I aim to explore the traditional expectations of jewelry with the inclusion of comicality. Traditional jewelry is centered on the everlasting; through the use of gemstones such as diamonds and sapphires along with precious metals including silver and gold. I look to question, challenge and contradict traditional jewelry themes of preciousness and body adornment. My recent collection entertains the idea of “jewelry about jewelry”. A wearable jest that twists expectations and adds irony to traditional jewelry.
The Artist
Natasha Morris is a metalsmith who received her BFA in Fine Arts with a minor in Entrepreneurship from Tufts University and the School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Born and raised in Florida, her upcoming body of work will delve deeper into her ancestral heritage and heartbreak. Her previous projects were greatly inspired by archetypes of jewelry and her designs of body adornment were founded on ideas of preciousness and irony. She currently resides in Lakewood, Ohio.