Gill Galloway-Whitehead artist statement
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	Artist Statement	Awards and Collections Permanent Modern Collection Goldsmiths’ Company London Permanent Collection Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Gold Award Technological Innovation 3D (senior) Goldsmiths’ Council London Photostore Selected Maker Crafts Council London Innovation Prize Inhorgenta Munich
	I have developed a method of working with fine wire, which allows me to express myself in much the same way as I would when painting. Differing densities of wire can be manipulated to create surface changes in tone and texture. Using the whiteness of fine silver in combination with the rich yellow of fine gold as well as the black through to grey of oxidation gives a satisfying colour palette. The wire strand in isolation is fragile but when manipulated into a mesh gains strength. The contrast between the look of fragility and actual resilience plays with perception when embodied in one piece of work. To want to evoke a specific sensation or feeling with a piece of work would be wrong a resonance with the viewer and wearer is all I can hope to achieve. It is much more a tacit communication than an overt message that I hope to convey.