Oscar Abba: Bijoux Contemporains

At a glance Oscar Abba's pieces could be mistaken for bits of scrambled metal scratched out of a metal recycling bin! On closer inspection one notices meticulous precision in manufacture and craft. 
Write 300 words analysing the above 3 pieces. Some of the following concepts may help you with your discussion; preciousness (in material and form), abstract use of form, relationship of craft (technique) and design, surprise and contrast.

Oscar Abba uses silver in a rather interesting way, he evidently puts the metal in a very malleable sate and thereby bends and stretches to achieve these fascinating shapes. The form being created  out of these pieces reminds me  of our previous investigation into ‘steam punk’  and can almost be  seen as rather ‘new age’ as there is a feeling a ‘post-apocalyptic’ kind of jewellery here.

Abba’s use of silver is unlike any other jewellery designer I have seen, he creates attractive organic shapes, which look as though they are still moving (like metal that is still in its heated liquid/smelted form). The pieces seem almost alive, but the reality of them been created out of silver makes the viewer aware of their inflexibility.

The pieces are abstract in terms of ‘form’ without the title explaining what each piece is, one would be unaware of what they symbolize or what their functionality is, but their conceptual nature and intangibility is what is their most striking quality.

I feel that Oscar Abba has achieved ‘liquid’ and ‘folds’ in these pieces, the notion of fluidity is very evident and successfully shown.