Non precious

 

                            Bold and bright coasted inspired Ring, hand carved from Surplus resin.

 

Caroline Brogden makes contemporary jewellery, she's a self-taught jeweller, and her style of jewellery is inspired by the environment around her. the jeweller always had interest in maintaining and upcycling things around her. she wanted to add the element of upcycling into her collection. she wants her work to convey a story around the idea of cycling, by hand carving and shaping the waste resin into eye-catching coasted inspired shapes, her work is made out of  disposable material. her collection is mostly bright and bold earrings, necklaces and rings.  Each piece of jewellery is entirely unique due to the nature of Surfite with pieces suitable for any gender. 

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this is Gelatin Silver Print of a hairstyle, 197x23/5 in150x60cm.  

J.D.'Okhai Ojeikere is an Nigerian photographer who has been documenting his native culture in black and white photographs , since 1960s.he captures elegance of hairstyles when there are celebrations, ceremonies and daily life. J.D said "I always wanted to record moments of beauty, moments of knowledge. Art is life.” these hairstyles forms a sculptural, and they are ephemeral work of art.

Narrative Jewellery

 

This is a Scrubbing Necklace made by Melanie Bilenker, the Necklace is made with hair on paper, mineral crystals, silver and silver leaf . 7 x 6.2 x .7cm, 46.5cm chain

Melanie is an American artist who lives in Philadelphia, she interpret work of Victorian hair jewellery into modern jewellery, her jewellery portrays things from everyday life trough self portraits like drawing with her own hair and set it in silver and gold. she has a Bachelor of fine Arts in Craft and Jewellery from the university of Arts. the Artist use a Drawing technique that is inspired by historic hairwork,To demonstrate and preserve passing time so that it might be relived, I attach individual strands to paper. Making a photograph look and feel authentically is my goal. Hair is a symbol for a person, closeness, a memory, and something shed.