There is hardly any object that is as closely connected to the body as jewellery. Marion Blume is particularly fascinated by the relationship between the two – especially that fleeting moment when the act of wearing shapes the form and appearance of the jewellery. Where the movements of the body become a performative process, which unstoppably and irrevocably changes the work. Every trace of wear writes itself into the material, transforming the jewellery into something that is constantly undergoing change. Transformation is not just a visible part of the work, but is its premise, because it is only through constant change that something new can occur and continue to develop.

Marion Blume was born 1983 and raised in Munich. Following an apprenticeship at the Pforzheim School of Goldsmithing and studying at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, she returned to Munich in 2019 to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Jewellery and Hollowware class of Professor Karen Pontoppidan. She has been a freelance jewellery artist since 2016 and has had solo shows both in Germany and abroad. There is hardly any object is as closely connected to the body as jewellery. Apart from experimenting with chemical elements and exploring new materials, Marion Blume is particularly interested in the relationship between jewellery and the body, especially the moment when wearing the piece influences its shape and design. The movement of the can be seen as a performative act which, in an unstoppable and irreversible process, constantly reshapes the work. For Marion Blume, this change is something valuable and necessary – only through constant transformation something new can occur and continue to develop.