Anke Kindle – Oxidised 'Pinsel' Earrings in Teal

"My work is interested in the politics of objects. Especially an objects underlying meaning and messages. I use the traditional craft of brush making and the brush itself in the form of wearable objects and jewellery to explore the idea that an object is inherently political. PINSEL in my German mother tongue is a painters brush- a long stemmed handle with (natural) fibers fastened to the stem. This is the most obvious form of it, but the term PINSEL is further used to describe a male identifying person of a possibly slightly vain disposition. How language arrived at this conclusion is mysterious, equally mysterious why the humble painters brush should become such a politically charged object of derogatory nature. The PINSEL earrings take this concept apart and play with the beauty and nature of the brush. The Earrings become a decorative body extension that does away with the derogatory and celebrates the beauty and ornamentation of the brush in itself." Anke Kindle

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Studio Blau. is an object and jewellery design workshop that uses the brush as decorative, ornamental device to question the politics of inanimate, domestic objects and the politics that go in hand with these inanimate objects. As such Studio Blau has delved into the making of brushworks that can be displayed on the body as jewellery yet are bold statements that question the meaning and stories we ascribe to inanimate entities such as the works we choose to be adorned by and with. Studio Blau. examines the concept of the brush in the broader cultural context. The production of the brushworks are both traditional and conceptual. The brush itself changes from purely functional to a highly ornamental object without an obvious function beyond its decorative purpose. This allows for questions about the meaning and purpose of the object itself.

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Material: oxidised sterling silver, 9kt yellow gold, horse hair

Dimensions: approx. 10cm