Untitled 7 neckpiece

Untitled 7 blurs the boundary between adornment and artefact. This one-of-a-kind neckpiece was created as part of the exhibition "Tangibility Matters" and is central to my doctoral research on the intersections of digital craft and traditional jewellery making. It has been exhibited internationally — in Estonia, Sweden, and Hungary.

The piece is assembled from two 3D-printed forms, connected by oxidized sterling silver, a rubber cord, and a soft clasp. Silver granulation and a raw tektite stone are embedded into the surface, evoking something both alien and ancient — a form born from both machine and hand.

This is not a product of pure digital fabrication. Nor is it entirely handmade. The translucent, unearthly effect is only possible through the tension between the two. A machine alone cannot create this. A hand alone cannot replicate it.

The shape draws deeply from my childhood obsession with The X-Files and early sci-fi imagery — strange forms, black matter, biological ambiguity. The silhouette echoes the recurring black worm motif seen in the series, filtered through memory and reimagined through material.

Untitled 7 is a result of obsessive research, speculative form-making, and the persistent question:

What happens when technology becomes tactile, and memory becomes wearable?

3D-printed resin, pigment, oxidized sterling silver, tektite, rubber cord
2018
One-of-a-kind piece