Fran Carter
A bold contemporary pendant that transforms discarded materials into a striking piece of wearable art.
Created by Wellington contemporary jeweller Fran Carter, this large pendant belongs to her Liminal Moments, Liminal Spaces series. The work reflects the visual fragments gathered while moving through the city—moss-covered corners, peeling paint, weathered surfaces and pieces of discarded plastic and metal.
Fran transforms single-use gelato sample spoons through her own hand-developed process, creating a translucent surface layered with soft greens, yellow and touches of vivid orange. Its irregular upper edge is determined by the reclaimed material itself, giving the pendant an organic quality that contrasts with its strong, curved form.
The reverse is made from a repurposed perforated baking tin finished in fluorescent orange enamel, referencing hazard signs and stormwater grates. Fine silver rivets, aluminium details and a hand-plaited adjustable cord complete this distinctive statement piece.
The series was selected for Adorn Axis’s online exhibition Here & Now: A Sign of the Times, presented for New York Jewelry Week in 2022.
Sculptural. Reclaimed. Bold.
Repurposed plastic from gelato sample spoons, brass, repurposed aluminium, aluminium chenier, fine silver, stainless-steel wire, enamel paint and hand-plaited nylon cord 115 × 100 × 5 mm, with adjustable cord Large contemporary pendant on a hand-plaited adjustable nylon cord 2022
This is an original, handcrafted piece of contemporary jewellery. Small variations and irregularities are intrinsic to the reclaimed materials and making process.
Fran Carter
A bold contemporary pendant that transforms discarded materials into a striking piece of wearable art.
Created by Wellington contemporary jeweller Fran Carter, this large pendant belongs to her Liminal Moments, Liminal Spaces series. The work reflects the visual fragments gathered while moving through the city—moss-covered corners, peeling paint, weathered surfaces and pieces of discarded plastic and metal.
Fran transforms single-use gelato sample spoons through her own hand-developed process, creating a translucent surface layered with soft greens, yellow and touches of vivid orange. Its irregular upper edge is determined by the reclaimed material itself, giving the pendant an organic quality that contrasts with its strong, curved form.
The reverse is made from a repurposed perforated baking tin finished in fluorescent orange enamel, referencing hazard signs and stormwater grates. Fine silver rivets, aluminium details and a hand-plaited adjustable cord complete this distinctive statement piece.
The series was selected for Adorn Axis’s online exhibition Here & Now: A Sign of the Times, presented for New York Jewelry Week in 2022.
Sculptural. Reclaimed. Bold.
Repurposed plastic from gelato sample spoons, brass, repurposed aluminium, aluminium chenier, fine silver, stainless-steel wire, enamel paint and hand-plaited nylon cord 115 × 100 × 5 mm, with adjustable cord Large contemporary pendant on a hand-plaited adjustable nylon cord 2022
This is an original, handcrafted piece of contemporary jewellery. Small variations and irregularities are intrinsic to the reclaimed materials and making process.
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