An exhibition featuring handmade silver jewellery, photographs and insights following a reflective and creative gathering of women living with metastatic cancer.
Facilitated by jewellery designer and cancer survivor, Renate Kriegler, participants gathered at Maggie’s Forth Valley to reflect together on their challenges, worries and hopes in a safe, peer support setting, and created a wearable silver talisman each to symbolise a positive personal message to hold onto.
The exhibition, co-curated by the workshop participants, the facilitator and the host, presents the creative outcomes alongside thought provoking insights from their time spent together.
Artist Statement
A Mak-Mind workshop in essence is a reflection – on the disruption cancer brings, who you are now, what you want now, where you want to go, what you need to move forward, and what first steps to take. This reflection – especially in a peer-support and creative setting – is a powerful alternative to remaining stuck and repeating unhelpful thoughts in isolation.
Exhibiting aspects of the project furthermore invites members of the public, participants’ personal support networks, clinicians and policy makers to reflect more deeply on a cancer patient’s experience, and perhaps their own influence on this.
About Renate Kriegler
Renate Kriegler is an international award-winning artist-designer-maker and cancer survivor. Specialising in art jewellery, her clients enjoy deep explorations of meanings in bespoke consultations and thoughtful creations. Renate also facilitates custom creative workshops to support groups and individuals in uncovering questions and solutions.
About Maggie’s Forth Valley
Maggie’s supports people whatever type of cancer they have, and whatever stage they’re at – to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing and to help them take control when cancer turns life upside down. Maggie’s Forth Valley centre is located near the Forth Valley Royal Hospital, on the shore of a lochan by ancient woodland.
