THE DESIRE TO ESTABLISH RELATIONS
Our jewelry of the day: “Kette mit großem Trichter” (“Necklace with Large Funnel”), by Isabell Schaupp. Silver, copper, a photo, onyx, white agate, fabric, acrylic, 22 cm long.
Isabell Schaupp who lives and works in Hildesheim, regards jewelry as a link between the inner and the outer worlds. Her artistically crafted one-of-a-kind pieces seem to originate from an unknown animal and plant world. Wire constructions reminiscent of satellites, funnels and tentacles have a symbolic language of their own. Sometimes they leave the confines of two-dimensionality and become three-dimensional in order to explore the space that surrounds them. It almost seems if they stretched out towards the beholder to connect with him or her. The “Necklace with Large Funnel” unites traditional shapes and beads with an object that is rather unusual in a piece of jewelry, thus lending it an archaic aura. It is meant as a catalyst so as to support the wearer in her desire to establish relations.
