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, EnglandMonkey Necklace, Bridget HarveyReclaimed wood, silkPeach Necklace (2013), Bridget HarveyMomotaro Necklace, Bridget HarveyReclaimed wood, recycled plastic, silkMomotaro collection, Bridget HarveyInstalled with mural background in galleryPlayfulness 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, EnglandMonkey Necklace, Bridget HarveyReclaimed wood, silkMomotaro Necklace, Bridget HarveyReclaimed wood, recycled plastic, silkPeach Necklace (2013), Bridget HarveyMomotaro collection, Bridget HarveyInstalled with mural background in galleryMore 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