HIDDEN AGENDER
Are 'Gent’s Rings' in the jewelry sales catalogues only for gents?
This body of work considered jewelry’s complicity in the gender stereotyping common in western culture of its time and its role in presenting a social (gender) identity.
As a reference of earlier works addressing romantic archetypes, chandelier crystals are used as a type of gem and gender symbol. Portrait pendants, and a pendant set are inspired by the author Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas, to honor an archetype often neglected.
Gender 'typecasting' of traditional jewelry forms, such as ‘Gent’s Rings’ or the strand of pearls, is subverted in works such as Pinstripe Pearls or the title piece Hidden Agender a solitaire diamond engagement ring inside of a 'gents ring'.
