‘Covert Jewels’ by Cinnamon Lee

e.g.etal presents the work of Cinnamon Lee as part of the State of Design Festival’s Look.Stop.Shop program. The work examines the festival’s 2011 theme of ‘Design that Moves’. This is Cinnamon’s first solo jewellery exhibition in Melbourne. Her work has been exhibited at Craft ACT Gallery and Metalab Gallery.

Covert Jewels by Cinnamon Lee

Cinnamon Lee’s work combines digital manufacturing and precious metal casting techniques to push the boundaries of metal fabrication beyond their conventional limitations. Covert Jewels presents a unique amalgamation of Lee’s jewellery and lighting design practices.

“This work pays tribute to the value of discretion,” says Lee. “It focuses on the intimate relationships that can exist between object and wearer, rather than onlooker. These rings have been designed to appear externally unassuming, but tactile patterns emerge from within to ornament only their interior surfaces, primarily for the wearer’s enjoyment.”

By investigating digital design processes, Cinnamon creates works that both reveal and conceal. This examination of the intimate nature of wearable objects questions the way in which jewellery has the capacity to move us and become a part of our lives.

‘30º Stack ring’ Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver

‘Turbo ring’ Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver

‘Flutter ring’ Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver

‘120º Stack ring’ Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver

‘Bubble ring’ Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver

‘Dimple 1 ring’ Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver

‘Grate ring’ Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver

‘Hex ring’ Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver