E R I N C O N S I D I N E
Erin Considine is a New York based jewellery artist whose work I really love and have found influential. I find her work inspirational to me as she combines textile materials with metals and her work feels very urban.
'By marrying two such diverse materials, Erin is able to continuously experiment with technique and form. Her natural-dye baths make use of ingredients like madder root, logwood, and onion skin. She tests new textile construction methods with every collection, incorporating weaving, crocheting, and the Japanese braiding style of Kumihimo into an ever-expanding roster of creation tools. Her metal forms are mined from the dregs of industrialism- whether it by repurposing dead-stock jewelry findings or sculpting models inspired by the antique metier. Her commitment to sustainability ensures that almost every step of the production process is completed by hand in New York, primarily by Erin herself.'
Erin's work is always unique as she makes everything by hand and also uses lots of found object from the street. The necklace shown in the right hand side image reminds me of the drawings I have been doing using bleach and dye. I have also found her colour palette inspirational and I have used this to inform my colour choices for my brocade warp. I have now decided to use a peach cotton yarn, a natural linen and a grey cotton yarn .
http://erinconsidine.com
'By marrying two such diverse materials, Erin is able to continuously experiment with technique and form. Her natural-dye baths make use of ingredients like madder root, logwood, and onion skin. She tests new textile construction methods with every collection, incorporating weaving, crocheting, and the Japanese braiding style of Kumihimo into an ever-expanding roster of creation tools. Her metal forms are mined from the dregs of industrialism- whether it by repurposing dead-stock jewelry findings or sculpting models inspired by the antique metier. Her commitment to sustainability ensures that almost every step of the production process is completed by hand in New York, primarily by Erin herself.'
Erin's work is always unique as she makes everything by hand and also uses lots of found object from the street. The necklace shown in the right hand side image reminds me of the drawings I have been doing using bleach and dye. I have also found her colour palette inspirational and I have used this to inform my colour choices for my brocade warp. I have now decided to use a peach cotton yarn, a natural linen and a grey cotton yarn .
http://erinconsidine.com
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