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Contributor to the European Prize for Applied Arts Exhibition 2012.

Organised by the World Crafts Council Europe and the World Crafts Council-Belgium Francophone in conjunction with Mons City Council (a juried exhibition)

The European Prize for Applied Arts aims to reward the best works in the field of contemporary applied arts and design-led crafts. The artists selected to exhibit are chosen on the criteria of artistic qualities, craftsmanship and innovation. The jury included Alice Cantignia, Vincent Cartuyvels, Liesbeth Den Besten, Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida, Hélène Martiat and Frank Steyaert. Draper exhibited five works from her Lake Fortitude, 2011 series. This work stems from the discomfort and trepidation felt by the artist towards her own making and practice. The immediate appearance of these works is of a wild assemblage of raw materials through which Draper develops a semantic language that symbolises the uncertainty and randomisation of making. It is a strongly speculative work, and materials are treated primarily to call upon this dialogue, without consideration to wearer or audience. These brooches emerge from an exploration of ways to impose forms on malleable materials. These apparently random assemblages question, through scale and materiality, the relationship of jewellery to the wearer and the wearer’s own body. The intention behind this series is to invite the wearer to enter into a dialogue with the object. In realising their own perceptions of doubt and discomfort, the wearer is encouraged to a challenging and radical conversation with the object as jewellery.

Catalogue: European Prize for Applied Arts 2012.

World Crafts Council.

ISBN 978-2-87536-011-3