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A pair of asymmetrical sterling silver earrings constructed around recovered shards of vintage blue-and-white Delftware ceramic found in the artist’s garden. Each earring follows the irregular geometry of its individual shard, preserving the distinct character of the broken fragments. Fine channels of light blue cubic zirconia move across the surfaces, introducing rhythm and luminosity. The works combine historical ceramic pattern, contemporary line and wearable architecture.

Fragments of Delft Sky forms part of a body of work centred on found objects recovered from the soil of my garden. Each unearthed fragment carries traces of forgotten domestic life, material culture and passing time. Rather than treating such remnants as debris, I approach them as accidental archives whose broken forms invite renewed meaning through jewellery. The found objects in this pair are shards of old Delftware ceramic. Known for its blue-and-white decorative language, Delftware carries associations of home interiors, trade history, ornament and inherited domestic taste. Buried and broken, these once-functional objects have lost their original purpose, yet they retain pattern, memory and presence. By incorporating them into earrings, the fragments shift from tableware to adornment, from household object to intimate body object. Each earring was intentionally designed according to the unique outline of its shard. No attempt was made to force symmetry or erase irregularity. Instead, the pair embraces difference, allowing each fragment to determine its own form while remaining visually related to the other. This approach reflects the nature of memory itself: connected, but never identical; paired, but never perfectly balanced. The surviving blue motifs are partial and interrupted, revealing only sections of their original imagery. These traces become poetic rather than incomplete. Floral marks, ornamental lines and fragments of pattern appear like glimpsed memories or fading maps. The missing sections are as significant as those that remain, allowing absence to participate in the composition. Sterling silver settings provide structural clarity and contemporary framing, while light blue cubic zirconia lines cross the surfaces like seams of light. These stones do not merely embellish the ceramics; they create a dialogue between fracture and repair, past ornament and present intervention. Their sparkle suggests the possibility that brokenness may be transformed rather than hidden. Conceptually, the earrings reflect on how beauty survives damage. They ask whether fragments may carry more emotional resonance than complete objects, precisely because they bear evidence of time, loss and endurance. Worn on the body, the shards regain movement, visibility and new life.