Dead Modern
Would you pin fish skin to your chest, tether a piece of driftwood to your finger with wire, or hang a bird skull around your neck? Nature in all its raw glory finds its way into pieces by four innovative jewellery designers.
The voice of Edina Monsoon from Absolutley Fabulous is ringing in my ear: “I’m also getting some of those lip plates from dead Amazonian Indians. I thought we could sell them as ashtrays. Don’t look at me like that, darling. We do take the lip off, you know!” Edina would have loved what these jewellers do: taxidermied birds;...