I was researching narrative jewellery today when I discovered Mah Rana's work. The inspiration and ideas behind her work appealed to me the most and I found this video of her discussing her work on YouTube which is very interesting. She is concerned with the relationships we construct with jewellery and how for some people it becomes a part of them and they never take it off. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0or46gKQRIY
Does anybody have a piece of jewellery which they have inherited?
Does anybody have a piece of jewellery which they wear everyday and they have constructed a bond or relationship with that piece?
From watching the video of Mah Rana talking about her work, I too have been thinking about other peoples jewellery and the attachments and relationships it has with people. When browsing charity shops and markets there is always a lot of jewellery for sale, jewellery which once belonged to somebody. I would quite like to play on this idea of taking something once owned by somebody else and reinventing it into my own designs. In a way the presence of that person and the stories behind their piece of jewellery would still be alive within my design.
I think I might research the idea of inheriting jewellery a little further
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I don't know if this counts, but my mum has given me her jewellery box. It's amazing. I was going to 'inherit' it, but we couldn't wait that long :) very interesting post! x
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