Sheila Hicks
Aion, 2026
18 kt yellow gold,Silk, shells, tourmaline brooch
gr 26.40 gold
8 x 5 cm
Unique and signed
Conceived over two years through a close dialogue between the artist, Atelier L & L (Louise Zanartu & Louis Boudart), and Elisabetta Cipriani, the collection brings together one-of-a-kind pendants and brooches in gold and silver, where silk, cotton and linen entwine with pearls, minerals, stones, and fragments of precious metal. These adornments carry the joyous, chromatic intensity and tactile immediacy of larger sculptures, while enhancing their intimate, sensual essence.
Cosmic Jewellery draws inspiration from two central forms in Hicks’ practice: the sculptural Boules and the intimate Minimes. The Minimes, small experimental studies created on a portable loom, function as personal sketchbooks through which the artist explores colour, texture, and structure.
Translated into wearable form, these works become miniature constellations and landscapes: fibre held in tension around precious matter, colour acting as structure, thread enclosing light. Rather than adapting the work to jewellery, the artist allows each piece to emerge organically, preserving the gestures and layered compositions that define the language of art.
