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A pale-skinned man stands facing right against a green background. You can see only his neck and shoulders. He is bare chested and wears an epaulette made of dried, black seaweed on his right shoulder. The seaweed looks as if it is captured in a current. The seaweed is covered in a heavy blue salt crust, some of which forms large crystals. At the bottom of the epaulette, looking down the man's arm, is a rat skull.

A grey suit jacket on a dressmaker's dummy stands facing out against a green background. resting around the jacket's neck is a warrior's ruff made of dried, black seaweed. The seaweed is thick and deep and looks like thousands of black feathers cascading out. The seaweed is covered in a heavy salt crust just around the neck, some of which form large crystals. As the seaweed moves away from the neck, it gets blacker and shinier. At the very front at the bottom of the ruff, and just on the left shoulder, the seaweed is is gilt with gold paint.

A pale-skinned man stands facing left against a green background. You can see from his nose to his upper chest. He is bare chested and wears a warrior's ruff made of dried, black seaweed around his neck. The seaweed is thick and deep and looks like thousands of black feathers. The seaweed is covered in a heavy salt crust just around the neck, some of which form large crystals. As the seaweed moves away from the neck, it gets blacker and shinier. At the very front at the bottom, is is gilt with gold paint.

A pale-skinned man stands facing right against a green background. You can see from his chin to his upper chest. He is bare chested and wears a warrior's ruff made of dried, black seaweed around his neck. The seaweed is thick and deep and looks like thousands of black feathers. The seaweed is covered in a heavy salt crust just around the neck, some of which form large crystals. As the seaweed moves away from the neck, it gets blacker and shinier. At the very front at the bottom, is is gilt with gold paint.

A pale-skinned man stands facing left against a green background. You can see from his nose to his upper chest. He is bare chested and wears warrior's ruff made of dried, black seaweed around his neck. The seaweed is thick and deep and looks like thousands of black feathers. The seaweed is covered in a heavy salt crust just around the neck, some of which forms large crystals. As the seaweed moves away from the neck, it gets blacker and shinier. At the very front at the bottom, is is gilt with gold paint.

A grey suit jacket on a dressmaker's dummy stands facing left against a green background. Resting around the front of the jacket's neck is a wave boa made of dried, black seaweed. The seaweed appears caught like a wave in the wind and crashes over the neck and shoulder to the back. The seaweed is covered in a heavy salt crust, some of which form large crystals. At a few points on the boa, the seaweed is is gilt with fluttering gold leaf. The image shows the boa worn in three different ways, around the neck, over the left shoulder and then over the right shoulder.

A grey suit jacket on a dressmaker's dummy stands facing left against a green background. Resting on the left shoulder is a wave boa made of dried, black seaweed. The seaweed appears to rush from the neck down the front of the jacket. The seaweed is covered in a heavy salt crust, some of which form large crystals. At a few points on the boa, the seaweed is is gilt with fluttering gold leaf.

A close up detail of a wave boa made of dried, black seaweed. The seaweed appears caught like a wave in the wind and crashes over the neck and shoulder of a jacket. The seaweed is covered in a heavy salt crust, some of which form large crystals. At a few points on the boa, the seaweed is is gilt with fluttering gold leaf.

As a maker, Inga's critical thinking and wide understanding of tools and materials enables her to explore how makers of all species make.

Through the use of readily-dismissed, low-value natural materials, such as seaweed and salt, Hamilton produces desirable, high-value, wearable adornment. By instigating comparative discussion around her work with that of nonhuman-animal makers employing the same materials and techniques as herself, such as decorator crabs, birds or dolphins, she challenges the viewer’s concepts of value and adornment within the natural world.

Inga's wearable art works spark debate and bring about a wider consideration of similarities and differences of all species. Her PhD is leading her to work with transdisciplinary scientific, cultural and artistic fields, synthesizing knowledge into a non-speciesist understanding of making.

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Creating on the island of Ireland, exhibiting worldwide.

Inga Hamilton

PhD Researcher & Maker; Queer Autistic.
Art Jewellery & Inhabitable Sculptures Blending the Spaces Between Species

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Pins, Ruffs & epaulettes

Torso Installations

​ Inga Hamilton

PhD Researcher & Maker; Queer Autistic. Art Jewellery & Inhabitable Sculptures Blending the Spaces Between Species

Pins, Ruffs & epaulettes

Torso Installations

Inga Hamilton

PhD Researcher & Maker; Queer Autistic.
Art Jewellery & Inhabitable Sculptures Blending the Spaces Between Species