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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Teesside University
Contributor to ‘Diamond Jubilee’.
The Association for Contemporary Jewellery , juried members' exhibition.
‘Diamond Jubilee’ was in response to the 2012 Queen’s Jubilee. The exhibition was conceived by the Association for Contemporary Jewellery as a celebration of new concepts in jewellery by 32 jewellers. The prestige of the Association is reflected in the exhibition being hosted by the Goldsmiths Company at the new Goldsmiths Centre, London. The exhibition was a platform for investigating concepts of celebration, status, ethnology and the passage of time. The exhibition was curated to engage both peers in the concepts in the pieces that progressed ideas within contemporary jewellery and a wider public. Hinchliffe McCutcheon exhibited a Jubilee Talisman necklace. It was designed to be a celebration of the indigenous and tribal cultures of the Commonwealth countries in 1952, the year of the Queen’s accession to the throne. The piece is a commemorative talisman for the multitude of Commonwealth countries, represented by the commonality of colours in the individual countries’ flags. The black and white reflect the world-wide presence of the Commonwealth. Although the work's inspiration is a time past, Hinchliffe McCutcheon employs non-traditional materials used in a non-traditional way, to ensure that the visual form and expression engage with debate about the nature of contemporary jewellery.
Association for Contemporary Jewellery, 2012. 34 pages. Title, ‘Diamond Jubilee’, ISBN 978-1-904839-57-6
