HUNTER COLLECTION
ACT 2 — CONTACT
Applied anthropology expressed through wearable form.
Act 2 is contact: the moment where human intention stops observing and begins negotiating. Nature answers back — through weight, resistance, imbalance, and friction. Here, gilded perpendicular antler sections mark the precise point where human will intersects what was already formed by time. Gold is not decoration; it is evidence of intervention.
All pieces are unique applied arts objects, handmade by the artist in Florence, Italy.
First Resistance
Pin (sculptural-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Orientation meets opposition.
The world answers back.
Negotiated Balance
Pectoral (necklace-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Contact requires adjustment.
Stability is learned, not imposed.
Weight Accepted
Pectoral (necklace-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Pressure becomes information.
The body adapts rather than retreats.
Direction Under Load
Pectoral (necklace-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Movement continues despite resistance.
Intent refines itself through contact.
Friction Point
Pectoral (necklace-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Learning occurs at the surface of resistance.
Knowledge sharpens through touch.
Carried Interruption
Pin (sculptural-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Contact leaves residue.
The body carries forward what interrupts it.
Contact Without Dominance
Pin (sculptural-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Response replaces control.
Ethics emerge through restraint.
Suspension of Certainty
Pin (sculptural-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Contact destabilizes orientation.
Attention intensifies before resolution.
Trace of Impact
Pectoral (necklace-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Impact leaves a record.
The body becomes an archive.
When Resistance Persists
Pin (sculptural-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
Florence, 2011–2012
Contact does not conclude.
The lesson continues into alignment.