Flow

Blanche Tilden
born Australia, 1968

Flow 03 2016
borosilicate glass and titanium
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
Toowoomba City Collection, 2017

The titles of the Flow necklaces come from their beautiful liquid movement. Curving glass segments are captured by titanium rings, and sit across bulging terminals achieved by flameworking each end. The necklace has no clasp but must be dropped, unbroken, over the head. Flow describes the action of the necklace when worn: it is a set of passages from one curved element to another, subtly shifting around the neck and over the collarbones in a constant caress. Flow almost makes glass molten again, a living moving force.

—Julie Ewington