1. cut and birth. brooch. horn. opal beads, pink quartz beads, silver
2. the lovers. brooch. horn, gold, painted silver, fragment of antique watch, pearls
3. the lovers. brooch. horn, gold, painted silver, fragment of antique watch, pearls
4. the silence II. brooch. horn, silver
5. the silence II. brooch. horn, silver
6. several ways to say it. brooch-necklace. horn, marble, silver, glass beads
7. several ways to say it. brooch-necklace. horn, marble, silver, glass beads
8. the silence I. brooch. horn, silver
9. selected words. brooch. horn, smoked quartz, oxided silver
10. fountain väli. brooch. glass, pearls, painted silver
11. that’s a soft signal. brooch-necklace. horn, quartz, silver, glass beads, mother-of-pearls beads
12. that’s a soft signal. brooch-necklace. horn, quartz, silver, glass beads, mother-of-pearls beads
13. slow joints brooch. horn, quartzite, silver
14. talking with the animal brooch. horn, granite, silver
15. soft joints. brooch. quartzite, horn, silver
16. the lovers and theirs shadows. brooch. painted silver, quartz
17. fountain väli. brooch. glass, pearls, painted silver
18. pink and elaborate väli. double brooch. painted wood, opal beads, quartz, oxided silver
19. tactil väli brooch. painted wood, silver, gold
20. past väli brooch. painted wood, plastic coated wood, silver
A collection of brooches on the idea of healing cuts. Cordial changes, 2006
Undressing the guests
The outer parts of the objects often give a wrong idea. True essence often flows by working in depth. Three-dimensional spaces offer this possibility, and to feel the layers of a natural material introduces the idea of change as an inevitable mate.
To heal and to fix are an under-line in Gemma Draper’s new pieces. A cut element cannot be read in the same way as it was before. Stone, horn and wood assume in these works their new condition, where a deficiency quality is now seen as a precious reason to be.
To assume nudity allows the possibility of hosting new ways of dialogue. In this case guests don’t replace or fill the missing elements, but fulfil them in new and unexpected ways.
Javier Moreno Frías, Winter 2006