Nanna Melland
Norway
ring of ignorance 1 of 3
Materials - Tin
Size - 1 in x 1 in x 5/8"in (2.54 x 2.54 x 1.56 cm)
Ring size - Size: 2,5 cm
Weight - .33 oz (9.4 grams)
Physical NFT + 360° video
At times, a lot of courage is needed to face the obstacles and uncertainties encountered in life. No wonder the field of jewellery contains many examples with protective and luck bringing properties. Nanna Melland takes you on a jewellery journey with this replica of the Atomic Bomb ring to spark a conversation of ignorance that the atomic bomb represents.
“Courage is man’s answer to the conditions in life”.
Is the time right now, to activate spiritual meaning and power relevant to people enmasse, within the field of contemporary jewellery, and can it be done without entering the “darkness” of magic and superstition?
ring of ignorance 2 of 3
Materials - Tin
Size - 1 in x 1 in x 5/8"in (2.54 x 2.54 x 1.56 cm)
Weight - .33 oz (9.4 grams)
Physical NFT + 360° video
Ring of ignorance 3 of 3
Materials - Tin
Size - 1 in x 1 in x 5/8"in (2.54 x 2.54 x 1.56 cm)
Weight - .33 oz (9.4 grams)
Physical NFT + 360° video
About the artist
Nanna Melland (1969) is a Norwegian jewelry artist. In her work, Melland is interested in how materials and objects carry within themselves, stories relevant to human existence. Melland works in different materials, and a wide variety of subjects. Beeswax, aluminum airplanes, nail in gold, cast pig`s hearts, orchids in lead, Inter – Uterine – Devices (IUD`s), hence achieves – albeit paradoxically – a coherent whole.
Her work is represented in Nordenfjeldske Arts and Craft museum in Trondheim, Norway. Melland has taken part in many groups and solo exhibitions in museum and galleries around the world, The Pinakotek Moderne in Munich, The Schmuck fair, the Museum of Modern Art in Arnheim, The Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Jewellery Museum in Pforzheim, New York Museum of Arts and Design and The Dowse Art Museum in New Zealand.
In 2017 she was a guest professor at Burg Gibichenstein in Halle, Germany. She studied at the Munich Art Academy under Professor Otto Künzli, and at the university of Oslo, she studied social anthropology and history of religion. Her focus was cultural objects, myths, and storytelling. Melland currently lives and works in Oslo.