Linked by Carlier Makigawa in Manuka

We are familiar with the iconic images of Carlier's jewellery, the theatrical balance between her constructions and the body in a dialogue of reciprocal definition.  Judith O'Callaghan described this as "one of the most consistent features of Makigawa's work ... an insistence on formal definition...a balance between frame and content." In these new pieces the works have become flexible frames for the figure in motion, no longer poised balance but fluid play between the human form and shifting shapes.
/ Helen Britton