Siri Hansen

Bio

Siri Hansen, born in 2001 in Sweden, is a jeweller, maker and plasticsmith working primarily with plastic waste as a material. She recently completed her MFA in Craft at Konstfack University in Sweden, which she undertook from 2024 to 2026. Before this, she completed her BA(Hons) in jewellery at the Glasgow School of Art in the United Kingdom between 2020 and 2024. Her work has been exhibited at the Grassimuseum in Leipzig in 2024, at Kulturhuset and The Cell during Stockholm Craft Week in 2025, at Dover Street Market in London in 2025, at China Craft Week in Hangzhou in 2024, at the IV Biennale dei Licei Artistici in Rome in 2024, and at the Pinakothek der Moderne during Munich Jewellery Week and Talente - Masters of the Future 2026 in Munich.

 

Statement

My practice explores and questions traditional notions of material value through contemporary jewellery, mainly brooches, made from discarded plastics. My work uses waste as a starting point; instead of viewing it as a product to discard, I see it as a valuable material that can and should  be reused. 

The pieces are shaped through processes of heat and pressure, using self-constructed tools alongside traditional jewellery and silversmithing techniques, which is something I refer to as plasticsmithing. Balancing between adornment and critique, the pieces function as intimate yet political objects, inviting the viewer and wearer to reflect on what we choose to preserve, what we discard, and how these choices shape our relationship to the material world.

Jewellery has historically been associated with preciousness, typically through being made from materials like gold, silver, and gemstones. By combining discarded plastic with silver and gemstones, the project places these materials in direct tension with each other. What happens when something overlooked, like single-use plastics, is worn on the body alongside what is traditionally considered precious? The pieces aim to shift perception, asking the viewer to reconsider what is valued and why.
 

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