{"product_id":"joy-bonfield-gaze-gold","title":"Joy Bonfield Colombara, Gaze","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e0.5 x\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e 2 x 2.3cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003eRecycled 18ct Y\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003eellow Gold, E\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003emeralds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW60138766 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003eLimited edition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60138766 BCX4\"\u003eof 28. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW252243810 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e'To ‘gaze’ is to steadily and intently look at something with admiration, especially in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003esurprize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e or in thought. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW137838465 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eHow do we ‘look’ with love? If we are conscientiously sensitive to receiving all the wonder around us, then we\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e notice the tiny purple flowers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e‘Looking’ is not just with one’s eyes. It is with your heart and head. How we are emotionally affected makes us look in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003edifferent ways\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW137838465 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eIn literary theory, the ‘gaze’ is a particular perspective considered as embodying certain aspects of the relationship between observer and the observed – and refers to a gender, i.e. ‘the male gaze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e However, this piece is a section\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eof an imagined portrait, not gender specific, nor referential to any era or character, it is mysterious and unknown. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eIt’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e two eyes, looking out at the world. The area of the iris and pupils are set with natural \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eemeralds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003ein yellow gold, a noble metal which has been used notably in fine Jewellery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e and sacred objects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e. To gaze can also be to gaze out to space, to the stars, to dream and to be in a state of flux.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW137838465 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eAs an artist, I work with my eyes and hands, but I also employ all my senses. Touch I believe is so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eimperative, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e is the first sense we learn with. Yet visual culture has become the paramount way we are bombarded\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e with in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e media in the western world. We touch our screens gazing into a digital portal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eon a daily basis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e, more than we touch each-other\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e or the natural and material world we are in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW137838465 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eFor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003eme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e a Jewel is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003etruly beautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137838465 BCX4\"\u003e in how it feels, not only how it looks.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW137838465 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW252243810 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW252243810 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003elnclusive of VAT. 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