The piece that started my exploration of materiality and humanity back at @royalcollegeofart Made from crushed bones from the Thames, I started thinking about belief and objects. Just as many through the centuries would pass off animal bones for those of saints, those found along the Thames are from discarded animal bones from centuries of East London butchers, with a chance of something human. But in the end how much does the material matter, whether for a relic or a personal treasure, when so much of the value is in that human desperation, fear and hope we place onto it; for something to cling onto . . . . . #jewellery #contemporaryjewellery #contemporaryart #contemporaryjewelry #jewelry #objects #preciousobjects #relic