Storytelling

This piece by Carolin Denter is an example of how contemporary jewelry uses traditional ideas of adornment to create deep reflections on memory, materiality, and storytelling. This necklace, Exploding Grandma III, is composed of a dense, tangled cluster of pearls and at its center are mismatched components like chains, antique clasps, and fragments of metal and glass. The work speaks to themes of accumulation, disruption,…