“I am passionate about traditional craftsmanship, ethical jewellery practices and a contemporary jewellery approach. By creating pieces of jewellery combining precious and non-precious materials and traditional craft practices, I attempt to expand the concept of ‘the beautiful and the traditional’ by contrasts and surprises: precious metals with blank polished surfaces, glossy enamel and glimmering gold leaf details on the one hand, and the use of found ‘valueless’ objects, optical illusions or gemstones in untraditional vice versa settings, on the other hand. My pieces of jewellery tell the story of materials, functions and opposites – mysterious, repelling and edgy, but at the same time smooth, colourful and shimmering.”
— Sophie Rose
Recycled.
All my jewellery pieces are made of either natural or reused materials, recycled precious metals and - yes! - recut gemstones. I buy my silver and gold from the Nordic Urban Mining project which extracts and refines precious metals from our (mostly electronic) waste, and I purchase reused/recut gemstones from a German gemstones cutting company.
Handmade.
I design and handcraft every piece of jewellery in my studio located on the countryside in the beautiful surroundings of Middle Jutland, Denmark. Simple geometric forms are turned into sculptural jewellery pieces crafted in recycled precious metals with strong contrasts in surfaces, forms and colours, achieved by oxidising, gilding or enamelling the metal and setting gemstones in untraditional settings.
Art.
In my artistic practice I want to give new life to found objects and tell their stories, by creating pieces of art jewellery combining these seemingly valueless objects with other (precious and non-precious) materials. By this I want to pay homage to ordinary materials and give the possibility to discover and perceive the beauty hidden inside “the scrap”.
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