Incertitudes: juxtapositions
Incertitudes: juxtapositions
Incertitudes are a series of handmade jewels/articles that explore extempore metalsmithing. Embracing process-driven design, Incertitudes broadly pivot on an intuitive and spontaneous crafting informed on one hand by the physical characteristics of metals and, on the other, by accident, unconditional experimentation, slapdash making, and even lack of skill. It explores plasticity, ductility, elasticity, abrasivity, hardness, resilience, tensile strength, chemical/heat reactivity, and stiffness in metals while it celebrates an improvised and playful approach to metalsmithing. In doing so, rudimentary aspects of working with metal (annealing, melting, cutting, forging, folding, oxidising, etc) are creatively interrogated in depth.
Materials:
Gold 18K, iron, sterling silver, copper, brass, basalt
Dimensions:
Variable
Produced by:
Marinos Koutsomichalis
Produced at:
Y’ha-nthlei Studio, Heraklion GR
Produced in:
2024
Some Incertitudes creatively interrogate juxtapositions/couplings of miscellaneous metals (and occasionally non-metals) and/or textures. That is, they explore the poetics of bringing eclectic elements together in playful oppositions. Accordingly, such articles are predominately concerned with radical couplings and contrapuntal materialities.