Jack Cunningham

Jack Cunningham’s Fragments & Curiosities (2011) exemplifies the potential of narrative jewelry to operate as both personal artifact and conceptual object. Composed of oxidized silver, Perspex, cultured pearls, 18ct gold, and found objects, the brooch functions as a miniature site of inquiry by layering visual symbolism with material juxtaposition to provoke open-ended interpretation. Cunningham, a…