Gurmit’s supremely elegant creations bring out the hidden, mathematical aspects of nature. It combines the Eastern aesthetic of her heritage with a modern Western sensibility, eroticism and wit. Gurmit’s jewellery rendered in an array of organic and often intricate forms are fluid and tactile. Her collection is as exotic and multifaceted as her own background. Gurmit designs pieces that play on our conventional understanding of jewellery; ‘A ring does not have to sit right on the finger and a necklace does not only have to be worn around the neck’ reassures artist jeweller Gurmit who is influenced by Zaha Hadid as well as other artists including Anish Kapoor, Richard Sera and Anthony Gomley. ‘It fascinates me to see how jewellery and art installations translate our process of being. Examines how our bodys perceptions influence what is perceived by our mind.’ Perhaps this interest in defying boundaries is because Gurmit Campbell was born in a traditional and confined Punjabi family in liberal Singapore. She escaped an arrange marriage at the age of 19. Her journey of independence led her to Brussels where she trained as a Goldsmith and then onto Paris and New York, where she was the muse for fashion icons Yves Saint Laurent, Gevenchy and Azzedine Alaia.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:40:18 +0000
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