Artist Talks

  • Artist Talk

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    June 2026

    Living Forms: When Jewellery Begins to Breathe

    What happens when metal begins to behave like life? Jewellery has long been understood as an object of permanence: precious materials shaped into forms meant to endure. Yet in the hands of many contemporary artists, metal resists this stillness. It folds, grows, trembles, gathers memory, or assumes the quiet presence of living companions. These works do not remain inert ornaments resting upon the body. They move with it, respond to it, and at times seem almost to breathe beside it.

  • Artist Talk

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    April 2026

    Forms That Remember: Jewellery as Structure, Memory and Transformation

    What if jewellery is not something we wear, but something that remembers for us? In this essay, Bianca Blanari explores how it becomes an intimate archive, carrying personal and cultural histories over time.