A visual artist based in Chatham, New York, Amelia Toelke playfully engages the language of adornment by remixing iconic symbols and recognizable jewelry elements with vintage components and historic jewelry forms. Created with an eye for detail, craftsmanship, and style, the resulting pieces comprise unapologetically bold and refreshing takes on traditional jewelry design. The human impulse to communicate identity through adornment has long inspired Toelke, whose work makes evident that what we wear is intertwined with both who we are and who we want to be. Taken together, her pieces emphasize that jewelry is at once public and intimate, precious and, perhaps most importantly, powerful.
