"Gold is a material imbued with myth. Its brilliance, indelibility and uncorrodable surface have come the signify beauty, purity, and immortality. To appropriate these qualities cultures have adopted the application of gold to the body. This reflects a desire to amend the imperfections and impermanence of the physical human form. In modern societies it can be argued that jewelry is worn as a visual, aesthetic, extension of the internal desire for perfection. In contrast, I present gold jewelry as a vehicle to amplify taboo aspects of the body. I fabricate gold adornment to highlight where the interior body transgresses its boundaries making organs, imperfections and diseases visible. The form of the adornment often reflects malignant excrescences, such as rupturing membranes or cancerous growths. These gleaming outgrowths cause bodily residues to be shed as they spread orifices and tear skin. When the beauty of gold is alloyed with the seeping body the objects become both intriguing and repulsive."
Tilte Quote: Sappho
