Wahlenbergbreen mementos

'Wahlenbergbreen mementos' captures the ephemerality of the melting process of Svalbard’s glaciers, Norway. This collection of rings freeze focuses on the microscopic process of liquification, as millennia of ice is disappearing. In Summer 2019, Capucine went to Svalbard in the polar north, to meet a

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nd interview scientists and study ice melting due to climate change. The devastating scale of change crystallised the issues for the collection.

The jewels spark interaction and discussion such as ‘memento-mori’; they are constant reminders of what is being lost.

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Date

2020

Type

High & Fine jewellery, Conceptual jewellery, Ethical Fashion Initiative, Women's, Rings, nature, environmental values

Methods

3D Print, Casting, Handmade, Wax carving

Materials

Metal, recycled silver, recycled acrylic

Stones

cubic zirconia

Softwares

Rhino, matrix

other
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