Divination pins by Lucy Harvey

I am fascinated with our relationship with objects - how we reflect ourselves in them for reassurance and protection, escapism and discovery.

Assuming the role of a fraudulent anthropologist, I combine small-scale metal work with found objects to create enigmatic artefacts, which toy with our desire to believe in the fantastic. Juxtaposing fact and fiction and enclosing my work in perplexing environments encourages belief and invites the viewer’s imagination to wander. Using the authority of museum and reliquary, I present evidence that speaks of the uncanny, the absent, and the melancholy.