Beth Legg creates organic contemporary and studio pieces that are made from a variety of materials including sterling silver, wood, stone, pearls, horn and objects that she finds in the natural environment around her. Legg creates her jewellery pieces to resemble the landscapes and scenery in the area of Northern Scotland where she lives. Legg often takes walks as a form of research in her environment to capture images of the scenery that she uses for design inspiration (Legg, 2012:58), she then creates pieces of jewellery to resonate elements within the captured image and when placed side by side, the jewellery and the captured image create a beautiful juxtaposition. Legg mimics the textures, forms, silhouettes and colours of the sceneries around her (Legg, n.d.) to create jewellery pieces that have a reflection of the emotions that she experiences in her environment (Legg, 2012:194). Many of her pieces appear organic because of their form resembling objects found in nature, such as twigs, pods and leaves. Other objects have an organic hint to them due to the surface texture present resembling objects found in nature (Legg, n.d.).
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Figure 1 – Legg, B (2009). River’s Mouth.
| Neckpiece, Oxidised Sterling Silver, Garnet, 18ct Yellow Gold [ONLINE]1 |
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