beth legg

surfaces 2014

29th nov - 24th dec

beth legg surfaces

The Scottish Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of Beth Legg’s jewellery. The show follows the practice-led PhD she obtained from the University of Edinburgh in 2012 which culminated in a presentation of her work at the National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.

Beth’s work is rooted in a delight in the poetic nature of materials – in both surface and content. Fallen trees, tangled seaweed and lichen-covered stone - the Scottish coastline and hinterlands strongly influence the work she produces. Working instinctively, her practice is process-driven and material-led. The traditional hand tool methods she utilises help to reveal the intrinsic potential of each material, whether precious metal, stone or wood.

Beth's jewellery is a moving dialogue – each piece a reflection of the beautifully bleak and shifting nature of the Scottish landscape.Beth Legg, 2014

Beth in her studio in Burntisland, Fife

surface

“It is only after you have come to know the surface of things you can venture to seek what is underneath. But the surface of things is inexhaustible.” Italo Calvino

ripple broochsilver

6 x 6 x 0.5 cms£540

tide broochsilver6 x 6 x 0.5 cms£520

surfaces necklace IIsilver & carnelian53.5 cms in length£640

surfaces necklace Isilver & carnelian

49.5 cms in length£640

lunar surfaces broochsilver, wood, steel, enamel paint & beeswax9.5 x 6 x 1.1 cms£620

left: tubular cluster earringssilver

6 x 2.2 cms£180

right: oval surface earringssilver

4 x 2.5 cms£110

top: oval surfaces broochsilver, wood, steel, enamel paint & 22ct gold leaf

7.5 x 3.8 x 1.1 cms £380

bottom: oval silhouette broochoxidised silver & steel

7.7 x 3.5 x 1.1 cms£320

cluster

top: carnelian cluster earringssilver & carnelian4.2 x 2 cms£260

centre: carnelian cluster earringssilver & carnelian4 x 1.5 cms£260

bottom: carnelian cluster earringssilver & carnelian4 x 1.8 cms£270

carnelian cluster pendantsilver & carnelian46 cms in length

£240

left: large cluster earringssilver

2.5 x 2.5 cms£130

right: large cluster earringsoxidised silver2.5 x 2.5 cms

£130

linear cluster earrings18ct yellow gold1 x 0.7 cms£420

petal cluster earrings18ct yellow gold

2 x 2 cms£620

left: petal cluster earringsoxidised silver1.8 x 1.8 x 1 cms£110

right: petal cluster earringssilver1.8 x 1.8 x 1 cms£110

stone

stone pinssilver & stone5 x 3.5 x 0.5 cms£360 each

tangle

cylindrical tangle cuffsilver4 (width) x 7 (inside diameter) cms£1,500

flat tangle cuffsilver

6 (width) x 7 (inside diameter) cms£1,200

left: tangle broochsilver7 x 7 x 3 cms £580

right: tangle ringsilver2.5 x 2 cms£190

tangle necklacesilver

42 cms in length£500

stacks

clockwise from top left:

stacks earringsoxidised silver4.5 x 2.5 cms

£190

small stacks earringsoxidised silver

2 x 2 cms£90

stacks earringssilver

4.5 x 2.5 cms£190

stacks earringssilver & 22ct gold leaf

4.5 x 2.5 cms£210

birch bark

mosaic birch bark broochoxidised silver & birch bark

9 x 8 cms£420

clockwise from top left:

inverted tree cuffsilver & birch bark7.5 (width) x 6 (inside diameter) cms£620

folded tree broochsilver & birch bark7 x 6 x 3 cms£540

inverted tree broochsilver & birch bark6.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cms£520

leaf cluster broochsilver

6.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 cms£600