Clare Robb Portfolio

I feel this place in my bones A c o l l e c t o r ’s c u r i o s i t y c a b i n e t

CLARE ROBB A maker of place inspired objects and jewellery

CONTENTS

C L I C K O N T H E T I T L E TO V I E W T H E WORK

4. ‘Bone Map’ Brooch

5. ‘Migration Nest’ Pin

6. ‘Plants on the Hill’ Brooch

3. ‘Strandline’ Ring 7 . ‘C o n t o u r s o f Ro c k ’ B r o o c h

2. ‘ The Waves’ Earrings

8 . ‘ N e s t L o o p’ C h a i n

1 . ‘A c t o f M o v i n g ’ C h a i n

10. ‘Bone Rings’ 9. ‘Buried in Red’ Ring

‘THE ACT OF MOVING’ CHAIN N AT U R A L LY D Y E D B O N E , OX I D I S E D S I LV E R W I R E + T U B E , CAST PLANT 510MM LENGTH

AN OBSERVANCE OF THE INSTINCTUAL MOVEMENT OF THE BODY AND OF MOVEMENTS PRESENCE WITHIN N AT U R E

B E L O W : C ATC H M E C H A N I S M D E M O N S T R AT E D B AC K TO CO N T E N T S

‘ T H E WAV E S ’ E A R R I N G S

PAT I N AT E D P I E R C E D B R A S S , S T E R L I N G S I LV E R P O S T S S TAT E M E N T E A R R I N G S AT 6 7 M M x 4 6 M M

PAT T E R N TA K E N F R O M T H E LIGHT ON THE RIPPLES OF THE NORTH SEA

‘THE STRANDLINE’ RING

0 . 7 M M O X I D I S E D S I LV E R S H E E T, 0 . 8 M M S I L VER WIRE, AND CL AW-SET AMETHYST WITH POLISHED BONE SHANK 34MM DEPTH

S U R FA C E I N S P I R E D BY DRAWINGS OF THE BEACH ‘STRANDLINE’

‘BONE MAP’ BROOCH

OXIDISED COPPER, RESIN-SET BONE AND C L AW - S E T 1 M M S I LV E R W I R E D O U B L E P I N 84MMX36MM

C O A S TA L M A P D R A W I N G S O F C A R NOUSTIE ARE HAMMERED AND P I E R C E D I N TO S U R FA C E

‘ M I G R AT I O N N E S T ’ B U T TO N H O L E P I N

0 . 6 M M OX I D I S E D S I LV E R W I R E , R I V E T E D B O N E A N D 1 M M H A M M E R E D S I LV E R P I N 81MM LENGTH PIN

CAPTURING THE NOTION OF M I G R AT I O N T H R O U G H A N E S T MOTIF; ‘COMING HOME TO ROOST’

‘ P L A N T S O N T H E H I L L’ B R O O C H

B O N E C O N C AV E , S I LV E R , C A S T P L A N T S A N D THREAD WITH A 1MM STEEL DOUBLE PIN

A WALKING MEMENTO- GIVING FORM TO THE FLEETING MOMENT OF PLANTS BLOWING IN THE BREEZE

‘CO N TO U R S O F RO C K ’ B RO O C H

E TC H E D, H A M M E R E D + S C O R E A N D F O L D PAT I N AT E D B R A S S , H A M M E R T E X T U R E D S I L VER PIN 82MMX69MM

M A P S O F ‘ P I T S K E L LY FA R M ’ A R E ETCHED ONTO A SCORED AND F O L D E D M E TA L S U R FA C E W H I C H I M M I TAT E S T H E S H A P E O F A ROCK FOUND THERE

‘BURIED IN RED’ RING

S A N D E D B O N E R I V E T E D TO 2 M M T H I C K S I LV E R , W I T H N AT U R A L C O R A L ‘ B E A D ’

3 8 M M TA L L

EMBEDDED IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; THIS RING IS AN A M U L E T TO P R E S E R V E T H E PA S T

BONE RINGS

P I E R C E D, S A N D E D A N D P O L I S H E D B O N E , D Y E D U S I N G N AT U R A L F O O D S T U F F S

RIGHT: THE ‘BURIED IN RED’ RING IS PLACED BACK WITHIN THE LAND W H I C H I N S P I R E D I T S C R E AT I O N

A N I N S TA L L AT I O N O F A L L R I N G FRAGMENTS AND THEIR IMPRINTS IN PLASTER , MIMICKING THE CUTT L E F I S H S U R FA C E . P L A S T E R J I G S AW P I E C E S A R E S C AT T E R E D, T H E I R FORMS RESEMBLE THE LANDSCAPE

‘NEST LOOP’ CHAIN

P O L I S H E D B O N E LO O P S , 0 . 5 M M S I LV E R WIRE, 0.8MM BLACK EYELET CHAIN WITH FISH-HOOK CLASP