Assemblage + Waste + Memory = Jewel

This reflection provides further insight into the interaction between Jewellery Design and Art, through the exploration of an applied research methodology that did not exclude intuition, experimentation around materials and techniques, and the enhance of emotion and memory. Jewellery and Art gradually approached over the 20th century, a more affirmative aspect since the 60s, with the pioneering use of industrial materials, often intersected in assemblages and the adoption of the multiple, in denial of the single product. New relationships between body and object as well as new meanings were explored, stimulated by even futuristic jewellery concepts that provided a new experience to the user and freed themselves from the exclusive use of precious metals and gems. This involvement has contributed to the affirmation of jewel, one of the least changeable products that communicate something about us and the way we see ourselves in the world, more actively or more implicitly. The literature review and instruments such as exploratory sketches and prototypes play a key role in our applied research, focused on strategies that provide new experiences to the jewelry owner, minimize the environmental impact through options such as upcycling, and affirm a line of research focused on body-object relationship and memory.