Libby Ward

Statement

My design approach is based on experimental Methodologies, I have a passion for juxtaposing unusual and an unexpected mix of materials using a myriad of making processes in order to create thought provoking jewellery. My current practice of work equates or references museum collections of wonderful specimens and artefacts, which have been found and collated as 'sequences' for the viewer to observe and question. By using chemical processes like electroforming, etching and patination I am able to create a biological inspired surface. This is then combined with natural objects, which have been rehabilitated by materials like   silicones, resins and latex. The way I create samples through experimentation is not necessarily organised, it is spontaneous, that way I don’t have time to over think all aesthetics, this technique allows me to produce a large body of samples, which can either be further developed or combined with others. As the maker, each one of the samples has its own story and character, so I find it difficult when trying to compose these elements together, often I will spend weeks allowing the materials to talk to each other until I have found the best composition.

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