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‘Bomb Wreck Jewellery’ is a project of Jiska Hartog, Michiel Henneman and
Jonas Staal.
In the project ‘Bomb Wreck Jewellery’, we have developed a jewellery
collection made up of scrap pieces from the bomb wrecks on Al Mutanabbi
Street in Baghdad, Iraq.
Consisting of glass melted by the heat of the blast, metal shards, wire
and motor parts. Processed black silver was the material used to put the
segments together so they could be worn and so they would be
recognisable as jewellery. In fashioning them, we adhered to the rule
that in no case could any material be added to the jewellery which would
increase its economic value, such as would occur if gold, for instance,
were mounted to it: the tension in the jewellery is created precisely by
imparting economic value to the ‘worthless’ pieces of glass and metal
which only acquire relevance by virtue of their historical significance
as remnants of an attack.
The collection of objects consists of the primary selection standard to
the jewellery sector: a necklace, brooch, ring, earrings and bracelet.
read more about the concept and history of the
‘Bomb Wreck Jewellery’.
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