Chapter 3 - Silhouettes

Silhouettes

Figure 18 - van der Linden, A., (2019)
Silhouettes, Neckpiece in
sterling silver

Silhouettes  is a neckpiece that I created to resemble the leaves and stem of the gooseberry plant in sterling silver. 

Silhouettes

Reflections dancing
in a ring, bound together
a golden embrace

Twigs casting Shadows
silhouettes in light and dark
changing your angle

Illumination

Shines light on new perspectives

shifting paradigms

The Idea of using the silhouette of the plant came from the image taken of the drying gooseberry plant, the shadow cast by the actual plant. I created the piece by using the silhouette created by the gooseberry plants when viewed at different angles. I sketched the gooseberry plant from different angles and I used these sketches as templates which I pierced out of sterling silver. See figure 18: