Cristina Dias

Statement

“Criaturas is an ongoing series of objects and jewelry inspired by tantalizing organisms. Each piece is a hybrid of an extensive collection of visual impressions with opposing qualities: attractive and repulsive, beautiful and grotesque, familiar and yet exotic. Ambiguous in form and color as to avoid the allocation of identification, each piece asks the audience to take a fresh look at surfaces, textures, colors and forms combined into whole new entities. Soft, rubbery, magnetic and malleable, the jewelry and objects invite people to come close and take part in an unconventional sensory experience.”