I was definitely going to sit down tonight and blog about something that has been on my mind a lot lately: place. I was even going to work in some Lucy Lippard too! But, there has been a change of plans. After I finished with stage 3 of my grade-o-thon this evening, I did a search for Bettina Speckner (to discuss her latest work) but found this blog called New Jewellery. I am not sure why there hasn’t been a post since February, but what a great collection of contemporary work!
I found this artist’s work: Masumi Kataoka
And their predecessors:
This is from Morning Glory Antiques, who has a nice collection here.
And a favorite “Hair Album” (thumbnail works, just not sure why it won’t show up…)
This quote from an 1855 edition of Godey’s Lady’s Book sums up the sentimental Victorian regard for hair used in jewelry.
“Hair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials, and survives us, like love. It is so light, so gentle, so escaping from the idea of death, that with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look up to heaven and compare notes with the angelic nature—may almost say, “I have a piece thee here, not unworthy of thy being now.”