Meanings and Attachments

I think of this #necklace as an #amulet and wear it around my neck as a ward. At the same time it is a #memory necklace for me because everything on it has a #story and is a visual remembrance. As I go through life I add to it; each item is something I feel connected to. ·  The stone axe-head keeps me connected to my “brother” ·  The lock is to remind me that there is a key, and no matter what problem is going on in life you can get out of it somehow ·  The #soapstone figure is from a close friend ·  The Zimbabwean #turquoise pieces keep me connected to my homeland ·  The #ammonite was given to me by another close friend ·  The acorn-shaped #charm is from #India ·  The coins bring back #childhood memories on the farm in #Zimbabwe. When I wear this necklace I feel like I am making a statement about who I am, I am sharing a part of  myself with the world. It is me saying “Look, I am many things”. Photo by @christyannejewellery for #meaningsandattachments 2015 #Durban #southafrica #jewelleryislife #jewelryislife https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8keMmpA9A/?igshid=15pvzt3hlglbv

repost @emquiesholstein Celebrating our education at #instituteofpreciousmetals - 📷@meaningsandattachments #mahrana took this picture in 2005 when she made a workshop at the school in Copenhagen. Diana is wearing her design #lovering #kærlighedsring in #silver. Besøg #efterfest #udstillingen i #rundetaarn hvor ialt 190 kollegaer viser værker frem og fejrer uddannelsen, som desværre siden er blevet lukket. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBHHmhlg36/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ih1l9qvn3asj

❤️ this story by @namitapdx 11.21.2018 I’ve worn these bangles since I was 16. My Dadu designed them and had them made in Brazil for my mom in 1963, just before she emigrated to the US. She’d never had gold bangles as a girl. A shocking absence when you consider her age - born in 1940 - and raised in India with a mother who loved jewelry. As they are growing too small for me to comfortably remove at airports (2 broke this year from being taken on and off twice or more a month), mom #gifted me with a lovely set of new bangles. Leila now wears the set Dadu made for my mom, her Aji. As Leila moved her arm in her sleep the first night of wearing them, she kept wondering why I was there all night, waking her up. #bangles #familyhistory #familystory #meaningsandattachments #wecarryourstorieswithus https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq41f3FlzMF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1etq3r9rve4vi

#Repost @waysofpresentation "I was a punk in the 70s and have been wearing these earrings since then." #waysofpresentation #jewellery #presentation #jewels #jewelry #ear #earrings #ear #as #exhibition #eyecatcher #collection #wearit #wEARing #wearing #wearability #human #body #multiples #jewelleryislife #jewellerystories #whatisyourstory

#Repost @anneleenswillen 📿💎 #my entire #childhood #fits in one #necklace. #childhoodnecklace #jewellery #collection #towear #tocarry #childhoodbling #pearls #gems #beads #chains #selfmade #inherited #bought #received #found @meaningsandattachments #jewelleryislife #jewellerystories #jewelrystories #jewelryislife

#Repost @annaloucah ・・・ Lovely to meet with Mah Rana and learn more of her @meaningsandattachments project. Being asked to bring a piece of jewellery to be photographed that meant a lot to me I chose my silver, larimer and mirror 'talisman' that I made when I very first started my business and wore constantly for many years. It was interesting to bring in out of hibernation and reflect on all that has changed and evolved within the years since I last wore it but strengthening to recognise that the amuletic and talismanic power held by jewellery is something that fascinates me as much today as it did a decade ago. #talisman #amulet #sentiment #sentimentaljewellery #meaningsandattachments

@jesspleasejp I wear these hand made #koala and #eucalyptus leaf pendants to remind me of my 10 month traveling adventure in #Australia last year. The koala has 3 parts so as it hangs it moves and is brought to #life. The eucalyptus leaf was picked and casted into two #pendants for my #travel buddy and me by someone we stayed with who taught us a lot about #aussie #culture and #nature. #handmade #meaningsandattachments #jewelleryislife #jewellerystories #whatisyourstory Thanks Jess 👋

#Repost @wellsdaniella with @repostapp ・・・ @meaningsandattachments #safetypin #necklace Given to me by Janice Blackburn when I was working at Sothebys about 15 years ago. Feels wonderful to wear. When I started wearing it in the prestigious, formal auction house it felt a brilliant contrast to it's likely beginnings in rural Africa. Field craft with recycled materials - to Bond Street. It's beautifully made and I wear it regularly. It still feels very contemporary even though it's already something I feel nostalgic about. #fieldcraft #african #recycling #materials #craft #jewelry #contemporaryjewellery

#Repost @kinakristinaandersson ・・・ Jag älskar berättelser om smycken. Och Sofia-Li Molin, på Swedish Fashion Council, har en osedvanligt rar historia att berätta om sina favoritsmycken, en samling souvenir bracelets som amerikanska soldater tillverkade av flygplansplåt under andra världskriget. "Jag fick dem av en gammal pojkvän, ett och ett; ett på första dejten, ett på andra och så vidare. Det hann bli sju stycken innan jag var helt i hans garn.../ Love jewellery stories: Sofia-Li got these bracelets from an old boyfriend; bracelets made during world war II. Läs mer om @sofiali på kinakristinassmycken.blogspot.com #smycken #jewellery #smyckeberättelser #jewellerystories #kinakristinassmycken @meaningsandattachments #handmade #bracelets #armband #memories #minnen

#Repost @galleryso_london ・・・ Mah Rana's ongoing project #Meaningsandattachments is a worldwide series of public participation events that so far involved 11 countries and over 2000 people, an archive of jewellery stories through text, photography and film. Mah Rana's solo show at the gallery will open on the 2nd of February, #nottobemissed @meaningsandattachments

#Repost @studioslave.johnblinesart My favourite piece of jewellery. Commissioned 18ct yellow gold half round band, hand chiselled engraving of Chamonix then a snowflake then John then another snowflake. My husband, son and I went to the top of Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix in the French Alps on Christmas Day 2008 to renew our wedding vows. We exchanged these rings (my husband wears an identical ring, with the exception of my name instead of his ;-)

#Repost @_bosjo ・・・ Il più bel font. Entrambi i miei nonni si chiamavano #giovanni #nonno ❤ #meaningsandattachments #jewelleryislife #jewellerystories #famiglia #vita #life

#Repost @mariette_jewellery ・・・ Pandora cosmic stars necklace #jewelleryislife # #whatisyourstory #talnts #sharewithus #atoms #cosmic #necklace #lawrencekrauss #wearestars #stardust #beautiful #staycentred

I love this necklace and I wear it everywhere, I never take it off.

Dormer, P., (ed). (1997).  The Culture of Craft: Status and Future. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 

I have chosen to photograph my gold ring as it is important to me in two ways. Firstly it is my wedding ring of 33 years marriage to my wonderful wife Anne. Secondly it was made by my mum who at 91 this year and has decided that she cannot create as much jewellery work as she used to.

I wear this watch every day I can, and it only stays ticking when I wear it consistently. I use it as a bit of a metaphor, as long as I keep the thought of my grandad with me consistently, he is still with me, ticking away on my wrist.