I focus on making jewellery and wearable pieces related to human body. I am interested in every aspect of human condition – mental and physical, thus I relate to it in my work.
I think we often try to forget about our own physicality and keep correcting the imperfections we forced ourselves to believe in, trying to comply with strict beauty ideals we produced, doing our best to not accept our organic physicality. I am using art and design to move away from that mindset, forcing the viewer to think about their body with all its imperfections, and see it as something beautiful and worth celebrating.
Aleksandra Koziolek
at One with Nature
Photography by Shannon Tofts.
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'at One with Nature' - Work in Progress.
The first silver ring from the collection 'at One with Nature'.
Photography by Shannon Tofts.
The second silver ring from the collection 'at One with Nature'.
Photography by Shannon Tofts.
The third silver ring from the collection 'at One with Nature'.
Photography by Shannon Tofts.
The fourth silver ring from the collection 'at One with Nature'.
Photography by Shannon Tofts.
The fifth silver ring from the collection 'at One with Nature'.
Photography by Shannon Tofts.
The 'at One with Nature' Collection Statement.
The "at One with Nature" collection is inspired by nature with a focus on the relation between the human body and botany.
It tells a story of how the human body and nature physically and metaphorically reunite after the human dies and decomposes, being reabsorbed by nature.
Admiring various plants and their anatomy I paid most of my attention to trees and their visual allusion to the human nervous system. Inspired by thar connection I continued my research by visiting botanic gardens and the Surgeons' Hall Museum to look for more themes and connections. My research and findings resolved in this jewellery collection.
The collection consists of three mini collections: five rings, three brooch pins, two brooches and a neckpiece.
As the theme of my work is growth, the rings and brooches are presented from the smallest to the largest piece.
To get a full idea of what the work is about, the pieces must be presented on or with relation to the human body, giving the idea of them being inseparable, created to be worn and become part of the wearer.
Aleksandra Koziolek
at One with Nature
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