MARY HALLAM PEARSE
ABOUT:
In my current body of work I seek to examine how jewelry functions as an image, a means to construct desire and the consequence of transfer from image to object and back to image. Found images are appropriated from a variety of sources, including magazines and jewelry catalogues then printed on thin sheets of metal resembling the historical tin-type. This game of skill requires that the player complete the image by getting the jewels in the impressions. These pieces are similar to the games children once received as party favors and to game bagatelle.