Dorothy Hogg - Jewellery Resonances 2008

Dorothy Hogg MBE was Artist in Residence at the V&A between July and December 2008. Dorothy is internationally recognised as both an artist jeweller and a teacher of jewellery and silversmithing. She has enjoyed a lifetime of success as a world-renowned maker, and was head of Edinburgh College of Art’s Jewellery and Silversmithing Department for almost 20 years. As well as maintaining her own creative practice she also curates exhibitions, sits on educational and craft boards, and promotes Scottish Jewellery across the world.

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Jean Toutin, designer and engraver

Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:49
I was fascinated by engravings for black and white enamelled miniature cases by Jean Toutin who worked from 1618 to 1640. The designs executed in 1619 were surrounded by other stories, for example, the design for a jewel placed on the back of a tortoise was above the engraving of two men wrestling and one applauding. . There seems to be no connection between the images except in one of the...
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A New Discovery: Prints and Drawings

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 11:49
I am a student every Tuesday taking part in the History of Jewellery Course run by Dr.Beatriz Chadour and the curators in the jewellery and metal department. It is a rare experience to be taken through the developments in jewellery since early times and to be able to handle rare pieces from the collection. This week we were taken to see the print department’s collection of designs for jewellery....
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Find Make Wear Contributions

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 11:48
Madeleine from the Crafts Council has responded to the challenge with an elegant marsh grass necklace. I gave some of the packaging material to young woman I met from Lithuania who aspires to go to Art College to study jewellery. She arrived in the studio with some lovely pieces she had made from the throwaway packaging.
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Open Studio Visitors

Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 11:47
Over the weekend I also had open studio sessions and was delighted by visits from jewellers of note who also came to make a charm, Susan May, Daphne Krinos and Alison Flanders made lovely charms for the Chain of Talent as did a jewellery student from Sheffield called Emma who came all the way to take part. We had lots of children of all ages who loved drawing on the little circles of paper I have...
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The Chain of Talent

Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 11:47
The idea for the chain came out of a question I was asked at the interview for the residency, 'What would you do with 4000 parents and children coming to the museum over a weekend?' I responded with 'Make a big chain and wrap it round the V&A'. This concept was put through the V&A education planning committees and developed into a very long charm bracelet to which visitors would make and...
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A Busy Weekend

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 11:46
After weeks of discussion and preparation the Chain of Talent project finally took off. V&A’s Heather Whitely managed to sort out all the health and safety issues and put up the chain with some help.            
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Sue Lawty

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 11:45
I had a surprise visit from fellow blogger Sue Lawty who was a textile artist resident at the V&A. We talked at ninety miles an hour about our residency experiences and it was very good to meet her.
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Reunion, study visit and paddle

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 11:45
Stephen Bottomley organised a visit to my studio of the Edinburgh College of Art Jewellery and Silversmithing Department and we also rushed round the V&A jewellery gallery.  With my partner in mischief Susan Cross, I led some of the students through the lovely oval pond in the John Madjeski Garden to see the blue grey carved stone in the centre, it was the perfect day for a paddle!            
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Alexandra Palace

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 11:43
I visited the Knit and Stitch Show at Alexandra Palace and found the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef had migrated there. It is a huge show with suppliers showing all sorts of materials. I wanted to see Alexandra Palace close up having passed it so many times on the train.  It was built in 1873 and despite being burned down twice, is London’s only surviving example of a Victorian People’s Palace...
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Origin

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 11:42
I enjoyed both weeks of Craft Council organised Origin and the bonus for me was meeting lots of Edinburgh graduates who were exhibiting their work. I advertised the event on the floor of the studio during open studio sessions exaggerating the perspective of the floor space.
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Dorothy Hogg - Artist in Residence 2008

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I am the third generation of a family that has been occupied by working with small metal objects. I consider myself to be a jeweller and I work primarily in precious metals. My metal of choice is silver because of its malleability and the light reflective qualities it has. At the moment my interest is in using sheet metal to make hollow forms that have visual weight without the expected physical density to express ideas, which relate form to the human body. The sources for these formal interactions spring from a fusion of the subconscious with my visual experience.

For 22 years I was Head of the Department of Jewellery and Silversmithing and Professor at Edinburgh College of Art. I combined teaching with exhibiting my own work internationally.

 

 

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