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Love Bracelet, Heart Brooch, Ring
2024
Sterling silver, paua, malachite
$POA | ENQUIRE
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Pāua shell LOVE
Bracelet
, 2024
Sterling silver (lost wax cast), paua shell
200 x 35 x 5mm
$1400 | SOLD
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Ball ring with topaz
2024
$545 | ENQUIRE
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Pink and black studs
2024
$230 | ENQUIRE
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Malachite ring
2024
$355 | ENQUIRE
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Opal slab ring
2024
$620 | SOLD
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Paua shell signet ring
2024
$510 | ENQUIRE
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Clover Necklace
2024
Bakelite, oxidised sterling silver
570 x 50 x 3mm
$545 | ENQUIRE
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Knot link studs
2024
$230 | ENQUIRE
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Tuna
Necklace, 2024
Marine plastic, bakelite, cord
$POA | SOLD
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Paua pearl pendant and chain
2022
Paua pearl, epoxy, Australian black sapphires, oxidised silver chain
60 x 20 x 35mm, Chain 770mm
$POA | ENQUIRE
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Paua pearl pendant and chain
2022
Paua pearl, epoxy, Australian black sapphires, oxidised silver chain
60 x 20 x 35mm, Chain 770mm
$POA | ENQUIRE
Jennifer Laracy
Contemporary jeweller Jennifer Laracy lives in South Taranaki. She graduated from Whitireia with a major in fine metals in 2001. She was a participant in the 2017-19 Handshake project, with artist mentor Judith Darragh. In 2018, Jennifer and fellow Handshaker Sam Kelly established the Jewel and the Jeweller workshop and gallery in central Ngāmotu which delivers contemporary Jewellery and creative classes to the public. Jennifer has exhibited regularly within Aotearoa and internationally in Italy, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands and in Alumni exhibitions in Munich, Thailand and London. Her work is held in private collections in NZ and internationally and in the public collections of Puke Ariki Museum, Taranaki, Dowse Art Museum, and Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Jennifer Laracy’s exhibition works are primarily one-off pieces that often focus on materiality and a provincial vernacular extending on themes of identity and location. She has an intuitive approach to her practice; works are often prompted by sketches and solved using a wide variety of materials and construction techniques. In recent years, Jennifer has worked with a restricted palate of pāua (abalone) shell and silver. These reflective pieces convey something of the jewellery-making heritage in Aotearoa, posing interesting examples of cultural messaging through objects.