MIND YOUR VALUES, 2012

Jewellery Artist Annette Dam wearing her MISFITS Brooch from 2012

Mind Your Values, 2012

The word ‘value’ in a jewelry context obviously sends one’s mind towards valuable and precious, but the title refers in its entirety also to one’s personal set of values.

The project takes its starting point in a general wonderment about my own behavior patterns and mindset as well as a reflection upon values characterizing Western society today. Among other things the Danish tendency to be somewhat conceited can advantageously be turned into curiosity, a call for a humorous, loving and critical eye.

With these jewels I put physical form to thoughts about values in general. The theme MIND YOUR VALUES is visualized from different angles, from the personal point of departure to general observations about the world I live in.

 

Annette Dam. ENVIRONMENTAL GENES Brooch, 2012 Silver, corals, ribbons, teething-ring 12x10x4cm. Foto: Dorte Krogh
Annette Dam, FINDING A SAFE WAY DOWN Brooch, 2012 Silver, brass, mahogany, epoxy, fringes, elastic, clips 25x18x3cm. Foto: Dorte Krogh
Annette Dam. MIND THE GLASS Brooch, 2012 Silver, enamel, lacquer, elastic 12x7x2cm. Foto: Dorte Krogh
Annette Dam. HANG-UPS Brooch, 2012 14K gold, mahogany, milliput, epoxy, lacquer 90x45x25mm Foto: Dorte Krogh
Annette Dam. Whats Next?

THE GREENER GRASS is a brooch with a piece of groomed grass surrounded by neatly set white pearls. With a twinkle in the eye this brooch sticks a finger into the myth about the grass always being greener at the other side of the fence.

 

Here I have created a medal that considers your own lawn as the best looking and most desirable.

 

THE GREENER GRASS

Brooch, 2012

Oxidized silver, freshwater pearls, ribbons, ”grass”, found object, clips

12x7x1.5cm.

Foto: Dorte Krogh

Annette Dam. UNTITLED Necklace, 2012 Silver, 18k gold, aquamarines, epoxy, lacquer, plastic, elastic 40x11x3cm. Foto: Dorte Krogh
When Complexity Moved In, Happiness comes in many forms, 2015. By Annette Dam
Annette Dam. MY PRINSESS Ring, 2011 14K gold, silicone stamp 3x2x2cm Foto: Dorte Krogh