Necklace, ribbon, silver…
Necklace Zeebauw, 2002, silver, ribbon, zinc and shells…
I first saw Lucy Sarneels beautiful jewellery work a few years ago when I was attending a seminar on narrative jewellery. It was the Zeebauw necklace that was shown in the slide-display…and I still, to this day, have the quick sketch I did of it to remind me to look it up.
Lucy Sarneel was born in Maastricht, Netherlands and studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and in Maastrichts Stadsakademie itself…you can read more about her career and education here. What instantly grabbed me about Sarneels work was the varied {and successful} use of materials…how she combines a variety of them in such an apparently effortless and beautiful way. Mixed media jewellery is amongst some of the hardest type of work to do well – there are so many challenges inherent within each of the processes and materials themselves, how to marry them successfully and make them work as a whole etc…something that Sarneel does expertly. I felt there was a strong link {in her fabric neckpieces} to national dress, folk art and textile histories….I love seeing these combined with personal touches like the found shells, and beautifully constructed metal elements like the foliage…
See more of Lucy’s work at Galerie Marzee and at Klimt 02 art gallery….there you will find many more beautiful pieces of her work to browse.
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Thank you so much! I haven’t seen Sarneel’s work before, and the combination of textiles and metal are very evocative, as well as inspiring.
Oh, wow. Stunning. Thank you!