2020 –Recycled 18ct yellow gold and ruby.
HDW 31 x 21 x 28 mm
“Blood sweat and tears, a phrase often used when one has worked so hard that it is ensued that these human liquids have gone (metaphorically – and sometimes literally) into a piece of work or to overcome a situation.
Exploring the relationship that language and semiotics has in relation to material perceptions and how they shape our understanding or relationship with objects - this ring takes a phrase often used in the English language when describing a laborious and meaningful act
This is an ongoing body of work in my exploration of Tears and how I believe they are precious. By transforming an ethereal liquid tear into a hard stone sapphire, I am putting emphasis on the strength it takes to show one’s vulnerabilities. The wearer by engaging with this ‘totem’ becomes the owner of their vulnerability and honestly confronts the aspect of ourselves we often ignore or suppress.
There are three types of tears, ones secreted to keep the eye lubricated and free of dust, ones to remove particles when the eye becomes irritated (think of cutting an onion), and ones that fall when we feel emotional stress, pleasure, anger, suffering, mourning, or physical pain.
Whatever the type of tear, in my view, they are all precious – and even more so in a moment of empathy or as an expression of mourning for a loss of someone who was important to us. There is even a type of butterfly in the amazon rainforest that survives by lapping up the salty tears of turtles.
Blood Sweat & Tears
Blood Sweat & Tears
2020 –Recycled 18ct yellow gold and ruby.
HDW 31 x 21 x 28 mm
“Blood sweat and tears, a phrase often used when one has worked so hard that it is ensued that these human liquids have gone (metaphorically – and sometimes literally) into a piece of work or to overcome a situation.
Exploring the relationship that language and semiotics has in relation to material perceptions and how they shape our understanding or relationship with objects - this ring takes a phrase often used in the English language when describing a laborious and meaningful act
This is an ongoing body of work in my exploration of Tears and how I believe they are precious. By transforming an ethereal liquid tear into a hard stone sapphire, I am putting emphasis on the strength it takes to show one’s vulnerabilities. The wearer by engaging with this ‘totem’ becomes the owner of their vulnerability and honestly confronts the aspect of ourselves we often ignore or suppress.
There are three types of tears, ones secreted to keep the eye lubricated and free of dust, ones to remove particles when the eye becomes irritated (think of cutting an onion), and ones that fall when we feel emotional stress, pleasure, anger, suffering, mourning, or physical pain.
Whatever the type of tear, in my view, they are all precious – and even more so in a moment of empathy or as an expression of mourning for a loss of someone who was important to us. There is even a type of butterfly in the amazon rainforest that survives by lapping up the salty tears of turtles.