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MARIANNE MCCAUGHEY

Harmattan Jewellery

Contemporary Jewellery at Lido

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​I create contemporary jewellery shaped by time, material, and continuity.
My work draws on ancient visual languages, reassembled through modern restraint.

The pieces shown here reflect an ongoing exploration of jewellery as a cultural object — something that carries history, movement, and human presence across generations.

Passage

This necklace from the Passage Collection brings together ancient Roman glass, green garnet, iolite, and gold-filled elements in a composition that explores time, colour, and material memory.

The deep blue Roman glass beads were formed nearly two thousand years ago. Over centuries beneath the earth, their surfaces developed a soft, matte patina, creating subtle variations in colour and texture that speak quietly of their age. Rather than restoring or altering these traces of time, the necklace allows the material to remain exactly as it has emerged.

Green garnet and blue-grey iolite echo and deepen the colours found within the ancient glass, while gold-filled elements introduce warmth and structure. Together, the materials create a balanced dialogue between past and present.

Created to be worn and lived with, the necklace reflects my continuing interest in jewellery as a keeper of stories — objects that carry traces of history while becoming part of new journeys and memories.

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