COLLAGE SERIES (2017-18)

Selected work—for more within this series, please visit @hannahoatman on instagram.

A paper collage provides a single-plane experience of surface and arrangement that ultimately transforms into a dynamic, layered accumulation of overlapping fragments. In the transformation from two to three dimensions, the space between each layer is activated by surprising moments - a curled edge, a hollow form, an unexpected continuation from front to back. Evocative of the sketch, each completed piece features a collection of disparate parts which must ultimately harmonize with the overall composition, floating in an exacting balance. The ephemeral aspects of collage are made concrete in the final form. This work, a continuation of the colorscape series made for my undergraduate thesis, was completed during my 9-month residency at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

STACK 03 BROOCH (2018)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

STACK 03 BROOCH (2018)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 18 BROOCH (2018)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 18 BROOCH (2018)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 04 BROOCH (2017)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 04 BROOCH (2017)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 04 (BACK)

COLLAGE 04 (BACK)

COLLAGE 02 NECKLACE (2017)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL

COLLAGE 02 NECKLACE (2017)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL

COLLAGE 03 BROOCH (2017)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 03 BROOCH (2017)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 03 BROOCH (BACK)

COLLAGE 03 BROOCH (BACK)

COLLAGE 05 NECKLACE (2017)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 05 NECKLACE (2017)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 05 NECKLACE (2017)

COLLAGE 05 NECKLACE (2017)

COLLAGE 06 BROOCH (2017)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 06 BROOCH (2017)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 10 BROOCH (2017)COPPER, STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 10 BROOCH (2017)

COPPER, STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 12 BROOCH (BACK)

COLLAGE 12 BROOCH (BACK)

COLLAGE 11 BROOCH (2017)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 11 BROOCH (2017)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 12 BROOCH (2018)COPPER, STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 12 BROOCH (2018)

COPPER, STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 14 BROOCH (2018)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 14 BROOCH (2018)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 17 BROOCH (2018)STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD

COLLAGE 17 BROOCH (2018)

STEEL, STERLING SILVER, VITREOUS ENAMEL, 18KT GOLD