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Contributor to ‘Stories and Symbols’

'Stories and Symbols' explored the work of three jewellery artists with very different styles and approaches to making. The exhibition was designed to show how narrative, metaphor and symbolism can be aspects of jewellery. In the USA there is a long established understanding and practice of narrative jewellery. This exhibition presents these themes from a European perspective. The work Hinchliffe McCutcheon presented for the exhibition reflected the way her aesthetic is a metaphor of her life, with the work representing abstract concepts and forms. Her jewellery reflects her desire for simple structural relationships as an aid to contemplation. It seeks to be emblematic of calm, constructed from minimal and tactile forms influenced by elements taken from the natural environment. She works with the idea of “concealed space” to induce a sense of intrigue and a create a “quiet place for thought”. Materials are selected and worked to create a sense of ambiguity but which can be interpreted as metaphors for personal experience and natural phenomena.

Publisher: College of Arts, University of Lincoln, 2013. 32 pages. Title: 'Stories and Symbols', ISBN 978-1-86050-237-8