Hypatia ( red bronze)

Joy BC Hypatia, 2021 Bronze, 18kt recycled yellow gold stell and garnets brooch and pendant 10.5 x 8.5 x 1.5 cm Unique Signed Sold “Hypatia was a force of nature. A Greek Philosopher and Mathematician. A woman who was written about by Plato in a patriarchal society. She was also murdered. In previous works, I have explored the hidden histories of forgotten female heroes, creating miniature-monuments in their honour. This brooch is to celebrate and honor Hypatia – but also to protest against violence to women. The historical recurrence of violence to women, for simply being a woman, is barbaric. In ancient times a brooch could be an emblem of authority, wealth and power. Brooches have also often been a mode of protest or a billboard of one’s beliefs. Think of badges with slogans on or the suffragette pins.The red patina and the deep blood red garnets represent bloodshed. Both bronze and yellow gold are affiliated with artworks from the Hellenistic period (323 BC-31BC). This work combines a noble metal (gold), most associated with jewellery, with a material (bronze) synonymous with sculpture”. Joy BC  

Satta Matturi Nomoli Art Deco , 2022 18kt white gold, brilliant cut diamonds, baguette diamonds, onyx & ceramic brooch Unique Africa, its art, history, design and culture, has been a constant source of inspiration for jewellery house, Matturi. Launched in 2015, the brand aims to transform diverse narratives into luxurious high jewellery, set in 18kt gold with responsibly sourced brilliant diamonds and coloured gemstones. Matturi’s design approach is carefully considered and rooted in research leading to a visual and conceptual approach to design and aesthetics. Created in limited quantities, each piece is timeless and unique. Matturi strives to bring modernity into their distinct designs that can be worn or collected by women and men across the globe.   Nimi/ Pendant Brooch Necklaces / Pendants, Brooches 2 Nimi Pendant/ Brooch Necklaces / Pendants, Brooches 2 Nimi Spiky Earrings Earrings 1 Calabash Cocktail Ring Rings 2 Pengusa Tigers Eye Earrings 1 Nomoli Totem Earrings 6 Nomoli Necklaces / Pendants 6 Ta-Seti Earrings 6 Nomoli Earrings 7 Nomoli Rings 5 Nomoli Art Deco Brooches 8

Giorgio Vigna Sasso, 2019 Oxidised silver granulation, copper, magnetic brooch 7 x 7 x 4 cm Unique and signed

Giorgio Vigna Sasso, 2019 Oxidised silver granulation, copper, silver magnetic brooch 6 x 5 x 1.5 cm Unique and signed

Sissi Nidi ( Nests), 2019 18kt gold threads with rubies, sapphires, diamonds and emeralds brooch & pendant 9 x 9 cm unique and signed   With an artistic focus of anatomical study in relations to environmental elements, Sissi brings forth new ways to interpret wearable art, as the pieces transform into a second skin of light and gold for the wearer. For her wearable art pieces, Sissi interlaces the symbolism of the bird’s nest with the anatomy of the human body. The artist’s creations are hand-made and embellished, yet delicate like her sculptures. Carefully interwoven and welded with gold and silver threads, decorated with precious gemstones, Sissi’s contemplative process re-imagines a sculptural piece of art to work in tandem with the single wearer. It was pivotal to Sissi to be personally involved with the production of her wearable art pieces. Nests draws its symbolism from natural nests which provide a safe place. Nests can be displayed as a sculpture when taken off, and becomes a sculptural work of wearable art that unites with the individual when worn.  

Jean Cocteau Profil, 1961/62 28kt gold brooch and pendant 5.7 x 4.7 cm; 29 grams edition of 50 ref. 1493   The wearable art collaboration between François Hugo and Jean Cocteau began in 1960 and brought to life an extraordinary collection of sculptural pieces which are based on Cocteau’s prolific collection of drawings. Together, they went on to create a total of 13 wearable art pieces, some in 23kt gold and others in 18kt gold, and often adorned with precious stones. Many of Cocteau’s designs are based on human beings and mystique creatures, inspired by ancient civilisations and astrological symbols. In 1961, the pieces were exhibited at the International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery in London. 

Ute Decker Rolling Waves at Dawn, 2019 18kt Fairtrade gold and 100% recycled sterling silver sculptural brooch & pin (bimetal) 9.5 x 4 x 2.2 cm edition of 24 unique within the series initialled and hallmarked   This unique piece is highly reflective of Ute Decker’s understanding of the complexities when working with two different metals, given the differences in malleability and melting points. The resulting brooch is a delicate display of two colliding components combined into a very simplistic narrative of the nature of waves, of which the bicoloured metals suggest a change in the daylight to the brightest time of the day.

Ute Decker Chaos, 2019 18kt Fairtrade gold brooch & pendant 11.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm unique within the series initialled and hallmarked   This particular brooch is an excellent testament to Decker’s work. In a wild display of Decker’s wires spreading and dashing around the spaces, this sculptural work of art can be a brooch, yet re-transforms itself into a neckpiece pendant.

Liliane Lijn Magma Brooch, 2013 Silver sulpher brooch Edition of 25 + 2APs     Evocative of her visual abstractions and material manipulations, Lijn’s concept of the primal earth are finely tuned with the geological sciences. This brooch resembles the same characteristics of the highly volatile liquid magma that keeps the planet alive and constantly rotating. This same magma that reaches the surface from volcanic eruptions, maintains the cycle of life and death, are drawn into continuous momentum of renewal and vitality that Lijn echoes in her Magma and Fossil series. There is something very personal when wearing this brooch. In a very meditative approach with these pieces, Lijn begins her pieces by moulding a clump of very hot wax with her bare hands. The high temperature, although stung her skin, the malleable nature of the wax manipulated the mass to resemble the magma of the earth. As technology has allowed her to work with a diverse range of materials in her sculptural work; instead of cast metal, electro-forming was used to carefully reflect the same earthen surface texture reinforced into this brooch.

Erwin Wurm Cucumber, 2014 Silver brooch with sapphires Cucumber length 4cm Edition of 10 Signed and numbered Make it Yours ♥ Erwin Wurm’s diverse, multimedia, witty oeuvre proclaims that “all is sculpture” in the spaces occupied by both art and life. The artist’s project of the ironic sculpture is one of the essential subversive strategies of modern art, occupying a prominent and original position. For an awards ceremony Wurm created a pickled cucumber, a parody of a figure of victory, outweighing provocation. From this idea he created a series of 40 works entitled Self-Portrait as Cucumber, showing his ability to laugh at himself. The jewellery project in collaboration with Elisabetta Cipriani recreates the provocation and irony of the self-portrait works, with a series of cucumber made in silver and sapphires. What Wurm wants to raise with this work is the astonishment caused by realising that the jewellery, made with precious gems, represent a simple vegetable that would otherwise be unnoticed or considered unattractive.