Ocean Series Brooches
This brooch evokes a fragile coastal ecology poised between loss and renewal. Hand-woven from hundreds of tiny glass beads, the circular form is composed of pale blues and silvery whites, punctuated by a warm amber core. The surface reads as both cellular and architectural: a dense, living lattice that suggests coral structures slowly accreting, eroding, and reforming over time.
Cool, translucent tones recall bleached reefs and shallow waters, while the amber centre introduces a pulse of warmth, an echo of life persisting beneath stress. Subtle shifts in colour and texture create a sense of movement, as if currents are passing through the form.
This brooch reflects the precarious state of the world’s oceans. Rising temperatures, acidification, plastic pollution, and overfishing have driven coral bleaching on an unprecedented scale, stripping reefs of colour and vitality. Coral becomes both a quiet elegy and a gesture of care: a reminder that these delicate ecosystems are living architectures whose survival depends on balance, restraint, and collective responsibility.