The FOLDED Collection of Sculpted, Wearable Artwork Brooches, by Naina Redhu & The Evolution of the Collection to this point.

Having performed round with the folded type for quite a lot of months, the thought has been brewing in my thoughts to create a devoted sequence for this way. My earlier creation are items the place the folded type is one a part of the picket base, and the round picket base is clearly seen. I wished to create items the place the folded type is THE brooch.

I’m sharing a development of how the sort of artwork has progressed in my physique of labor thus far.

Under, Left to Proper : One of many earliest folded varieties I did is a brooch referred to as Unfolding Crimson, which is 2.5 inches in diameter. As you may see beneath, the folded type is a smaller portion of the whole brooch. Across the similar time, I additionally created Oro Unfurling, which can be 2.5 inches in diameter. A 3rd smaller brooch referred to as Molten Velvet is 2 inches in diameter.

I’ve additionally created different sorts of folds and cuts on brooches. From Left to Proper beneath : Forge, 2.5 inches in diameter, Machinations, 3 inches in diameter and Reaching Out, 2.5 inches in diameter.

In 2020, I obtained an artwork fee from a consumer for a folded type on canvas and I created the next as seen beneath : Come up, 2020. 12 inches in diameter, on canvas.

The primary time I created a FOLDED piece the place the folded a part of the artwork was the whole canvas, is the piece I created lately, June 2023, referred to as Chiaroscuro. Roughly 8×12 inches, secured to a 2×2 inches framed canvas. I wrote about this piece on the weblog as nicely.

After I created the above piece, I had the overwhelming urge to create one thing comparable in wearable artwork type as a brooch. That is how the sequence, lastly, has a reputation, FOLDED and the stable color brooches got here to be.

Store the Brooches

Please be aware : My unique artwork and fine-art prints are solely out there to amass solely on my web site.

I created a 7 minute video speaking concerning the brooches, demonstrating how you can put on them, some styling concepts and apparently, in the whole video, I mispronounced “brooch”! It’s pronounced “broach” however may be spelled each “broach” and “brooch”? Why does English should be so difficult?!

Having launched a sequence of