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FLUX at Brilliantly Birmingham

November 21, 2009 at 9am to February 28, 2010 at 6pm – Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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Exhibiting at Flux, Brilliantly Birmingham Oct 29

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Where do you live: Edinburgh

Place of Work (Firm, Studio, Institute, Gallery...): Studio at the Arts Complex

Additional Work Info you would like to share: Please any comments on my work are most welcome!

I am inspired by the uncertain and mysterious relationship we have with nature, in particular the simultaneous combination of fascination and fear often experienced. We attach inexplicable and fantastical meanings to natural creatures, some of these beliefs originated in folklore, myth and superstition. I reference these themes to allude to winged creatures and the symbolism we associate with them. I am especially interested in the uncanny suspension of life in the process of the temporarily deathlike and dormant state of insect metamorphosis.

I fabricate decorative and wearable pieces with an ethereal, strange and uncanny aesthetic. The visual use of shadow in the way I install and photograph my work adds a sense of drama and enhances the atmosphere I aim to achieve. I hope people find beauty in its carefully created ambivalence.

Website:: http://www.fionahermse.co.uk

Tags (Words that describe what you do to better find you on crafthaus): Jewellery, Art Jewellery, Craft, Steel, Iron, Sculpture, uncanny, shadow, folklore, nature, fear

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At 4:31pm on October 5, 2009, Jewel Clark said…: Hi Fiona,

Do you know Norman Cherry? Is he still at the Birmingham Jewelry Institute? I met him through Bob Coogan years ago.

Interesting work. I love fibers and fibers techniques and metal together :-)

At 7:56am on October 5, 2009, Katharina Moch said…: Congratulations :)

At 7:23am on October 5, 2009, Rickson said…: Wooooo! Go Fiona! I miss you already! We never got to say a proper goodbye, but thankfully you are so talented I got to see you on Crafthaus already! :)

At 2:47pm on October 4, 2009, Elena Ruebel said…: Well done Fiona!

At 3:20pm on May 10, 2009, marchi wierson said…: Hi Fiona. I blogged a photo of your work. If this is not ok please let me know. thanks!!!
http://marchiwierson.blogspot.com

At 8:53am on May 1, 2009, Thea Clark said…: Hi Fiona,

Have you checked out DeFine Metal and Fiber in online exhibitions? I think your work would fit in nicely.

At 7:54pm on April 7, 2009, Lucy Harvey said…: Neh, I'm not sure it's worth it since I blog elsewhere mand I already pay membership with A-N. Plus I was thinking about a Klimt02 which is a lot more money but a lot more proffesional.
What's the general conscensus from the current MA lot?

At 9:32am on March 20, 2009, Lena Vigna said…: Here are just a few people to take a glance at relative to the growth issue--your work is different but I see/feel a connection. From Crafthaus--Cheryl Eve, Tiff Massey, Masako Onodera, Jonathan Fernando Pacheco. Not on Crafthaus (but have own websites)--Natalya Pinchuk and Courtney Starrett.
Have fun looking and I look forward to chatting more...

At 8:43am on March 19, 2009, Lena Vigna said…: I really like your website. I am really drawn to the work that suggests "growth" and a breaking away--capturing the quality of something organic with materials that are essentially inanimate is very powerful. I have noticed other artists dealing with the idea of growth (and even tending towards the parasitic) both within the metals field and beyond and I think it is pretty exciting. Glad to know you through Crafthaus!

At 5:43pm on March 18, 2009, Lucy Harvey said…: http://www.artrabbit.com/events/event/10957/mythologies
Oh, my link didn't work.

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Exhibiting at Flux, Brilliantly Birmingham

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FLUX at Brilliantly Birmingham at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

November 21, 2009 at 9am to February 28, 2010 at 6pm

Find me in FLUX! Two exhibitions celebrating the tenth anniversary of Brilliantly Birmingham: 'FLUX' in Gallery 8 (Bridge Link) and the 'Tenth Anniversary Retrospective' in Gallery 10. Dazzling designs by some of the world’s best contemporary je...

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