Selected Works
This jewellery collection, Clue, is an exploration of mystery, interaction, and narrative through wearable objects. Inspired by the structure and intrigue of the classic game, I created five jewellery pieces that function both as adornment and as components of a larger puzzle. Each piece invites viewers to look closely, question what they see, and participate in uncovering a hidden solution
On Display
HOT GLUE!
A hot glue gun is a tool for holding things together. It works quickly, often temporarily, and is rarely meant to be seen, yet it often enables things to come together. In this brooch, the hot glue gun is fabricated in sterling silver and worn on the body. A moonstone droplet emerges from its tip like molten glue, shifting a familiar tool into jewellery. I am drawn to what is essential yet invisible in making. Value often begins only at completion, as if everything before it is secondary. Usefulness can lead to disappearance. Familiar tools become unnoticed despite constant reliance. By placing this object in jewellery, I shift attention to what holds things together, collapsing process and outcome, and asking what we choose to value and allow to disappear.
Featured in Plattform Schmuckkunst Exhibition 09/05 - 10/03/2026 - Priorities Group Exhibition
Toaster
A lot of jewelry is designed to be timeless, elegant, and very serious.
This ring is a tiny toaster. The ring is hand fabricated with sterling silver. Complete with a lever so the toast can move up and down like the real thing. I like the idea that something precious and something completely ordinary can live in the same object. Because honestly, if a piece of jewelry can make you smile every time you look at it, it’s doing its job.
Featured in Battle of the Rings Exhibition 05/11 - 05/29/2026, Danaca Design
https://danacadesign.com/collections/battle-of-the-rings-2026/products/emma-fortune-toaster