The journey begins with the recreation of the Jutphaas sword, a Dutch bronze artifact dated between 1350 and 1500 BCE. Cast using ancient techniques, the process reconnects with the material history of bronze, a metal that retains its value across centuries. Bronze can be endlessly melted and reshaped, yet with each transformation, stories risk being lost. How many swords have already been reforged? How much recent history has quietly disappeared?
This project reimagines objects rich in personal and cultural meaning and transforming them into something new. Often stored behind glass or hidden in drawers, they are given new life by allowing their essence to evolve into wearable forms. Through casting, mold-making, and lost-wax techniques, the ornament becomes a vessel for memory, linking past and present through form. Each transformed piece is both preserved in the historical record and reimagined in the lineage record, proposing a future where heritage is not only preserved but actively lived and experienced.
This project reimagines objects rich in personal and cultural meaning and transforming them into something new. Often stored behind glass or hidden in drawers, they are given new life by allowing their essence to evolve into wearable forms. Through casting, mold-making, and lost-wax techniques, the ornament becomes a vessel for memory, linking past and present through form. Each transformed piece is both preserved in the historical record and reimagined in the lineage record, proposing a future where heritage is not only preserved but actively lived and experienced.
