Rebecca Thompson Design
Gallery
Weaver collection
This collection is driven by an investigation into the industrial textile history of Dundee with a specific focus on the jute industry and the woman at the heart of it. This concept explores translating the rhythms and history of the textile industry into wearable forms and objects through using repetition, layering, and interlocking components to reference weaving, materials, and mechanisms used. Each piece is named after a woman who worked in the mills or a suffragette from dundee who helped bring about change to working conditions.
About
Rebecca Thompson is a jeweller and silversmith who’s practices explore personal history, place and the stories embedded within industrial cities. Her work is particularly informed by the historical textile industries of Dundee and the woman who carried the city during the booming jute industry in the late 19th century. Through her practice she endeavours to translate this history into wearable forms and objects.
Working within jewellery and metal work she aspires to combine contemporary design with traditional techniques and hand skills to create pieces that tell a story. She translates the rhythms and history of the textile industry into wearable forms and objects.
Rebecca has received a gold award from the goldsmiths’ craft and design council for excellence in 2D design. She has also completed a summer internship at Hamilton and Inches which helped expand their skills as a maker in a professional environment.
Her work reflects an ongoing relationship between craft and design creating pieces that honour the labour of the past and the communities while re-contextualising them within contemporary jewellery practice. As a designer maker she is interested in the relationship between function, form and meaning, every piece is carefully created to balance structure, depth and craftsmanship.
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