Sans Ceremonie (Without Ceremony) is a jewellery practice founded by Irma Foldenyi (HU/NL), which brings together outcomes from her on-going, often collaborative research into the sourcing and valuing of materials, and the possible roles of the jeweller within contemporary material discourse.

It seems important to try to understand where and how materials enter our lives and to question the construction of their value, but complex supply chains and industrial processing often obscure any connection to a material’s origin.

By giving form to context, she aims to reveal nuanced stories from ourgeological era. The outcomes are designed not necessarily to draw attention to themselves as primarily precious jewellery objects but to communicate their connections to broader fields — whether historical, geographical, ecological or otherwise.

Graphic design: Rose van Zijl
Code: Niels Hofsteenge
Text: Irma Földényi
Text editing: Will Pollard
Objects and photos: Irma Földényi