Ashtray brooches and Supermalt earrings: Caroline Ohrt turns waste into wonders
If you’re stuck in your jewellery ways, Caroline Ohrt is on hand to shake up your accessories game. An earring that resembles the cross section of a brain, made out of an up-cycled resin coated leaf. Another, a coated and embellished crumpled up, old Extra gum wrapper. Or a creased up supermalt label struck with a line of jewels. And that barely scratches the surface.
A one-of-a-kind trip down memory lane: Clare Ngai’s nostalgia-driven jewellery brand, BONBONWHIMS
Described by Hong Kong-born, NYC-based jewellery maker Clare Ngai as “small-batch custom nostalgic & whimsical goodies”, the BONBONWHIMS business is a one-woman show inspired by all things ‘kawaii’ and ‘kitschy.’