Ana Pina Portugal
HN02.001 earrings
Materials sterling silver (13g), rubber
Size hand: 55x35x5mm | total length: 29cm + 17cm (the rubber threads can easily be cut)
[consider the model photo for reference only, the materials and colors vary.]
Piece included in the exhibition Invisíveis são as linhas que nos prendem. / Invisible are the lines that bind us. Drawing and Jewelry
Tincal lab, Porto, 2025
On paper, the line and the word come together, between contour drawings and fragments of poetry. In jewelry, wires and chains hang the hands cut out of metal.
In reality, invisible are the lines that bind us.
And they all intersect.
The series of drawings was born out of chance and a certain fascination with hands, in 2004. The pretext was simple: to draw the left hand repeatedly. Minimalist line, essential. Sometimes a color of papers, brushes, frequently with words, always spontaneous.
About 20 years later, the drawings are cut out in metal, inspiring pieces of jewelry that are more than figurative repetitions. They allude to the complicity of the pair that touches or moves away, sustaining veins and connections, hiding secrets, imitating gestures, revealing metaphors.
It is they, the hands themselves, that create, write, draw, touch. They are the instrument, the force of expression and source of inspiration.
They make visible the lines that bind us.
And they all intersect.
