Liv Blavarp: Jewellery. Structures in Wood

Description

Maple, birch, walnut, lemonwood and palisander are just a few of the woods from which Liv Blavarp (b. 1956) creates exceptional one-off jewellery pieces. The rigidity or softness of the wood plays just as much of an important role in the selection process as its structure or texture. Since the 1980s, Liv Blavarp has worked mainly with neck pieces, exploring and perfecting the sculptural possibilities of this jewellery genre. Over the years, Blavarp has developed a distinctive and highly personal idiom that combines an exceptional sense of form with a perfected technique in jewellery that is supple and accommodating, both to wear and to look at. With around 55 works from 2002 to 2017 Liv Blavarp presents the first comprehensive review of her creative output.

Cecilie Skeide is a Norwegian art historian working as a curator at Lillehammer Art Museum. She has been responsible for major exhibitions of contemporary and historical art and the decorative arts. Skeide has contributed to several works published by Arnoldsche Art Publishers, such as Sigurd Bronger (ISBN 978-3-89790345-6) and Hanne Borchgrevink (ISBN 978-3-89790-437-8). Anne Britt Ylvisaker works as senior curator at KODE Art Museums of Bergen, where she has chief responsibility for contemporary craft, textiles and ceramics. From 2009 to 2011 she participated in the research group Creating Artistic Value: A Research Project on Rubbish and Readymades, Art and Ceramics.