Principia 2014
Space has always held a strong allure for the human race, and the race between the USSR and the US to control the skies was the beginning of an accelerating trajectory of exploration and discovery.
In the last 60years thousands of rockets and satellites have been launched into space, and hundreds of thousands of fragments now remain in space and continue to orbit the earth
Desire, action, consequence.
As jewellers we also make and release objects into the world fulfilling our desire to create and to connect. Sometimes these creations reach their destination and enrich. Sometimes their path is less well defined. Yet still they are out there.
It is a law of physics that any two masses exert a gravitational force or pull on each other.
It is the gravitational pull of the earth that keeps satellites (natural & manmade, functional & non-functional) in orbit, and sometimes draws them back down to the surface.
Could it be that the gravitational pull of a human body on a piece of jewellery may also some how influence its fate?
 
								Dome
Wall piece
Aluminium, brass, silver
310 x 160mm; m=0.286kg
 
								Dome (back)
Wall piece
Aluminium, brass, silver
310 x 160mm; m=0.286kg
 
								Radio tower
Object, brooch, pendant
Aluminium, brass, silver, 22ct moon gold leaf, silver leaf, rubber
320 x 160 x 170mm; m=0.156kg
 
								Radio tower
Object, brooch, pendant
Aluminium, brass, silver, 22ct moon gold leaf, silver leaf, rubber
320 x 160 x 170mm; m=0.156kg
 
								Radio tower (front)
Brooch + stand
Brass, aluminium, sterling silver, paint
235 x 135 x 140mm (Total), 150 x 135 x 65mm (Brooch); m=0.069kg
 
								Radio tower (back)
Brooch + stand
Brass, aluminium, sterling silver, paint
235 x 135 x 140mm (Total), 150 x 135 x 65mm (Brooch); m=0.069kg
 
								Brooch (front)
Aluminium, Brass, 18ct gold
90 x 115 x 30 mm; m=0.031kg
 
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								Panel (front)
Brooch
Aluminium, silver, brass
100 x 65 x 18 mm; m=0.022kg
 
								Panel (back)
Brooch
Aluminium, silver, brass
100 x 65 x 18mm; m=0.022kg
 
								Hatch
Brooch
Aluminium, brass, sterling silver
65 x 50mm; m=0.018kg
 
								Hatch (back)
Brooch
Aluminium, brass, sterling silver
65 x 50mm; m=0.018kg
 
								Brooch
Aluminium, brass, silver, 22ct moon gold leaf
105 x 70 x 9mm; m=0.017kg
 
								Brooch
Brass, silver, paint
60 x 18mm; m=0.007kg
 
								Brooch
Aluminium, brass, silver, 22ct moon gold leaf
75 x 18mm; m=0.025kg
 
								Brooch
Sterling silver
105 x 72mm
 
								Brooch (back)
18ct gold plated brass, 18ct gold
114 x 75mm
 
								Constellation neckpiece
22ct gold plated brass
Length as worn - 520mm
 
								Constellation necklace
Sterling silver, fine silver
Length as worn - 450mm
 
								Constellation brooches
22ct gold plated brass
Various dimensions
 
								Constellation brooches
Sterling silver, fine silver
Various dimensions
 
								Installation view