These earrings feature an 18ct yellow gold earring hook fixed to an oval textured sterling silver top section with an emerald cut blue topaz set in 18ct yellow gold claws on each.
An articulated silver drop hangs from the top oval sections and features a bezel set cabochon green tourmaline in the centre kite shaped section with an exaggerated 'U' shaped outer curved piece fixed to both side points.
Off the base of the 'U' shaped section hangs one pear shaped bezel set mint quartz and two 18ct yellow gold triangular shaped drops attached with sterling silver j-rings.
These earrings have amazing movement and features from every angle.
Deviate is a collection of jewellery that explores the lives and contribution of twelve noteworthy people of marginalized genders.
This idea first stirred from a desire to explore untold stories; those that are often ignored in history classes or unexplored in cinema or film. The idea churned and morphed into, at first, an annoyance at the focus in all popular culture on the same stories from people of similar backgrounds which reiterate old societal expectations, to a genuine desire to find stories about people who deviated from traditional and societal expectations.
The weaponized fragility, grit, passion and bravery these individuals experienced and required throughout their lives served as the inspiration behind each piece.
Danielle has used her own symbolic language of viewing precious metal as pages in a book that can be used to weave together the narrative elements of each person’s life into their jewellery piece, with the hope of creating pieces that are not only beautiful, but also convey substantial meaning.
These pieces are not intended to encapsulate an entire person; their being, their feelings and the meaning of their existence. But rather, Danielle has sought to make each piece as a gift to them; an ode to their contributions. If only one person who sees this collection learns about, and remembers, one of these undervalued and under praised people and the impact that their lives had on the world, then the collection has successfully achieved its celebratory intention for these twelve noteworthy individuals.
Danielle Barrie is a jewellery and object designer and maker based in Adelaide, South Australia, at the JamFactory.
Barrie makes innovative and contemporary pieces that allude to a sense of history and time. Her handcrafted jewellery is timeless, evoking an understated sense of luxury with a delicate hint of playfulness. Barrie draws inspiration from a wide variety of sources: architectural silhouettes, wild landscapes, the colours of a beetle’s wing or the texture of a scarf. This variety makes each collection a unique, underpinned by a core aesthetic of contrasting shapes, bold forms and structures. Barrie couples this aesthetic diversity with innovative techniques and quality craftsmanship to create distinctive, contemporary objects.
Barrie graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Visual Arts Specialisation (Jewellery & Metal) in 2015, and completed the world-renowned JamFactory Associate Program in 2017.
Image credit: Karina Sharpe @ imageupclub.
