Karman Jewelry / Orsolya Karman Austria
Absence brooch
Piece featured in the exhibition Tincal lab Challenge 2025 Jewelry and Celebration (maximum price 150€)
Materials acrylic glass, paper, foam paper
Size 130x130x58mm
This jewelry series explores the fragile gravity of celebration, where fleeting moments settle into memory and layer into our identity.
At its core lies the profane symbolism of the muffin paper, a modest yet fundamental emblem of festivity, deeply rooted in childhood and shared memories. Through repetition, layering, shifts of scale, and contrast, it is transformed into sculptural jewelry, where the ephemerality and fragility of paper meet the permanence of acrylic glass. The delicate layers evoke both joy and absence, while the clarity of glass preserves the intensity of memory. Each piece emerges as wearable art, honoring past gatherings, the enduring moments of shared life, and the layered fabric of our memories.
