The Spoon. An Ordinary Everyday Object Explored by Contemporary Jewellers. Spotlight Artworks by Klimt02
Published: 26.01.2024
Throughout human history, the spoon has held a central place in our lives. As the first tool we learn to use, its seemingly simple design conceals a profound cultural and practical legacy since the Bronze Age.
Many artists, contemporary silversmiths, and jewellers have found inspiration in the spoon's form, materiality, and multifaceted layers of meaning.
In this brief, we present you a selection of relevant pieces which offer new interpretations of this familiar artefact.
-
To Swallow the Self. A Joint Essay Exploring an Interdisciplinary Creative Process
05Aug2025 -
Colour is More Than Just a Language of Form in Yajie Hu's Work
31Jul2025 -
How Do You Know When a Work of Art is Complete?
24Jul2025 -
Retold objects of the past. The Artworks and practice of Helen Clara Hemsley
22Jul2025 -
Jewellery in Motion
15Jul2025 -
Elisabeth Holder: From jewellery to Contextual Art
09Jul2025 -
Lost and Found in Migration by Elena Karpilova
07Jul2025 -
Tiny Theatres of Still Life in Contemporary Jewellery. Spotlight Artworks by Klimt02
04Jul2025 -
What We Talk About When We Talk About Silver
27Jun2025 -
Supporting Emerging Jewellery Businesses: The Goldsmiths’ Centre Announces the Business Catalyst (Small) Grants 2025
26Jun2025 -
A Legacy of Innovation: Thomas Gentille Receives SNAG's 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award
21Jun2025 -
The Goldsmiths' Centre Launches Fifth Spotlighting Getting Started Edition, Culminating in Spring 2026 Exhibition
21Jun2025 -
Art Jewelry: Quo Vadis?
11Jun2025 -
Are You Always Seeking Mentors?
03Jun2025 -
Perceptual Surfaces in Flux: Mirrors, Embodied Vision and Optical Fields in Contemporary Jewellery
27May2025
