JOANNE TINKER
(Born 1969. Nottingham, UK)
Joanne Tinker's work is on permanent display at London's Science Museum alongside work from Vivian Westwood. Her artworks have been selected for the Royal Academy’s Annual Summer Exhibition numerous times, and her Goblets artworks are on show at the New York Museum of Art and Design, as well as in the White Rabbit Collection, Sydney. In 2010 Tinker was recommended in The Miami Herald as one of the top picks for Art Miami / Basel Art week
Born in the UK, but raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Joanne Tinker remembers collecting fireflies, clearly the urge to collect stayed with her. Tinker later trained to work with metal and when she returned to the UK she earned a first class honours degree in Silversmithing and Jewellery from Birmingham University. After graduating she found herself looking for alternatives to work with other than traditional silver and gold, turning to found objects and tempted in by the lurid, saturated colours of delicate sweet wrappers, foils and other discarded materials, she set about collecting these modest materials that would later become stunning works of art.
Goblets Series
In 'The Goblets Series' Joanne Tinker uses repurposed sweet wrappers and candy foils to form rows and rows of cheerful miniature goblets and vessels. Often invoking a sense of nostalgia, these works display order and repetition. Tinker's use of foil is constant throughout her practice mostly due to its vivid luminosity, but these perfectly formed goblets transform this everyday and usually discarded material into something precious and beautiful.
Below are examples of works in this series, each work is presented in a wooden box frame with museum quality glass. Please contact us for available works or bespoke commissioned pieces.

Joanne Tinker
Goblets on Black
Sweet wrappers and foils
80 x 80cm

Joanne Tinker
Goblets on Black
Sweet wrappers and foils
70 x 70cm

Joanne Tinker
Midas Touch - Gold goblets on white
Sweet wrappers and foils
80 x 120cm

Joanne Tinker
Tennis Goblets
Sweet wrappers and foils
60 x 60cm

Joanne Tinker
See Saw Goblets
Sweet wrappers and foils
87 x 87cm
Chairs Series
In 'The Chairs Series' Joanne Tinker uses repurposed Champagne and luxury wine cages to form rows and rows of miniature chairs, each fashioned into a unique and individual style, there are no two chairs the same in on of these works. Tinker often places a cork in the composition, she cals this a bar stool, as well as the occasional fold up chair which is a squished cage. These create authenticity to the piece, along with the artist signature.
Again, these works display the artists love of repetition, the miniature chairs sitting orderly on their little shelves. Below are examples of works in this series, each work is presented in a wooden box frame with museum quality glass. Please contact us for available works or bespoke commissioned pieces.

Joanne Tinker
Golden Chairs
Luxury wine tops & gold leaf
80 x 120cm
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Joanne Tinker
Night Jewels
Luxury wine tops with painted background
80 x 120cm

Joanne Tinker
Mirror - Please take your seats
Luxury wine tops with mirror background
80 x 80cm

Joanne Tinker
Please take a seat
Luxury wine tops on small shelves
80 x 80cm

Joanne Tinker
Please take a seat
Luxury wine tops on small shelves
70 x 70cm
Foil Series
A hugely popular artist, Joanne Tinker’s interest in re-using materials (that would normally be discarded) is a message fairly paramount to our society today. Alongside her delightful tiny goblets, Tinker also incorporates other shapes and collections from discarded foils into her practice. Tinker currently lives and works in the beautiful Yorkshire moors.

Joanne Tinker
Hanging spoons
Sweet wrapper spoons
90 x 90cm

Joanne Tinker
Vessels
Chocolate foil bowls in bespoke mount
90 x 90cm

Joanne Tinker
Sweet Success
Chocolate foils on small shelves
80 x 100cm

Joanne Tinker
Red Surf
Chocolate foils on board
90cm Diameter

Joanne Tinker
360 vessels
Chocolate foil bowls in bespoke mount
90cm Diameter