Jacqueline Cullen is inspired by dramatic acts of nature that fracture our landscape. Whitby jet, a rare prehistoric black fossilized wood, allows the London jewelry artist to explore and celebrate jagged edges, deep fissures and uneven crevices. Cullen hand carves small section of wood lined with 24k gold, “leaving delicate threads of gold running through the finished objects tracing the breaks and joins.”  An elegant reminder that there is often profound beauty in the flaw.

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