The Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award 2006

Mascha Moje

Artist statement

There always ends up being a narrative of what constitutes a wearable object, an acknowledgement of its construction in order to refer to itself. The neckpiece (chain of beads) as an archetype usually runs in a circle without a seam.

My neckpieces have very common problems: they are not seamless and come to life at the point of interruption. They split/shift horizontally/melt into each other/drop into a bundle, no longer lining up. To me, they are very physical, which is also reflected in the use of materials and colours. The pendants of mild steel and metal beads are much more drawings than physical bodies.

These are drawings about beads, how they gather into defined spaces or how a string of beads would curl up. These pieces are much more about patterns that occur when thinking flatly.