Maddison Barker
Maddison Barker
Jewellery and Metalsmithing
When in a gallery you are taught not to touch. My goal is to create an object you have no option but to run your hands over. To achieve this I made a series of patterned and textured works that create a feeling of curiosity. So go on, touch it.
I started looking at patterns I drew as organic-like structures similar to the way plants grow. Much plant growth is based on the fractal system. They appear fluid and random but are controlled by a complex structure.
In the work I have made I employ the method of copper electro-forming, replicating this controlled, fluid growth by using chemistry in a structured method to create a textured organic-looking form that asks to be touched.
Maddison Barker
Maddison Barker
Jewellery and Metalsmithing
When in a gallery you are taught not to touch. My goal is to create an object you have no option but to run your hands over. To achieve this I made a series of patterned and textured works that create a feeling of curiosity. So go on, touch it.
I started looking at patterns I drew as organic-like structures similar to the way plants grow. Much plant growth is based on the fractal system. They appear fluid and random but are controlled by a complex structure.
In the work I have made I employ the method of copper electro-forming, replicating this controlled, fluid growth by using chemistry in a structured method to create a textured organic-looking form that asks to be touched.