An interview with Warwick Freeman
The work of Warwick Freeman is honest and true. That’s not to say his work is more honest or more true than that of another man’s, it’s just that you can really sense it. You just know it. He makes jewellery, yes. But I do not feel comfortable calling him a jeweller, for his work expands far beyond the assumed confines of his trade. I do not like the word trade either, for it is far too basic a descriptor. He is from Aotearoa. And like this land, his work is also distant and far, but you can touch it; it’s celestial, but grounded. It’s the monumental disguised in a simple gesture. It’s reasoned. Though human and humble, it too could be the stuff of legend.
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