Sally Marsland presents five groups of objects in What and How: all brooches made since 1997.
Protrusions is the title of the first set, all made using the same material - aluminium and technique twisted on a lathe but each with a different profile, and some anodised in yellow, green and grey.
In Some brooches that are round the shape is the link. Alongside twisted and cast aluminium forms, this set includes cast silver brooches, heated white or oxidised black.

The Composite brooches illustrated here are made of paint and car-filler. This is applied to a wax model that is then melted away. The result is floral forms with intense colours.
Almost Black offers an endless variety of materials, but each brooch is graphite coloured: anodised aluminium, oxidised silver, coloured car-filler, magnets, bicycle tires etc.

Flat Colour is also based on a single process: pigment is mixed with resin to form a thick paste. Dots of the mixture are spooned onto foil and the fastenings added. Once hardened, the objects detach from the foil and reveal their smooth, colourful facade.

By restricting her technical options, shape and even colour, Sally Marsland sets herself a challenge to explore as many variations as possible within the confines of certain limitations.
Selections of these variations are collated into clusters of jewellery, bursting with discoveries and surprises.

Paul Derrez

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