About my graduate collection

My collection, Hidden Value, explored value and what is determined as valuable and what is not.

Through my collection, I wanted to show how value influences the perception of jewellery, in particular fine jewellery which is heavily valued for its use of precious materials. Using this as a starting point, I settled on the idea of using actual currency, to show that the financial value of the materials used within fine jewellery is so heavily emphasised. Coins became the obvious option having been used in art and jewellery for millennia, with even the Royal Mint creating jewellery from out of mint coins, yet they are disregarded and unwanted by so many. I decided to take these coins and give them a higher value, raising them into something that is far more desirable.