2013

NAOMI FILMER “SUSPENDED BODY SCAPES”

Naomi Filmer is a contemporary jewellery designer and artist who describes her work as “objects about the body” rather than jewellery. By combining craftsmanship with new media and exploring recurring themes such as fragmentation and the isolation of the body, Filmer pushes boundaries between sculpture and accessories, creating objects that sit between art and design. She redefines the very idea of preciousness and permanence in jewellery through materials like ice or chocolate. Ice bracelets and earrings not only suggest impermanence and changeability, but when worn, they require a certain level of endurance, thus illustrating the act of wearing itself. More than simply adornment, they emphasise the experience, sensitivity, and movement of the body. 
In the work “Suspended Body Scapes”, she pushes further the boundaries of decorative objects and adornments towards sculpted elements that again take the body as the subject, but in a more abstract sense, exploring how it can be evoked. 
As she states, “the jewellery and accessories become interesting when they visualise life,” and in this sense, the set of gracious and mysterious glass objects suspended in the air can also be understood as floating body-scapes that evoke the idea of the body. 

After completing a master’s degree in Metalwork and Jewellery at the Royal College of Art, London, in 1993, Naomi Filmer earned a reputation for catwalk collaborations with designers such as Hussein Chalayan, Alexander McQueen, and Anne Valerie Hash. 
More recently, her work has been showcased in international contemporary fashion and applied art exhibitions, recognised for her sculptural forms and inventive use of materials. Naomi lived and worked in Milan for several years as a freelance designer for Fossil, Swarovski, and Antonini. 
In London, she teaches at Central Saint Martins and The London College of Fashion, but also gives lectures and runs workshops in Switzerland, Italy, and the Netherlands.