Reconnect is a growing, on-going, project of searching for connection.
In September 2020 I learned about different forms of trauma from a theoretical point of view. I gradually discovered that trauma has a greater impact than I had expected. The more I read about it, the more aspects were present in my own life.
Since trauma can install itself in a body before someone can speak, it is impossible to treat some traumas verbally. The exercises to begin healing a body are very physical and make close contact with the body, just like jewellery.
In the first step, I explored the intertwining of jewelry and these exercises. ‘unraveling trauma’ is the outcome of that.
In the next step, I imagine jewellery and objects that invite the gestures of healing — for myself and for others.