Truike Verdegaal
ART JEWELLERYStill Collection | 1997
Dutch still life paintings by the so-called Dutch Masters of the 17th century have fascinated me for a very long time. The incidence of light on the corner of a table cloth, flowers in a vase, a small jar containing shellfish and the wonderfully decorated bowls in these paintings inspire a vivid style of goldsmithery in me. Dead hares and fish also feature in this work. The translation from two-dimensional pictures to three-dimensional jewellery makes the painted subjects tangible and wearable. The pieces from the ‘Still collection’ look antique but are actually contemporary.
As the daughter of a Dutch bulb grower I learned at an early age about the efforts of growing a black tulip. My tulips of blackened silver are an ode to the bulb growers and to the role of the tulip in the still lives of the Dutch Masters.
As the daughter of a Dutch bulb grower I learned at an early age about the efforts of growing a black tulip. My tulips of blackened silver are an ode to the bulb growers and to the role of the tulip in the still lives of the Dutch Masters.
