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Re-purposed, re-imagined
Jewellery and objects made by award winning eco-artist, jeweller - Alison Bailey Smith, based in Wellington Road Studios, unit 2, 28a Wellington Road, Birkenhead, CH43 2JE
Made in the North West of England by me, Alison Bailey Smith. My work is definitely a by-product of the 21st century & I have been described as a 'techno -cannibal' by BBC journalist Clare English. My career has spanned 3 decades and three different countries since leaving Edinburgh College of Art in 1990. The motivation behind my work comes from being the child of post war parents, Scottish thriftiness and an avid watcher of Blue Peter! My need to re-use, re-develop and re-create can be seen in my use of ordinary materials in my creations.
Outer packaging will be reusing boxes and receipt will be sent electronically. Apologise that I do not ship outside of UK for environmental reasons.
BP 8/18
This item will be posted to you by ABScraft within 1 day of receiving payment.
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Little window brooch from recycled objects made in Wirral. A staple ingredient in my work is wire that I reclaim from old televisions, the older the better. I've found over a hundred different colours and hues of copper and aluminium wire. This brooch is made with a combination of TV wire, bought or repurposed donated wire, plastic from an old credit card. It takes me about an hour to gut a television salvaging all that I can use and about 3 days to re-create it into a hat. The first hat took me months to do and is now in the National Museums of Scotland Collection (they also have my first pair of shoes and a hatpin). Lately though, due to the rate of development in technology, I've found it harder to find the old television sets and have had to resort to buying various colours of wire! There is always a high component of re-used materials in my work - whether it is re-using charity shop finds or sweetie wrappers to get the right colour. I have become increasingly aware of how wasteful our society is becoming.
3.2 x2.8 cm
This piece is inspired by the windows at Merseyside's oldest building, Birkenhead Priory.
Supplied in a substantial black box with velvet pad and information card.
Free UK delivery.
Designed by Alison Bailey Smith
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