Shellter
On sheltering, shell murmur and the body as a temporary home.
Unfolding in slow sedimented layers.
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Collections are organic, living gather-things; they arise spontaneously and grow independently — even when you lose sight of them for a while.
Shellter is an ongoing project in which I explore the shell as shelter and as a carrier of memory. Is it a vacant building, a ruin layered with history, a remnant, or perhaps a new beginning?
The project explores the body as a temporary home: a shell, a vessel of both belonging and loss.
Shellter is a form of research through making, without fixed conclusions, unfolding in different forms. Symbolic, poetic, and sometimes almost alchemical experiments: writings, illustrations, photographs, and jewelry.
A rippling triptych
On remember-things, enchantment and disillusionment. On connection, humanity and our shared memory, and the (in)accessibility of what we seek, yet sometimes (just not) manage to find.
Triology - Published - April 2026
Turritella - brooch: sterling silver (925), 14 karat gold, seashell, vintage, plastic doll hand, antique precious coral (2025 - 2026).
Patiently practicing pacing - artefact: music box, porcelain, sterling silver (925), 14 karat gold, snail shell (2023 - 2025). To the project →
At a snail's pace
Atelier
Studio moment
August 2024
Human / nature - artefact: seashells, vintage, plastic doll parts (2019).
Precious coral &
aquatic matters
A tribute in triplicate
Publication
Published - August 2018