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.

‘Unraveling trauma’ is a first step in an exploration of how jewelleriness can help to heal trauma.

In the next step, I create jewellery and objects that invite the gestures of healing — for myself and for others.