Cinnamon Lee: Covert Jewels

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Cinnamon Lee

Cinnamon Lee investigates and combines digital design practices and traditional gold and silversmithing techniques to create works that both reveal and conceal.
The application of both digital manufacturing and precious metal casting allows for a new approach to designing objects, in which the boundaries of metal fabrication are expanded beyond their conventional limitations. Lee’s work employs the capabilities unique to these techniques to create a collection of rings whose individual personalities have been deliberately introverted, providing inconspicuous secrets for their wearers rather than their viewers. Covert Jewels highlights the often-furtive nature of wearable objects, by paying tribute to the undeniable allure of concealment. 

While demonstrating Lee’s evolving expertise using digital design processes within the contemporary craft sphere, Covert Jewels also presents a unique amalgamation of Lee’s jewellery and lighting design practices. The illuminated installation of these rings contributes to the heightened sense of curiosity, evoking the desire for closer inspection. The display system incorporates pre-programmed LEDs that individually light up the internal surfaces of each ring, drawing attention to their otherwise covert nature.