Vivienne Jones

October Jewellery Feature

October 1 - October 31, 2005

Friday, September 30, 6-8pm

Vivienne Jones, a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, received her training at the School of Jewellery in Birmingham, England following a B.A. from the Swansea Art College in Wales. Jones maintains a full-time practice while also performing as an educator, and an adventurous curator (having most recently organized "Three Night Stand," a group exhibition in the rooms of the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto). Jones was featured on the cover of the 2002 Metalsmith Magazine, and has been written about in diverse publications such as Elm Street, Canadian Living, and the Globe and Mail. "The jewelry of Welsh-born Vivienne Jones is organic in conception, featuring layers of irregular,cast, and fabricated three dimensional forms, subtle matte surfaces, and implied or real movement. Endlessly intriguing, these small and complex works reward prolonged inspection. Inside a silver cauldron-shaped pendant grows a nest of tiny gold and silver elements, the ingredients of a secret, magic brew. A silver stick pin suggests a royal sceptre, yet sprouts limb-like growths and tiny bits of gold reminiscent of nascent buds on a branch. None of these associations are explicit; the space left for the wearer's own interpretations allows these pieces to become truly personal objects." Barbara Isherwood, Metalsmith Magazine, Fall 1996.