Naomi Mcintosh uses jewelry to reveal the landscape of the body. Her dynamic, sculptural and precise pieces in wood and perspex investigate how we perceive the volumes, planes and forms that surround the surface of the skin. Her creations change according to the movement of the body, revealing new spaces, colors and patterns. Mcintosh’s work juxtaposes architectural methodologies and drawing conventions with the irregular volumes found in drawings of wood and rock formations and contour maps, as well as the contours of the body. Her works are “wearable drawings,” in which planes and lines suggest forms and capture volumes, transforming two-dimensional surfaces into three-dimensional objects. Her process involves hand drawings of the body as well as three-dimensional body scans, laser cutting and steam bending. Mcintosh studied architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, before earning her Master’s degree in design from Central Saint Martins.
