Rudee Tancharoen: What? Where? When?

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Rudee Tancharoen

“You would be disappointed if you expect to see jewel in this jewelry exhibition.”

For this series of works Rudee Tancharoen (b. 1980, Thailand) wanted to challenge herself and the viewers/wearers of her jewelry by creating unconventional jewelry that can be considered more as wearable art object.

Iron wires in different thicknesses were used in creating 3D sketches of art objects that can be worn on the body. The process of creating jewelry in this exhibition is different from the normal design protocol where practical function of a piece of jewelry is considered at the beginning of the design process. Instead, Rudee let her imagination and the knitting process lead her to various shapes and forms without restriction or a picture of a finished piece in her mind. For every piece in this exhibition, its function as jewelry was decided towards the end as an “object” started to take its shape.

For Rudee, an object has to be wearable in order to be called “jewelry”. But how long should a piece of work stay on the body to be considered wearable? And which part of the body should the piece be on to be called jewelry?

Rudee considered different parts of the body in deciding where a piece of jewelry should be worn. For Rudee, the human body is considered as an installation space for displaying her wearable art objects.-2016-2016