The Divided Brooch in sterling silver and Mother of Pearl is a handmade piece by Laura Eyles, created for e.g.etal’s exhibition Site Specific.
“Ultimately the brooch represents the wholistic approach I have to life, each quadrant bringing with it its own people (family/colleagues/students/friends/jewellery community), locations (office/workshop/home) and objects/views (excel spreadsheets/my bench/my garden). Interestingly, there is less separation than you would think, with all elements within the quadrants woven together like a tapestry. I know it is the entwining of the exterior and interior of my Being that is central to my experience of the whole, how I am perceived, my broader identity. This brooch proposes that Site is holistic and unavoidably existential. And that is a beautiful thing.”
Site Specific, presented as part of Radiant Pavilion Naarm/Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial, is an exhibition that pays homage to the relationship between the interior and exterior of our being, and the inability to separate oneself from their environment.
Pieces from this collection will be shipped at the conclusion of the exhibition (from 3 October, 2024).
