Interview with Kellie Riggs

There are these trends going around, or at least what I would call “insta-contemporize” formulas. Painted wood objects, immediate ways of assemblage, bright color combinations and/or everything painted black, no metal usage… the list goes on. (...) people seem to be forgetting why they are making jewelry at all. And if they aren’t forgetting, least they’re not thinking to mention why the object needs to be jewelry and why it needs to be made of these things.