7 Day Necklace: Preserved from
7 Day Necklace: Inital wax form
7 Day Necklace: Surface detail preserved in gold
7 Day Necklace Preserved in wax
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Work Title
Impressions in Time
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Work Title（EN）
Impressions in Time
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Please describe the concept of your artwork in 2000 words.
Using wax to capture and preserve passing moments in someone’s life, Lavinia has designed a collection of commemorative jewellery. The pieces are responsive, picking up knocks, scrapes and damage that change the designs in unique ways and trace the wearer’s experiences. The jewellery is shaped in the form of a number that specifies the hours, days or weeks over which the changes took place.
Once worn, the pieces are preserved through lost wax casting; a process that solidifies the imprints in gold to reflect the preciousness of the memory that has been captured. This final, lasting, symbolic piece permanently memorializes moments that would normally be lost. The jewellery becomes an irreplaceable record or commemoration of those moments.
7 days of Lavinia Bo's life have been preserved by the necklace in these images. The 7 day necklace shows how each piece is one of a kind, unique to the wearer and should provoke an emotional response. Preserved in steel and gold, Lavinia sees these pieces as having a similar function to engraved jewellery, only instead of representations in lettering and dates, this contemporary interpretation captures real traces of the wearer’s experience. -
Please describe the concept of your artwork in 2000 words. （EN）
Using wax to capture and preserve passing moments in someone’s life, Lavinia has designed a collection of commemorative jewellery. The pieces are responsive, picking up knocks, scrapes and damage that change the designs in unique ways and trace the wearer’s experiences. The jewellery is shaped in the form of a number that specifies the hours, days or weeks over which the changes took place.
Once worn, the pieces are preserved through lost wax casting; a process that solidifies the imprints in gold to reflect the preciousness of the memory that has been captured. This final, lasting, symbolic piece permanently memorializes moments that would normally be lost. The jewellery becomes an irreplaceable record or commemoration of those moments.
7 days of Lavinia Bo's life have been preserved by the necklace in these images. The 7 day necklace shows how each piece is one of a kind, unique to the wearer and should provoke an emotional response. Preserved in steel and gold, Lavinia sees these pieces as having a similar function to engraved jewellery, only instead of representations in lettering and dates, this contemporary interpretation captures real traces of the wearer’s experience. -
Work Specification
Pendent: 3cm x 6cm
Wire Chain length: 80cm
Initial form: Steal beading wire, steel, and wax
Preserved form: Steal beading wire, steel, and gold plate -
Work Specification（EN）
Pendent: 3cm x 6cm
Wire Chain length: 80cm
Initial form: Steal beading wire, steel, and wax
Preserved form: Steal beading wire, steel, and gold plate -
Media CoverageURL
https://dautor.ro/en/autor-lara-adkins-csm-en/
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Video URL
https://youtu.be/7ctojjOSEqo
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Your OfficialURL (Website, Instagram, Facebook)
https://collective-individuals.com/lavinia-bo/
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Please describe how your work relates to the theme of the special prize.
Without interaction between the jewellery, the wearer and other people the designs on the jewellery would not exist. I, therefore, believe that my work fits the theme of Democratic experiments very well as a physical exploration of human experience, interaction and the passing of time. The 7 day necklace has recorded human nature, everybody who touches the piece takes part in its design, becoming the ultimate democracy preserved in gold forevermore. The process of wearing the wax piece causes the design to change from generic and angular to unique, individual and organic. Everything takes part in designing this jewellery including the weather, the environment and the surrounding people.
