Collar 1900 - 1916

This Collar, made by an anonymous artist, is a delicate thing, an artwork of patience. Looking at it, I think about process, about how art is made step by step. Each tiny loop and knot carefully placed. Think about what the maker sees when they're working – the texture, the tension. What does it feel like between your fingers? And the patterns! They remind me of fractals, repeating themselves, always building to something bigger. Look closely at the way the floral shapes build around the central point, and then echo each other outwards. It's like an endless conversation, a dance between intention and accident. It reminds me a bit of Hilma af Klint, the way she used organic forms in her drawings. It's a conversation between artists across time, echoing ideas and forms. It makes me wonder what the maker of this collar might think of Klint's work, if they could see it today.