KIRI SCHUMACHER Auckland, NZ
Kiri Schumacher has a
degree from Elam in Fine Arts, and an Art History degree from the
University of Auckland. She studies structure both in its physical
sense and in relation to deeper themes within human adornment and
nature. We make sense of the world around us through collective myth.
Feminine, filigree characters draw an association with a fairytale
aesthetic.Similarly the works' skeletal quality implies a sense of
being part of environmental processes. Kiri appreciates physical form
itself, while also referencing in a wider sense the rituals and
rhythms which play their part in sculpting her silver, pearls and
gold. Drawing inspirations from small plant details, such as leaves,
buds and pods, Kiri enjoys refining structure back to its simplest
form; focusing on one aspect of design to draw out the essence of its
shape....like smoothed bone, rock, shell, worn back to elemental
forms.
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