{"product_id":"hold-held-earrings","title":"Hold \/ Held Earrings","description":"\u003cp\u003eKate Tucker's hybrid works shift, fracture and recombine disparate elements, embedding multiple mediums within a single, self-supporting whole. Her process is fundamentally collage-based: flat planes are cut and reassembled, with some fragments left raw while others undergo continuous, iterative transformation. These combined processes form an ecosystem that gestures toward how art-making dissolves time, along with the boundaries between self, idea and material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e‘Hold\/Held’, \u003c\/em\u003eTucker treats pearls as raw material, combining them with other sculptural and painterly processes. Paint is applied sparingly, drawing attention to the pearls inherent qualities. She often incorporates hands into her otherwise abstract compositions, merging the viewpoint of the artist at work with a perspective from within the piece itself. Frequently referencing instructional art and craft books, these hands stand in for the artist's perspective and celebrate the enduring human urge to transform the world through making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThese earrings are shown on Kate Tucker's handcrafted\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.piecesofeight.com.au\/products\/hold-held-sculpture\"\u003eHold \/ Held sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e, available separately.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis piece is part of our Tidal Wave exhibition and must remain in the gallery until August 31, 2026.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Tucker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41533643456570,"sku":"KTTW001","price":3800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/KTTW001_squared.jpg?v=1786352075","url":"https:\/\/www.piecesofeight.com.au\/products\/hold-held-earrings","provider":"PIECES of EIGHT GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}