I do not ask whether a piece is jewellery or sculpture. I ask whether it has presence, whether it has something to say. An interview with Trinidad Contreras

On the occasion of her first solo exhibition, Solid Waves, at Hannah Gallery, we spoke with artist Trinidad Contreras about the evolution of her practice and the new works presented in the exhibition. Originally trained in art jewellery, she explores through porcelain the tensions between fragility and resilience, control and transformation. On view until 3 July, the exhibition brings together five new sculptural works that extend the artist's ongoing investigation into materiality, memory and time.

In this conversation, Trinidad Contreras reflects on the relationship between jewellery and sculpture, the role of material processes in her work, and the ideas that inform this new body of work.