My current work reflects my attraction to bold minimal shapes and their relationship of color to metal. I work with silver, brass and copper, manipulating the material with heat to achieve a sensuous richness and satisfy a longing for touching.

Beyond traditional jewelry function, I make work that wants to be touched and experienced in an active, physical relationship with the body. Rather than passive, non-intruding jewelrywork, my objects invite the wearer-and viewer alike-to interact with the piece, to test and push pre-imposed limits and to dare.

Emanuela Aureli Oakland, CA, US