Silt Dreams - Bone
About:
sterling silver, bird bones, hemp cord
Silt Dreams:
“In the silt of dreams, ill-wishers were cutting off my exits until the one way out was up”
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Silt: sediment suspended in water, metaphorically describes my current response to issues of place. The idea of suspension conjures impressions of being frozen and stuck but this is contested as the suspension occurs in water, which moves, flows and travels. Globally we are in a similar liminal zone, sitting in an
in-between place where much of what we take for granted is being shaken up. However this liminality is not a static area. It is an active place where exposure to a broader group of peoples and ideas can be approached with curiosity and wonder rather than fear and anxiety.
Drawing on those ideas I have created the Silt Dream series, three pendants that blend my immediate place with my global place in an embrace of connectedness. A bird bone, piece of seaweed and bundle of botanical dyed local flora are the objects I’ve chosen to represent my relationship with this current landscape I find myself in. As a way of acknowledging the greater space I feel I inhabit, I’ve fixed these objects onto sterling silver frames of continental imagery.
