Rebraiding
Gesture, lineage, renewal.
Naomi Wanjiku
“This work reimagines mukanda, the Gikuyu rope-making traditions, as sculptural adornment.
Embroidered with crocheted stainless steel wire and beads, the forms extend a fibre lineage into jewellery that is monumental in scale and intimate in presence.
Rocks are reimagined as pendants. They form a bridge between geology, craftsmanship, and cultural memory, connecting deep time with contemporary adornment.”
Jewellery as Memory
These sculptural jewellery pieces honour ancestral making traditions while expanding the language of adornment—where memory, material, and gesture converge across deep time.