‘Earring for Giovanna’ in situ

Today I popped into Mailbox 141 to install my beautiful lady and the earring I have made for her.

The space had low lighting, which my camera doesn’t respond to well … but that’s okay, for it still allows a little mystery as to the detail of the work … which I will reveal in a post on Tuesday (the opening day of the ‘Lend Me Your Ears‘ exhibition).

Mailbox 141 - exhibition space

Mailbox 141 - exhibition space

Earring for Giovanna; in situ (and deliberately mysteriously out of focus!); photograph not to be reproduced without permission

I was pleasantly surprised at how lovely she looked in the honey-coloured light. I’m so excited to see all the other pieces in the boxes and how they all may relate to each other …

In progress still…

Some more progress photographs of my piece for ‘Lend me your ears‘ exhibition; it is now titled ‘Earring for Giovanna‘.

step 4 - weaving

step 5 - blacken and redden

I will be assembling this earring ready for installation on Sunday … exhibition details coming soon!

… last post on this project here …

In progress …

A few posts ago I mentioned I was making a little something for a lovely lady …

Details of the artwork are:

• artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio
• title:Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni
• date: 1489-90
• where: El Museo de arte Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

And this is a sneek peak at the progress to date…

step 1

step 2

step 3

Update (20th February): sadly I have had to turn comments off on this post, as it’s being hammered by spam for some unknown reason! if you would like to comment, please do email me