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Beyond Pretty: The possibilities of contemporary jewellery

Listen to Myf Doughty

‘Designers are challenging and expanding contemporary jewellery practice to tell new stories and act as a medium of social and political critique.’
Myf Doughty

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Myf-Doughty-Beyond-Pretty-mixed-v2.mp3
Beyond Pretty: The possibilities of contemporary jewellery

For as long as humans have been engaging in cultural and symbolic practice, the making and wearing of jewellery and body adornments have been central to the expression of identity, status and values.

Read She Persists essay

Collection

Kyoko HASHIMOTO (designer)
Coal musubi neckpiece from the Musubi Neckpiece series
2019


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