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Mia Kwon
Mia Kwon’s Balance brooch is constructed from Mont-Blanc porcelain, slip cast into repeated pleated segments that are later assembled into a complete circular form. Each fluted module is individually shaped, pigmented, fired, and polished to a slick, almost lacquered surface. The units are then sewn together with thread and reinforced with silver and steel findings.…
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Gijs Bakker
At first glance, Gijs Bakker’s Frank de Boer brooch reads like a cut-out image caught mid-motion. A frozen athlete suspended in a high kick. The figure is printed in a warm, sepia-toned palette, as if lifted from an old newspaper photograph and preserved just long enough to become collectible. The pose is dramatic, but the…
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Raquel Bessudo
Autumn Bouquet III presents itself as a small cluster of flowers, compressed into a tight silhouette and held just slightly off the surface like a cutout memory. It reads as soft and familiar at first glance, but the longer you look, the more the brooch reveals itself as something constructed through layering, edged composition, and…
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Elisa Vieira Novás
#Threads 1 is light, open, and deliberately unresolved visually. The collar takes shape as a loose ring of interconnected forms rather than a fixed perimeter. It reads less as a contained object and more as a system that is porous, expandable, and responsive to space. Air and movement are not incidental here; they are integral…
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Emily Culver
The object is neither clearly internal nor external, neither fully sculptural nor overtly wearable. Stereoscopic Flesh, Illusionary Organ presents itself as an ambiguous bodily fragment. Its scale suggests intimacy, yet its surface resists familiarity. Culver positions the viewer immediately in a state of uncertainty, asking them to look closely while withholding legibility. The form is bulbous…
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Jamie Kroeger
Drummond Creek presents itself as a dense, compact object that is heavy in both material and implication. The ring does not aim for refinement or visual resolution. Instead, it reads as something assembled under pressure, closer to a fragment or remnant than a polished adornment. The structure is angular and asymmetrical. Rusted steel defines the…
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Anna Davern
Anna Davern’s SHIRLEY & DOLORES functions as a hybrid object that merges jewelry, image, and narrative device into a single wearable form. Created for Made | Worn, the work reflects Davern’s long-standing interest in storytelling through material accumulation and theatrical construction. Formally, the necklace is symmetrical and frontal, reading almost as a flattened portrait or…
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Philip Sajet
Philip Sajet’s, Shard, is a ring that resists comfort visually, materially, and symbolically. It announces itself not as adornment in the traditional sense, but as an interruption. The object feels closer to a fragment pulled from an accident site than a jewel intended for the body. This tension is deliberate, and it is where the…
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Christine Matthias
At first glance, Christine Matthias’ Brooch (2015) feels like a small monument that is quiet, deliberate, and certain of its form. Made of silver and ebony, the piece balances light against the dark with precision. The top section, a smooth panel of deep ebony, anchors the composition. Beneath it, a sheet of silver opens up…
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Julia Turner
Julia Turner’s Eden Earrings are quiet, but they linger. Long, enameled steel bars in muted greens, violets, and blues hang from a dark wooden base. Each piece is slightly uneven, catching light in its own rhythm. The arrangement feels calm yet deliberate; a sentence with perfect pauses. There’s an ease in how Turner balances control…
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