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Finger Installations

A closed fist wears a huge ring portraying a ball of leafminer larvae made from tree resin and wood.

A hand wearing a huge ring portraying a ball of leafminer larvae reaches down from above and grabs some apricot sponge cake. The cake sits on a green vintage cake stand.
The ring is made from tree resin and wood.

A huge ring portraying a ball of leafminer larvae sits in the middle of a broken apricot sponge cake. The cake oozes cream and jam.
The ring is made from tree resin and wood.

A ring made of tangled black seaweed against a white background. The ring is very delicate and has pieces of gold leaf fluttering at its ends.

A ring made of tangled black seaweed against a white background. The ring stands about 30cm tall. It is very delicate and has pieces of gold leaf fluttering at the very top like flowers in the breeze..

A ring made of dried, black seaweed and gold leaf is lying on its side on a white background. One end of the seaweed is gilt and curls around to make a shank for the finger. The other end, an orb-shaped bladder of the seaweed is gilt. Below this picture, is another showing a different angle of the ring.

A ring made of dried, black seaweed and gold leaf is lying on its side on a white background. One end of the seaweed curls around to make a shank for the finger. Above the curls, a heart-shaped bladder of the seaweed is gilt.

A ring made of dried, black seaweed and gold leaf is worn on the artist's pale-skinned finger. there is a green background. One end of the seaweed curls around to make a shank for the finger. Above the curl, black tendrils reach up. Amid the seaweed, crumpled gold leaf flutters like a delicate flower.

A ring made of dried, black seaweed and gold leaf is lying on its side on a white background. There are three misshapen holes in the seaweed, to place in on the fingers, a bit like a knuckleduster. Amid the seaweed's branches are tiny spots of gold leaf.

A 30cm tall ring made of dried, black seaweed and gold leaf is on a white background. One end of the seaweed curls around to make a shank for the finger. Above the curl, the seaweed splits into four tangled branches. Crumpled gold leaf flutters like a delicate flower at the end of each branch.

A ring made of dried, black seaweed and white gold leaf is worn on a pale-skinned hand. The hand fills the frame, but is supporting the head of the wearer. The background is dark. One end of the seaweed curls around a finger to make a shank and is gilt with white gold leaf. The dark leaves of the seaweed arch across the back of the hand, covering the knuckles. The tips of these 'leaves' are gilt with white gold.

A ring made of dried, black seaweed and white gold leaf sits on a white background. One end of the seaweed curls around to make a shank for the finger. The curl is gilt with white gold. Above the curl, black tendrils look like leaves. Amid the seaweed, sits the skeleton of a hydrangea flower, gilt with white gold.

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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Recipient of a Northern Bridge Consortium Full Doctoral Studentship Award
Association of Contemporary Jewellers' 2020 Graduate Award Winner Recipient of multiple Arts Council NI SIAP Awards

rings

Finger Installations

​ Inga Hamilton

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

rings

Finger Installations

Inga Hamilton

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