Artist/Maker:

Gemma Draper
Spain, 1971

Title:

Is almost the right shape

  • Year: 2005
  • Type: Necklace
  • Material: painted silver, oxidised silver, pearls, glass beads
  • Size: 42 x 23 cm
  • Aquisition: 2005, Young Talent

The title of this chain seems indicative of a struggle. Isn’t an artist, or designer, and especially a jewellery designer, always searching for the right shape? The right shape to express something, or the right shape for wearing as a piece of jewellery. Gemma Draper made a series of necklaces under the title Is Almost the Right Shape.
The Françoise van den Foundation acquired this piece of jewellery within the framework of the Piet Hein Verspyck Mijnssen Acquisitions of Young Talent (named after a former and well esteemed board member).