Crafts CouncilDirectoryRachael ColleyVanitasAboutVanitas series references traditional themes found in that genre of still life painting. The brooches juxtapose food waste (fruit and vegetable peel) with the flesh of the human body, aiming to draw attention to our relationship with food and its consumption. This series seeks to remind the wearer of their mortality and of the worthlessness of worldly goods and pleasures in its defamiliarisation of everyday organic substances through the waste food materials’ re-presentation as jewellery.Rachael ColleySheffield, EnglandVanitas II, Rachael ColleyBrooch; denatured apple peel, balsa wood, stainless steelVanitas III, Rachael ColleyBrooches; denatured beetroot peel, balsa wood, stainless steelVanitas I & II, Rachael ColleyBrooches; denatured apple peel, balsa wood, silver findings, stainless steelVanitasAboutVanitas series references traditional themes found in that genre of still life painting. The brooches juxtapose food waste (fruit and vegetable peel) with the flesh of the human body, aiming to draw attention to our relationship with food and its consumption. This series seeks to remind the wearer of their mortality and of the worthlessness of worldly goods and pleasures in its defamiliarisation of everyday organic substances through the waste food materials’ re-presentation as jewellery.Rachael ColleySheffield, EnglandVanitas II, Rachael ColleyBrooch; denatured apple peel, balsa wood, stainless steelVanitas I & II, Rachael ColleyBrooches; denatured apple peel, balsa wood, silver findings, stainless steelVanitas III, Rachael ColleyBrooches; denatured beetroot peel, balsa wood, stainless steelMore from Rachael ColleyProjectAmbiguous Implements, national touring exhibitionProjectAmbiguous Implements, Re:mains interactive eventsProjectTonguesProjectM(eat) et alProjectWe Are Commoners, Craftspace, ElderProjectWe Are Commoners, CraftspaceProjectAmbiguous Implements, Seconds SeriesProjectAmbiguous Implements, Cutlery Combs and For-K-andlesProjectSha-green