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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
A staple component in my pieces is wire that I reclaim from old televisions, the older the better. I've found over a 100 different colours & hues of copper & aluminium wire. It takes about an hour to gut a television salvaging all that I can use & about 3 days to re-create it into a hat. The first hat took 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 & have had to resort to buying various colours of wire! There is always a high component of re-used materials in my pieces.
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Lightbulb Christmas ornament - sustainable decoration in pinks and white created from repurposed ribbon, television wire, sparkly gem repurposed from vintage jewellery and a spent candle lightbulb - to be honest, this may not sound very appealing but each one is delicately created using textile techniques in metal. Very light and is unique. An excellent gift for a eco-warrior or someone concerned about waste. Also includes plastic repurposed from a tube of conditioner and bought wire. Was £22, now £18
Made in Wirral 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.
Although my training was initially in jewellery and silver-smithing, I have crossed over successfully into the world of textiles, costume and fashion (I have won several awards including Scottish Fashion Designer of the Year, Recycling Fashion Designer of the Year and various awards for Fibre in North America and Australasia).
Designed by Alison Bailey Smith in December
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