Loop Earrings (Large) – Yellow, orange, & blue/purple pattern

Anodized Titanium

2 x 1.25 x 0.5 in

A knot is just a tangle that has its shit together. I’ve become obsessed with exploring paracord patterns in my work. The material is simultaneously a hallmark of low-brow arts and crafts and a signifier of the outdoorsy-coded individual. I recreate the elaborate and colorful weaves as two-dimensional anodized titanium wearables. My translation turns this soft, cheap, and utilitarian material into something meticulously intricate and seemingly permanent. This material contradiction reflects my interest in the strange overlap between craft, adornment, and outdoor culture, while hinting at my double life as a long-distance hiker.

Artist Bio:
Mallory Weston is an artist whose work involves a marriage between traditional jewelry and metalsmithing techniques and textile techniques to create large-scale wearable pieces. She merges analog processes with computer-aided design to create objects of a hybrid origin. Her work was recently featured in solo exhibitions at Baltimore Jewelry Center and Sienna Patti Contemporary in Massachusetts. She was recognized as the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Art Jewelry Forum Young Artist Award.

Weston is an engaged participant in the global art jewelry community, regularly participating in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. She is interested in curatorial projects and collaborating with other makers and artistic platforms. In addition to her career as an educator, she maintains an active studio practice as a member of the JV Collective, a group of seven art jewelers that’s anchored in Philadelphia but national in scope.