Traditionally, jewellery has always been a symbol of wealth, status, and religion, as well as for adornment. My work aims to divert the preciousness of the jewellery from its material towards its emotional influence.
My intention is to create quirky little characters that become my jewellery, each with a different story to tell. The sparkly jewels add an element of mystery and curiosity to the pieces, suggesting tales of adventures and treasures, of mystical lands and magic spells.
The aim of my work is to trigger the imagination, and remind us that sometimes life does not have to be taken too seriously. Maybe everyone needs a little frivolity to help us get through the unfamiliar and the sometimes-uncompromising times in life. I believe in the imagination. I believe there is a child in every one of us, and I hope my work would be able to bring back that little magic into our lives and remind us of the many impossible things that we so truly believed in when we were little.
“Bunny slippers remind me of who I am. You can't get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers. You can't lose your sense of perspective and start acting like a star or a rich lady if you keep on wearing bunny slippers. Besides, bunny slippers give me confidence because they're so jaunty. They make a statement; they say, 'Nothing the world does to me can ever get me so far down that I can't be silly and frivolous.' If I died and found myself in Hell, I could endure the place if I had bunny slippers.”
- Dean Koontz.
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