Anke Kindle - Red 'Scrubber' Ring with Huon Pine and Horse Hair

The Scrubber Ring Series was born from a fascination with the domestic scrubbing brush and a curious expression in my German mother tongue –‘Kratzbürste’ literally meaning scrubbing brush. This seemingly utilitarian object has another quite sinister meaning as a demeaning expression to describe articulate, politically engaged women. 

The Scrubber Rings Series intends to reverse this demeaning terminology inflicted upon women by firstly acknowledging the brushes aesthetic beauty and in doing so consciously elevating and celebrating the work undertaken by women in the home and beyond as important contributions to ensure the survival of families as well as society as a whole. Creating this series of small, beautiful resistance pieces acknowledges and celebrates the vast and varied work that women undertake world wide on a daily basis.

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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: Sterling silver, Huon pine, horse hair

Dimensions: Ring size O