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AYESHASUREYA



jewellery/sculpture

para(boxes) 2024 







Brass, bronze, Cloves, Cinnamon




jewellery/sculpture

parables of protection, 2024 









An aniconic and symbolic modes of more than human systems of protection are made into metallic and mechanical creatures, alchemised by the pressure of curves, patinations, movement and ultimate purpose in relating through wear and speculative function.

In a time of personal and collective grief, these talismans are a testimony to the wisdom of matriarchal and anti-colonial systems of resistance, exilers to the bounds to imperial and racist fantasies we currently live in. The pieces intend to encompass the visceral connections between the process and message, to be mapped on the body like a constellation of cosmologies - noticeable in the continuous connection to spirals, eyes and sacred plants that appear in mystic art and poetry from India.

Fire and turning elements act as markers of time and state an ode to alchemical lessons of change, stained impermanently on metal, tarnishing, distorting; whilst symbolic of disruptive, revolutionary and hopeful beginnings.

Copper, .925 Silver, Patina

jewellery/sculpture

‘Devas’ 2023

In this surrealist body of wearable metal pieces, each one is born from the iconography and cosmologies presented around Hindu deities and their physical forms - mirroring the jewellery and name itself. 
Made through digital formations, each jewel is evidence of a creative synthesis of ancient drawings with modern techniques - creating a new mythology that enables us to interact and relate to a world remote from us. Combined with this is a sense of haptic healing portrayed through the simulation of touch - mimicked through the Mudras as sacred hand gestures adorning the body.


The photos are tinged with inspirations derived from old Indian chromolithographs from India's colonial era, which historically helped to democratise depictions of Hindu cosmologies.

Directed by Ayesha Sureya 
Shot by Ritika Singh



Photos in collab w/ Ritika Singh The ancient Vedas, written in Sanskrit allude to their gods as Devas, meaning celestial and benevolent beings also referred to as the ‘shining ones

costume/jewellery 

Mya Mehmi
‘Parivaar’ video (2022)

 

jewellery/sculpture

 

‘home,stay’ 
2018



Mass-produced jewellery is often not intended to last for very long. My hand-carved rolling pin allows people to exchange their old crystals and have them embedded into their rolling pin so the memory of the jewellery is transposed into their food. This kitchen tool further enriches your culinary culture and helps you feel connected to jewellery in a different way, away from the body.

Hand-turned pine-wood, Swarovski crystals (2018)