My art work demonstrates the confrontation with the world of material matters. Prior to my research, I assumed that the purely physical characteristics and functions of objects were more deeply bound to non-material attributes and symbolic energies.
The enormous increase in the amount of everyday objects over the last 200 years has generated discussion about their significance. Things become a symbol, a fetish; they are abused, loved, forgotten, broken, remade. Things give an indication of human behaviour, longings and needs. I question the context of the purpose, the way things are made, the function and the meaning of some objects that are part of the technical and social change of our time. The alienation of the familiar connectivity, of the function or form generates paradoxes which are intended to stimulate the carrier for reflection.
The explorative handling of the technology of welding activates in my workflow a new ornamental function. Combining the ornament and the function, all pieces of jewellery are characterized by some kind of fusion.The edges become an element in my design that looks like it has been inlaid with brilliant-cut diamonds. – All photos by fridge & plodge