by Jack Hadley | Mar 12, 2021 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
The title ‘Object Runway’ alludes to the reality television series ‘Project Runway’, where fashion designers compete against each other in challenges. Circulating the space on a motorised pulley system are aluminium mobiles. Loosely...
by Jack Hadley | Aug 14, 2020 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
by Jack Hadley | Jul 22, 2020 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
Left: Hannah Ireland, Closed Curtains, 2020 Right: Jack Hadley, Baroque Flower Indigo Storm Blue, 2020 Image: Weasel gallery Two weeks ago, I exhibited my jewellery for the first time. This was part of the exhibition HANDSHAKE IN HAMILTON at Weasel Gallery. 11 of the...
by Jack Hadley | Jul 9, 2020 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
My jewellery practice has typically incorporated traditional jewellery materials: silver, gold and cheap gemstones. Recently, this has started to feel expensive and a bit limiting. I have started playing around with some new materials like aluminium, lead and rubber....
by Jack Hadley | Jun 1, 2020 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
During lockdown, I set up a a studio in the basement of my flat. It’s messy and damp, but it has been a wonderful space to have. It is very makeshift. I use paint buckets as stools and often work on floor. There is a fire extinguisher prominently installed to...
by Jack Hadley | Mar 9, 2020 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
Turning up on the first day of JEWELcamp I felt like a total impostor. I’m not a ‘real jeweller’ but a gleeful hobbyist. I haven’t gone to jewellery school. I’m impatient and I don’t know how to do things properly. Instead I go to jewellery night classes and watch...
