Crafts CouncilDirectoryBridget HarveyPlayfulness and Craft (investigation through jewellery making)AboutPlay has an end and purpose in itself but goes beyond that, as a way of learning or developing skills and testing ideas, and so is related to making. Through concepts of play makers can envision themselves as more skilled, experiment with rules, use make-belief to engage with risk and further their skills, developing mastery: making is a play space. My series of large scale necklaces used motifs from the folktale Momotaro (Little Peachling) to explore this, hand-making beads, cords and spacers.Bridget HarveyLondon, EnglandMomotaro collection, Bridget HarveyInstalled with mural background in galleryMomotaro Necklace, Bridget HarveyReclaimed wood, recycled plastic, silkPeach Necklace (2013), Bridget HarveyMonkey Necklace, Bridget HarveyReclaimed wood, silkPlayfulness and Craft (investigation through jewellery making)AboutPlay has an end and purpose in itself but goes beyond that, as a way of learning or developing skills and testing ideas, and so is related to making. Through concepts of play makers can envision themselves as more skilled, experiment with rules, use make-belief to engage with risk and further their skills, developing mastery: making is a play space. My series of large scale necklaces used motifs from the folktale Momotaro (Little Peachling) to explore this, hand-making beads, cords and spacers.Bridget HarveyLondon, EnglandMomotaro collection, Bridget HarveyInstalled with mural background in galleryPeach Necklace (2013), Bridget HarveyMomotaro Necklace, Bridget HarveyReclaimed wood, recycled plastic, silkMonkey Necklace, Bridget HarveyReclaimed wood, silkMore from Bridget HarveyProjectTokyo Wondersite residencyProjectRed Blanket, Blue Bowl, WrenchProjectWriting and publicationsProjectCurationProjectPace, Speed, Slowness (investigation through making)ProjectRepetition (investigation through sculptural jewellery)ProjectVictoria and Albert Museum Artist in ResidenceProjectRepaired Objects - TextilesProjectRepaired Objects - Ceramics