Scuttle - Frances Stachl 2020

Scuttle Frances Stachl 25 July – 15 August 2020

1. Frances Stachl, Bug Brooches (oxidised Stg silver, stainless steel pin; L19-26 x W18-24 x D9-12mm; FS-20/B01) $310 each

1. Frances Stachl, Bug Brooches (oxidised Stg silver, stainless steel pin; L19-26 x W18-24 x D9-12mm; FS-20/B01) $310 each

1. Frances Stachl, Bug Brooches (oxidised Stg silver, stainless steel pin; L19-26 x W18-24 x D9-12mm; FS-20/B01) $310 each

1. Frances Stachl, Bug Brooches (oxidised Stg silver, stainless steel pin; L19-26 x W18-24 x D9-12mm; FS-20/B01) $310 each

1. Frances Stachl, Bug Brooches (oxidised Stg silver, stainless steel pin; L19-26 x W18-24 x D9-12mm; FS-20/B01) $310 each

1. Frances Stachl, Bug Brooches (oxidised Stg silver, stainless steel pin; L19-26 x W18-24 x D9-12mm; FS-20/B01) $310 each

1. Frances Stachl, Bug Brooches (oxidised Stg silver, stainless steel pin; L19-26 x W18-24 x D9-12mm; FS-20/B01) $310 each

2. Frances Stachl, Gold Eyed Spider (Oxidised stg silver, yellow gold 24 ct, rubies; L40 x W35 x D10mm; FS-20/B02) $410

3. Frances Stachl, 9 Ruby Spider (8 ruby eyes, Stg, rubies; L46 x W38 x D13mm; FS-20/B03)

$510

4. Frances Stachl, 13 Ruby Spider (5 on back; Oxidised Stg, Ruby; L47 x W46 x D9mm; FS-20/B04)

$640

Frances Stachl Moths – small and large

5. Frances Stachl, Large Moth Brooch (Stg; W70 x H44 x D4mm; FS-20/B05)

$450

6. Frances Stachl, Small Moth brooch (Stg; W50 x H25-30 x D3mm; FS-20/B06)

$350 each

7. Frances Stachl, Fly Studs (stg; L12-14 x W18-19 x D2mm; FS-20/B07)

$295 per pair

8. Frances Stachl, Fly earrings (9ct Gold; Fly L16 x W14 x D3mm; overall L36mm; FS-20/B08)

$700

9. Frances Stachl, Fly earrings (oxidised stg on hoops; H16-20 x W20-27mm; FS-20/B09)

$295 per pair

10. Frances Stachl, Mosquito earrings (oxidised Sterling silver on hoops; H21-23 x W21-31mm; FS-20/B10)

$295 per pair

11. Frances Stachl, Fly earrings (Oxidised sterling silver on 9ct gold hoops; L17-18 x W13-25mm; FS-20/B11)

$475 per pair

12. Frances Stachl, Mosquito earrings (oxidised sterling silver on 9ct hoops; L15 x W14mm; FS-20/B12)

$475 per pair

13. Frances Stachl, Loose Flies (stg; H16-23 x W13-33mm; FS-20/B13)

$145 each

14. Frances Stachl, loose Mosquitos (stg; W26-33 x H18-24mm; FS-20/B14)

$145 each

Artist statement Some of my first memories of jewellery are some spider and bug brooches my maternal grandmother had. I’ve always been mildly arachnophobic, but I loved those brooches. Perhaps because they were a static predictable well-behaved abstract spider. My agoraphobia is mostly limited to uncontrolled unexpected spiders, and I always worry I will squash their legs.

My spider brooches are different from Grandma’s, her ones were fabricated and had large jewelled bodies.

A couple of years ago a friend gave me the gift of a small antique bee/insect brooch.

Like my grandmother’s brooches, it enchanted me.

The idea of wearing a small friend at my collar line, or sometimes on my sleeve delighted me. My arachnophobia is about real live unpredictable spiders and doesn’t extend to jewelled representations.

I didn’t want to make copies of what I remembered my grandmother having, I wanted to make something that honoured that memory, but using my own visual language.

Wax is a good medium for this, it is a process I enjoy. I tend to be much more relaxed when I play with wax, it is a bit like plasticine.

I make lots of models and then select the ones that talk to me the most for casting.

The flies started out as a bit of a joke and became a short obsession. At one point they turned into mosquitos.

Frances Stachl, 2020

Frances Stachl Having worked as an independent jeweller for the last fifteen years after learning her craft at Whitireia Polytechnic, Stachl has become known for her innovative practice. Her work consistently demonstrates a unique blend of methodical patience, a fascination with materials – sometimes unconventional, and most importantly jewellery’s capacity to act as a repository for memory and history.