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Object magazine 62 — Wood You Wear Review

Monday May 14 2012

Pippa Dickson

Linda van Niekerk’s exhibition Wood You Wear? boldly and aptly questions assumptions about functionality and provenance and reflects her curious and audacious process in creating her new jewellery designs.

The small scale of the community in Tasmania and connectedness inherent in this proximity has led to a collegiality among designer makers and a collaborative spirit. In this exhibition van Niekerk capitalises on these exchanges through the design process she employs.

To create these new works there have been ‘partnerships’ with six different designers makers who each knowingly, either at the time of making or event after, have consented to van Niekerk using their completed components or discarded remnants as the major feature of her jewellery. Remarkably she resists temptation to re-design, adapt or re-mould, instead simply honouring the form and subverting the function.

Tags: object magazine, issue 62, 62 previews, wood you wear, linda van niekerk, pippa dickson, review, jewellery
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van Niekerk ‘sees’ things that others may not. Her approach reflects her positive attitude and view that there is opportunity in almost any object or situation.

This is the final preview from Object magazine issue 62. To continue reading Pippa Dickson’s review of Wood You Wear?, download the free app or read it online — click here to find out how. To continue reading previews of this issue, click here.

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