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The Girl and the Magpie is a brand of original jewellery, consisting of unique pieces or very small series. Each jewel is entirely handmade, combining traditional and contemporary jewellery techniques, and marrying natural materials to brass and silver.
The Girl and the Magpie began making jewellery in Burkina Faso (Africa) where she learned with Soum Bounkoungou (click) to master the lost-wax casting technique, an ancestral method for casting bronze. She continued her training in classical and contemporary jewelry at the Technical School for Arts and Crafts in Brussels Belgium (Europe). She is actually living and working in Treasure Beach, Jamaica.
Wherever she is working The Girl and the Magpie incorporates local materials and techniques. Her jewellery is the result of these different cultural influences.
On top of her regular jewellery collections she creates wearable objects, which are presented during exhibitions fashions shows or as part of multidisciplinary performances. (see details below).
EXHIBITIONS (collective) (click for pictures):
- 2018 : Beyond Fashion – National Gallery, Kingston (Jamaica)
- 2017: Jamaica Biennial– National Gallery, Kingston (Jamaica) – Hair Project
- 2016: Kingston On The Edge Festival Festival – Kingston (Jamaica) – Hair Project
- 2014:
- Jamaica Biennial 2014 – National Gallery of Jamaica – Kingston (Jamaica) – Performance Love is not enough #2 – Jewellery dance performance, in collaboration with dancers Neila Ebanks (eNKompan.E), Kim-Lee Campbell, Paul Newman, Tristan Rodney & Kayon Wray, and DJ Hans De Man
- Kingston On The Edge Festival – Kingston (Jamaica) – Performance Love is not enough #1 – Jewellery dance performance, in collaboration with dancers Neila Ebanks (eNKompan.E), Kim-Lee Campbell, Paul Newman and Tristan Rodney, and musician Hans De Man
- 2013: New Roots : 10 emerging artists, National Gallery, Kingston
- 2012: Caribbean Fashion Week 2012 – Kingston – accessories to the MUTAMBA clothing line designed by Jackie Cohen
- 2011: Koubri (Burkina Faso)
- 2010: Dialogues – expo with Anne d’Huart (photo) – Belgium
Pop-up exhibition:
- 2010: Bijouterie-charcuterie – Pop up shop in a old butchery – Brussels (Belgium)
- 2008: Bijoux de famille – Pop up shop in a private house – Brussels (Belgium)
For a glimpse on the Magpie’s universe browse one of our book:
2009 – 2016
2009 – 2016
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Elles ont fait des km, les Arts et Métiers à Bruxelles (section bijouterie-joaillerie et bijouterie contemporaine), appris que tout ce qui brille n’est pas or, fait taire la Castafiore, ramassé plein de trucs qui serviront (un jour) à faire des bijoux, et appris la fonte à la cire perdue à Ouaga (Burkina Faso) avec Soum Bounkoungou (click)… En passant et repassant, elles sont tombées amoureuses du Burkina, jusqu’à s’y installer un temps. Puis la vie et les amours les ont entraînées en Jamaïque où elles sont posées pour le moment.
La fille aime les formes et matériaux organiques, le métal (surtout l’argent, le bronze et le laiton) et toute l’énergie qu’il contient une fois travaillé. Elle utilise les matériaux et les techniques qu’elle trouve où elle vit, aime les collaborations. Ce qui a jusqu’ici donné lieu à plusieurs performances (click) et à un projet collaboratif incluant des cheveux (click). Et parfois, elle inclut la bijouterie dans d’autres projets, voyageant de façon immobile ou dialoguant avec son village d’adoption.
