Cigarette filters, rusty chains, old pipes and other urban detritus have found a new life in the hands of Wellington jewellers and collaborators, Caroline Thomas and Fran Carter.
It's a project that started in 2017 when they scoured the streets of Melbourne for stuff that could be given a new life as unconventional jewellery.
Fran and Caroline first met while studying jewellery design at Whitireia, and now share a studio.
Lynn Freeman talks with Caroline and Fran about Moments of Jewelleryness, which is what they're calling their just opened exhibition.
Moments of Jewelleryness by Fran Carter and Caroline Thomas has just opened at Toi Pōneke Arts Centre in Te Whanganui a tara Wellington.
