Nanna Obel

Nanna Obel’s brooch Heavy weight in blue (2021), created for Art Jewellery Copenhagen’s exhibition Copenhagen ReARRANGED at ATTA Gallery in Bangkok, combines silver, enamel, photo transfer, aquamarine, and a silicone form made by Malene Kastalje. The piece features a stylized female figure whose body dangles beneath a large, sponge-like mass. One arm reaches upward, grasping…

Nanna Obel’s 2019 brooch offers a layered composition constructed from silver, gold, enamel, and pearls. The work is built as a diptych, each side evoking the shutter of a camera or lens of a surveillance device, opening to reveal fragmented images of intimate human moments. Tactile elements such as cast hands and pearls suspended below…