Gems on Smoky Quartz bracelet
Twelve irregular slices of smoky quartz reveal gem-cut forms through their silver backing, echoing the memory of a traditional bracelet. Each stone is set in silver and joined by hinged links, creating rhythm, cohesion, and movement.
MEASUREMENT
19cm length, the smoky quartz are approx between 1cm and 2cm
MATERIALS
Smocky quartz, silver
COLLECTION
My aim for the Colours Lenses collection was to produce a body of work that investigates how the perception of events and objects becomes distorted in the construction of memory and the possibility that the image itself may undergo a modification subsequent to its initial conception. The collection is marked by the prominent use of transparent stones, as they symbolise the filters that memories place on our perception of events. Just as memories can sometimes distort and reinterpret experiences, these transparent stones are used as lens for memory which natural inclusion and colour nuances transform the image underneath. Some of the stones are revealing the cut out shape, in the metal, of stones no longer wearable or present. Other, through engraving or cut out, rebuild a specific piece of jewellery through a fragment of it in order to capture the moment of their breaking or becoming unwearable and at the same time make it wearable again in order to creates new narratives.