Hortus Conclusus by Donna Brennan
Exhibition
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12 Jun 2018
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14 Jul 2018
Published: 27.06.2018
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Donna Brennan is a fine art jeweller who has adopted a cross-disciplinary approach to photography and sculptural jewellery, crafting a narrative from image to object which, blurs the dichotomy between fine art and applied art.
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Brennan explores the materiality of a 2D image by adding an embellished third dimension which has been extracted and crafted – or ‘borrowed’ – from the photographic image upon which it is mounted. The images are laminated with a faceted lucite façade, which acts as a beacon for the interplay of light and imparts a sense of intrigue. Creating a view finder to an inner world, the lucite object creates a microcosm within the macrocosm of the larger image – a ‘hortus conclusus’, an enclosed garden of veritable earthly delights.
Derived from the Latin term for ‘enclosed garden’, Hortus Conclusus is a series of wearable sculptural art pieces, crafted from a mélange of minerals, stones, and silver and presented against an ethereal photographic backdrop of dye-sublimation floral images printed on aluminium.
Derived from the Latin term for ‘enclosed garden’, Hortus Conclusus is a series of wearable sculptural art pieces, crafted from a mélange of minerals, stones, and silver and presented against an ethereal photographic backdrop of dye-sublimation floral images printed on aluminium.
Brooch: Hortus Conclusus, 2018
Lucite, 925 Blackened Silver, Opals.
50 x 4 x 50 cm
Photo by: Richard Valencia
From series: Hortus Conclusus
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310 gr mounted with Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium with Faceted Lucite, Blackened 925 Silver and Opal.
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Brooch: Hortus Conclusus, 2018
Lucite, 925 Blackened Silver, Opals.
50 x 4 x 50 cm
Photo by: Richard Valencia
From series: Hortus Conclusus
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310 gr mounted with Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium with Faceted Lucite, Blackened 925 Silver and Opal.
Detail view
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Brooch: Hortus Conclusus, 2018
Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium with Faceted Lucite, Blackened 925 Silver, Opal.
50 x 4 x 50 cm
Photo by: Richard Valencia
From series: Hortus Conclusus
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310 gr mounted with Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Hortus Conclusus, 2018
Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium with Faceted Lucite, Blackened 925 Silver, Opal.
50 x 4 x 50 cm
Photo by: Richard Valencia
From series: Hortus Conclusus
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310 gr mounted with Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium.
Detail view
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Hortus Conclusus, 2018
Lucite, Blackened 925 Silver, Opal.
50 x 4 x 50 cm
Photo by: Richard Valencia
From series: Hortus Conclusus
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm mounted with Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium.
Selected at Schmuck 2020
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Brooch: Hortus Conclusus, 2018
Lucite, Blackened 925 Silver, Opal.
50 x 4 x 50 cm
Photo by: Richard Valencia
From series: Hortus Conclusus
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm mounted with Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium.
Detail view
Detail view
Selected at Schmuck 2020
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Hortus Conclusus, 2018
Lucite, Blackened 925 Silver, Watermelon Tourmaline, Black Diamond Shards.
50 x 4 x 50 cm
Photo by: Richard Valencia
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm mounted with Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Hortus Conclusus, 2018
Lucite, Blackened 925 Silver, Watermelon Tourmaline, Black Diamond Shards.
50 x 4 x 50 cm
Photo by: Richard Valencia
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm mounted with Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminium.
Detail view
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Photo of display by Sophie Mutevelian at COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery 2018
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Photo of display by Sophie Mutevelian at COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery 2018
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Contemporary Applied Arts
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- Phone:
- +44 (0)20 7620 0086
- Management:
- Becky Harle
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