TETHERED

For millennia, humans have always held a strong relationship with the sense of touch when it comes to belief. Clutching a talisman, wearing an amulet close to our skin, a statue worn down and polished from years of pilgrimages; tangibility gives us that sense of control amid chaos. 

Throughout the history of jewellery we have countless examples of humans placing faith in small objects we can carry and hold close to us. Whether it’s our hopes or fears, having a vessel for these abstract emotions that we can see and hold helps us to better understand them. When we place so much of ourselves in an object, when it lies intimately on our skin and carries our aura long after we’re gone, where’s the line? When does the objects’ matter become our own?