Abigail Connell

ABIGAIL WILL NOT BE SHOWING ON THE 2022 TOUR.

After training as a classical goldsmith and cloisonee enamelist and spending many years in the field, I started to become interested in less traditional, less rigid methods of jewellery making and began experimenting with a more playful aesthetic. Using unexpected combinations –– pearls with rubber, plastic with rubies, high-karat gold leaf with dirt and grass, paper with gold, concrete with pearls and silver, metal and polymer and resin –– I have tried to create a new, more accessible language where the plastic becomes as valuable as the pearl, a found pebble as valuable as a gemstone. My work focuses on contrast — trying to create a balance between the smooth and the rough, the old and the new, the humble and the precious. 

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