Jewellery by the contemporary jewellery designer CLARA BREEN

CLARA BREEN

Based at Cockpit studios, London. Works with found paper and silver, exploring the sentimental value attached to maps and leaflets. Outlets include: Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool; Gill Wing jewellery, London; Museum of Contemporary Arts shop, Chicago, USA. Exhibitions include: Craft Case, Rochester, Kent; Craft2eu Gallery, Hamburg, Germany; Architecture centre, Bristol.

STATEMENT

We often keep hold of train tickets, photographs and leaflets to remind ourselves of a past experience. Combining these with silver, I play with the notion of preciousness, re-interpreting the keepsake.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010: 'Paperficial', group show, Craft2eu Gallery, Hamburg, Germany; Showcase, Architecture centre, Bristol.
2009: 'Origin', Somerset House, London; ‘Contemporary silversmithing’, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, USA; Showcase, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow; ‘Spotlight’ showcase, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery; Showcase, Leeds Craft Centre and Design Gallery; ‘Mutations’, group show, Ateliers de Paris, Paris.
2008: ‘Design Collection’, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow; Rings exhibition, Bonaguil Chateau, France; Solo showcase, Rochester Craft Case, Kent.