Heather McDermott - Shoreline - April 2016 Online Catalogue

H EAT H E R MC D E R MOTT SHORELINE

H EAT H E R MC D E R MOTT SHORELINE 2 - 30 APRIL 2016

The Scottish Gallery is delighted to present Shoreline - a solo showcase from jeweller Heather McDermott.

Heather studied Jewellery and Silversmithing at Edinburgh College of Art before completing an MA in 2011. She then returned home to the most southerly township of Aird, Sleat in the Isle of Skye, where she takes inspiration from the ever-changing shoreline and landscape.

“The tideline of Skye is a treasure trove of unique objects discarded from the urban environment and deposited by the power of the Hebridean swell. Here rope, wood and plastic take on a subtler identity as wind and wave shape and re-shape form and colour.

These inspirational scenes are developed and translated in my work by utilising shapes and colours. Unconventional in size and structure, each piece is an expression of sculptural form and is designed to create a statement. The continually changing shoreline is my constant source of inspiration and my current collection ‘tidal surge’ is the contemporary interpretation of these surroundings.”

Heather McDermott, 2016

Heather McDermott in her studio in Aird, Sleat, The Isle of Skye, 2015

Short Fankle Necklace with Aqua Disc (3 layers), 2015 Stainless steel and paint L49cms ÂŁ195

“This statement necklace represents the rogue buoys that get trapped in the discarded washed up fishermens’ nets on the beaches of Skye. The industrial nature of the stainless steel is hand formed into soft geometric shapes, mimicking fishing nets and lobster pots. Repetition creates chaotic chain which then traps simple vivid discs of colour inspired by washed up buoys.”

Heather McDermott, 2016

Short Fankle Necklace with Blue Disc (3 layers), 2015 Stainless steel and paint L49cms £195

“Iconic colours from the landscape of Skye are transferred and distressed onto these large buoy earrings. Fishing boat blue, soft green when the Mediterranean like seas appear in summer, buoy orange marking the creels below, dark blue for the summer midnight sky, vivid fishing net aqua and dreich grey for the winter.”

Heather McDermott, 2016

Large Buoy Earrings, 2015 Stainless steel and paint 4cms in diameter £68 each

Left: Large Dreich Necklace, 2015 Silver L48cms £565 Right: Small Green Dreich Necklace, 2015 Stainless steel and paint L48cms £135

Left: Cascade Necklace, 2015 Stainless steel L40cms £295 Right: Cluster Earrings, 2015 Oxidised silver L4cms £115

Stacking Creel Bangles, 2015 Stainless steel H10 x W10 x D0.5cms ÂŁ80

Left to right:

Single Diamond Chain, 2015 Silver L60cms £145 Cluster Washer Necklace, 2015 Stainless steel L53cms £115 Single Diamond Chain, 2015 Stainless steel L65cms £85 Long Fankle Necklace, 2015 Stainless steel L88cms £105

Large Disc Necklace - Blue, 2015 Stainless steel and paint L50cms ÂŁ165

Upper and middle: Hanging Washer Earrings, 2016 Stainless steel and silver H3.5 x D2cms ÂŁ95 each Lower: Hanging Disc Earrings, 2016 Silver D2cms ÂŁ135

Buoy Washer Earrings, 2015 Stainless steel and paint W2cms ÂŁ45 each

Left: Buoy Earrings with Cluster, 2015 Silver H4 x W2 x D1cms £125 Right: Short Fankle Necklace with Silver Disc, 2015 Silver and paint H25 x W20 x D2cms £550

Buoy Brooches, 2015 Stainless steel and paint 4cms in diameter ÂŁ35 each

Oxidised Silver Brooch, 2015 Oxidised silver 5.5cms in diameter ÂŁ255

“Meaning ‘to entangle’ this fankle necklace represents the tangled chaotic rope and debris that is found washed up on the beaches in Aird. Each link is handformed and linked together with mini silver discs connected throughout. With five layers of silver chain this necklace is staggered in length.”

Heather McDermott, 2016

Silver Fankle Necklace with Mini Discs, 2015 Silver L48cms £525

Published by The Scottish Gallery to coincide with the exhibition SHORELINE 2 - 30 April 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this catalogue may be reproduced in any form by print, photocopy or by any other means, without the permission of the copyright holders and of the publishers.