Central Saint Martins

This year’s edition of JELO 6 welcomes a special collaboration with Central Saint Martins, presenting five emerging voices whose jewellery practices expand the boundaries between adornment, identity, and narrative. Boyu Yan reimagines pockets as jewellery, transforming utilitarian details into shimmering metal silhouettes that blur the line between function and ornament. Through chainmail structures and garment-inspired techniques, she redefines how the body interacts with decoration. Ida Jörgensen uses experimental beading to translate her experience of neurodivergence, each piece telling a story about ADHD and dyslexia. Her recurring red thread—the röd tråd of Swedish storytelling—weaves through her work as both mask and revelation. Lili Barglowska explores the duality of her Polish and American heritage through materials like stone, horn, and horsehair. Each piece becomes a tactile dialogue between memory, place, and the layered realities of belonging. Punch Patcharakamol Suwannakit evokes her grandparents’ home in Thailand, fusing coins, wood, and stones into intimate objects of remembrance—totems of identity and continuity. Saravich Sungtrakankul redefines notions of value and beauty by crafting lustrous “pearls” from everyday materials such as tin cans and nail polish, inviting reflection on labour, imitation, and authenticity. Together, these artists illustrate the transformative potential of contemporary jewellery as a vessel for cultural memory and personal truth.