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With an interest in costume detail from Medevial and Elizabethian times, sculptor Jenny Ford often uses those details as a starting point for her sculptures. The ‘elongated point of a poulaine’ or a ‘precisely pleated ruff’ become beginnings for the organic, abstract forms she creates using hand-dyed silk velvet, organza and found objects.
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Lisa and Scott Cylinder, partners in life and art, see beauty in unexpected places. The artists share a love of and a commitment to confident exploration with materials: found, manufactured or hand made. Each Timeflyer bird brooch below starts with a face made from the reverse side of a vintage enameled pocket watch face – turn the piece over and the back of the brooch reveals the watch face.
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I have a small collection of vintage shoe forms – they are part of a larger collection of objects that provoke my curious nature and provide silent companionship in my studio. I started collecting the shoe lasts more than a year ago and continue to be charmed by the character of the wood, the variety of shapes, stretching mechanisms and range of sizes.
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