Living, breathing, silver vessels | Naama Haneman, contemporary silversmith

Contemporary silversmith and metal artist Naama Haneman makes metal sculptures to explore how the human body and objects interact with each other. For her, metal is like a living body and so working with the material requires her to observe and listen, balancing her own intentions with the demands of the material. In this film, Haneman discusses the making of her latest work 'I hear you breathing', the 2023 P&O Makower Trust Commission for the V&A. Follow Haneman as she draws and models the forms in paper, clay and metal before inputting them into a computer programme to test how the vessels could meet and change shape in response to each other. By developing this 3D simulation, she allows her vessels the freedom to act and move on a separate platform, creating endless opportunities for her to work with. At the bench she translates her chosen shapes into silver using heat and traditional techniques of hammering, or 'raising', the metal. 00:00 Naama explains her relationship with metal 00:27 Working with silver 01:35 Laying down the design 02:08 Beginning to hammer the metal into shape 03:42 Metal as a living, breathing material interacting with humans (OOO) 04:34 Naama discusses the 3D software she and a friend developed 05:24 Developing and testing the prototypes 06:07 The finished vessels at the V&A Watch more of our sculpture and metalwork films: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe2ihXndm5jt2P0dUwDCJpQWYN46TSC_O Find out more about our metalwork collection: ht