ABOUT THE WORK:
Fervour's Own Jewellery is a collection of jewellery for all genders designed and made in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia) by settler artist Kit Holden-Ada.

This work—of and for the body—is an exploration of multiplicity, experimentation and the blurring of binaries.  Using combinations of textures, materials & the use of positive/negative space to reflect an embodiment of the in-between, Fervour’s Own Jewellery is a material expression of both/and.

ABOUT THE MAKER:
I’m Kit, the dirty hands & active mind behind this work. I was born and raised on the prairies (Treaty 2 territory) and now live on the east coast in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, NS). I miss the dry air and big skies but the oceanside romanceis thick.

I studied as an interdisciplinary artist (ceramics, sound, metalsmithing) at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design from 2002-2009 and have been producing this line of jewellery since 2011. I appreciate working in close relationship with the body and the elements, and I consider hand-making one facet of a committed embodiment practice.

Developing this work has been integral to embracing the liminal and expansive aspects of myself as a queer non-binary person. With jewellery and adornment serving as an element of self-expression—the means by which we present and perform our often varied, complex, and intertwining identities—I aim to make wearable pieces that reflect some of the tension, contrast and mutability we all embody to some degree.  Adornment that is, in some small way, a declaration and celebration of the ways in which we each mix it up.