FLASHBACK - THE COMMISSIONER PROJECT
Disrupting the image, reclaiming control.
This piece explores the relationship between intimacy, consent, and anonymity through a set of silver earrings and a necklace featuring reflective discs in place of traditional stones.
Drawing on the visual language of classic pearl jewellery, the design subtly disrupts this symbolism. The "pearls" are replaced with mirrored surfaces, transforming a traditionally passive object into one that resists visibility.
When photographed, these surfaces reflect flash back toward the camera, partially obscuring the wearer and disrupting image capture.
The piece consists of a pair of dangling earrings and a structured necklace that frames the face. The earrings allow light to scatter unpredictably, shifting attention away from the wearer's face.
The necklace sits flat against the body, forming a controlled, collar-like structure. This contrast between movement and stillness produces two modes of resistance: one dispersed and unstable, the other direct and controlled.
Inspired by Want, the work considers anonymity as a condition in which desire can exist without judgement, informed by the consent-led frameworks of Ita O'Brien.
By redirecting photographic flash back toward the viewer, the jewellery challenges the dynamics of looking, exposure, and power — proposing that the ability to control when and how one is seen is itself a form of agency.
