Happy accident: I ran across the work of Lin Cheung.
Lin’s work deals with historical jewelry, yet has a modern design.
Hidden Value 2006
I love this strand of “locked lockets”. She says of her work, ” …visualise the sentimental value of a piece of jewellery and the personal meanings placed onto it by the wearer that a viewer has to access to.” These lockets are set like stones and cannot open. “Whether a locket is full or empty, the perception of preciousness is in the concept of the locket itself: believing that it should contain something of value.”
The sentimental value, personal layering of meaning, and preciousness remind me of something else: Photography.