ANNA DAVERN
I have been working with the imagery from old biscuit tins and tin trays for a few years now and I enjoy being able to use a material with which I am familiar and that is traditionally associated with jewellery – metal – but that also has the ability to tell a graphic story through words and pictures.
My recent work uses the technique of sublimation to create oversized fake versions of traditional styles of jewellery. It’s kind of an homage to one of the initial tenets of contemporary jewellery which was to react against the use of precious materials. These works are also an alternative to the real thing at a time when the real thing may no longer be affordable.
