we were commissioned to develop jewelry using materials from different time periods. The objects are large, raw, sometimes even unwearable. There was no “limited,” so we were free to push it further.
We worked, for example, with lava (basalt), glass, flint, and copper circuit boards, materials that all share the same origin: they ultimately come from the earth, formed through heat, pressure, cooling, and time.
We explored those same processes ourselves.
Using a 60-ton press, we pressed fragmented metal elements into aluminum. Some parts remained embedded, others were pulled back out, like exposing a fossil. Traces of material captured under pressure. In other cases, the force split the material apart, allowing it to take on a new form.
Thise process mirrors how we normally work. In our own collections, we also use leftover materials and industrial techniques to create something new. This time it wasn’t waste, but the principle remained the same: transformation through experimentation.
The earth has been doing this for centuries.
These are a few of the pieces, in total, we created eight. They can be viewed at @nextnaturemuseum
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