Hihi. Celeste/cee/ovitacole here.
As an autodidactic transdisciplinary artist đđœââïž, my journey into jewelry-making, particularly the lost wax process, has been a valuable support across my artistic endeavours.
Sculpting and carving fascinate me, but it seemed distant and challenging. Like many practices at first, it felt like an exclusive art formâsomething I could admire from afar. Placed on a pedestal, imagining it required a level of mastery that made effortless spontaneity or lo-fi experimentation seem mutually exclusive.
BDW (briar de wolfe) made this process accessible to me, allowing me to transform abstract ideas into tangible pieces. Since 2019, Iâve been playing with ring designs, and more formally in the past year through a one year self-directed residency. Creating miniatures, exploring a collection and using this process of shaping and forming to enhance my world-building in fiction writing. It deepens my ability to translate thoughts into physical forms.
My initial experiments with playdough as a child were more about feeling textures and shapes than creating specific forms. Little Celeste noticed unclesâ teeth, chains, and rings; observed deities and gods adorned with body ornaments; and during my agency-forming years, unintentionally sought after womxn who adorned themselves. Reflecting on this, I realize Iâve felt a deep connection to the tactile and transformative nature of jewelry. The power it commands over you, like photography.
Anyhow, I'll be sharing my jewelry learnings and thoughts here. Jewelry-making challenges and adorns me in a deeply intuitive way. This process of shaping and forming not only enhances my world-building in fiction writing but also aids my ability to translate thoughts into physical forms.
Let's make some jewelry, my prettyyyys. đ
