'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
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.
2020
High & Fine jewellery, Conceptual jewellery, Ethical Fashion Initiative, Women's, Rings, nature, environmental values
3D Print, Casting, Handmade, Wax carving
Metal, recycled silver, recycled acrylic
cubic zirconia
Rhino, matrix
