ABOUT THE WORK:
Fervour's Own Jewellery is a collection of jewellery for all genders designed and made in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia by 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:
Hi, I’m Kit (they/them), 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 of the prairies but the rugged coastlines and scent of ocean-side juniper spin a thick romance.

I studied ceramics, sound art & metalsmithing at NSCAD University and have been producing this line of jewellery since 2011. Alongside this work I maintain slow and steady engagement with an interdisciplinary art practice which involves many things and also many people, as I love to collaborate. I appreciate working in close relationship with the body and the elements and consider hand-making and embodiment practice.

The development of 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.