glssnt gives form to this idea.

Constructed by hand from solid silver and salvaged car and bike reflectors, each shard is sourced from London’s non-existent cycle lanes and the excess pile of a local bike shop in Hackney. As rings, they become reflective gemstones - sensitive to light and flash photography. They embody an idea of luxury that is localised, playful, up-cycled, and tailored to the conditions of living in London: glitteing waste, no sun, rush hour, collisions.

The idea that plastic residues have become our material inheritance - that they contain carbon, like diamonds, which is made up of the long-dead bodies of plants and organisms compressed into oil - is something we can take responsibility for - if these reflectors could become diamond substitutes when set in the context of silver jewellery, then our expectations of value could be destabilised; sensory engagement, locality, environmental impact, and honouring our material memory could all begin to compete for a stronger place in the collective human vocabulary of worth.

Wear it to value your environment differently.