Jewels for the Hall is a series of site-specific sculptural installations made for Goldsmiths’ Hall. Each work is unique and responds to particular spaces, ideas or materials within the building.

As an Artist Jeweller Ella Fearon-Low creates work, often brooches, that she considers to be like miniature sculptures. For Jewels for the Hall Ella has flipped that idea to make several sculptural installations that will act as ‘jewellery’ for the Hall during the two weeks of Goldsmiths’ Fair 2025, decorating and adorning this imposing building with visual artworks. This project is like a physical poem for the Hall, both for what it is and what it represents: the home of a community, a status symbol, and a piece of history. It is a building that is steeped in making and materials, with its slabs of deeply veined marble, ornate gilded ceilings and wrought iron.

Contained within this body of work is an exploration of what it means to be precious and where the value lies in art and craft. Is it embodied in the materials themselves, the design process and ideas, or the hundreds of hours of skilled making? Is the outcome of making art objects the material reality of the thing produced, the meaning the maker intended, or the experience and feeling it imparts to those experiencing it?

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