For Art's Sake

GAME CHANGER: CHARLOTTE GARNETT

We walk in to the small showroom space, where Charlotte's own pieces are beautifully displayed upon the table, and begin our conversation. I ask her the very basic question of how she came into her current profession, and marvelled at the depth of her response:

'It’s really a lot to do with my own mental health journey. I always wanted to make something that had a functionality… I came from a painterly background but found that the 2-dimensional quality of the work wasn’t doing enough for what I wanted to convey because people can see a painting and be impacted by it, but once you leave, the feeling dissipates. So jewellery was the next step for me, it’s something you can take around with you all the time, and something that transcends generations. It naturally goes with having a lot of meaning and a lot of sentiment. So I started doing jewellery and tried to find way to put emotional, autobiographical concepts with it. I find that the best way to put across a design is when it’s honest and sincere.’

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