’s hand.




Read
an interview with the artist on our blog
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