Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society invites you to celebrate its fifth annual members' exhibition, Camp: A Spectacle of Rings. What better way to celebrate than to show off your best cocktail rings! This year, Co-Adorn asked the seriously playful artist to respond to the theme: Camp. 

Reaffirmed by theatrical subculture, and historically present in the exaggerated elegance of Baroque Art, 'Camp’ provokes an innovation of aesthetic values; celebrating obscure, unreasonable, artificial and emotionally calculated style.
   -  Meris Mosher, Co-Adorn

What is camp? Camp is a cultural trope, a specific aesthetic style. Camp celebrates the obscure, the unreasonable. Camp provokes innovation. The essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural, of artifice and exaggeration. See our academic inspiration here: Sontag, S. (2018). Notes on 'Camp'. London, UK: Penguin Books. 

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​Allyson Simmie
Rose Rock Ring, 2019
Sterling silver, rose rock (calcite)
4.5 x 5 x 6 cm

Anastasia Pindera
Leg Ring, 2021
Sterling silver, cubic zirconia
4.1 x 1 x 4 cm

Anastasia Pindera
Spin(st)er Ring: Crazy Lady, 2021
Sterling silver, brass, cubic zirconia
3.6 x 2.3 x 3.7 cm

​Barbara Cohen
Strutting Their Stuff, 2020
Silk cocoons, sterling silver, paint, oil stick, feathers, 22k gold leaf
15 x 22 x 16 cm

​Barbara Cohen
Threesome, 2020
Cocoons, sterling silver, paint, feathers, glass beads
​6 x 14 x 12 cm

Annie Tung
Bloom 4, 2020
Sterling silver, 22k gold leaf, resin
4 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm

​Brielle Reeves
Apple Cross-Section, 2021
Glass beads, felt, nylon thread
5.5 x 7.5 x 1.5 cm

​Beth M. Biggs
Medieval Lace Rhodolite, 2020
Sterling, 14k gold, rhodolite garnet, zircon
35 x 35 x 27 mm

Carolyn Young
Floraison Cocktail Ring, 2021
Sterling silver, buckram, acrylic
17.5 x 6 x 10 cm

​Floraison Ring celebrates the theatricality of the hand and the performative gesture.

LEFT - Berkeley Brown
Oscillation Ring, 2021
Sterling Silver, 14k gold, freshwater pearls, topaz, citrine

RIGHT - Catherine Granche
Briller en société, pour Thérèse, 2021
Sterling silver, porcelain, gold lustre, faience, myrrh
4 X 4 X 42 cm

Carmel Boerner
Glamping, 2021
Sterling silver, mylar emergency blanket
4 x 1.4 x 6 cm

Carmel Boerner
Bottoms Up!, 2021
Sterling silver, martini glass, felt
12.3 x 12.3 x 28 cm

Chantel Gushue
no title, 2021
Resin, ovine bone, silver, synthetic sapphire, 10k gold, glass beads, polymer
6 x 6 x 6 cm

Chantel Gushue
no title, 2021
Ovine bone, silver, imitation emerald, 10k gold, glass beads, polymer
5 x 4 x 4 cm

​​Dominique Brechault
Comfort Ring 3 (yellow), 2019
Sterling silver, silicone (reclaimed kitchen gadget)
2.5 x 1.5 x 2.5 cm

​Dominique Brechault
Comfort Ring 1 (green), 2019
Sterling silver, silicone (reclaimed kitchen gadget)
2.5 x 2 x 2 cm

​Chris Shute
"Et tu Brute", or the "finger" ring, 2021
Scotch elm, sterling silver, reproduction Roman coin, mother of pearl, cubic zirconia, Afgani goat fur
7 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm

​Kathy Ouellette
untitled, 2021
Porcelain
7 x 5.5 x 9 cm

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​Éliane-Catrie Blouin Achim
Visite Nocturne, 2021
Sterling silver, concrete, quartz, natural pigments, aquamarine, amethyst, bronze, plastic, tooth, glass, resin
3.2 x 7.3 x 2 cm

Emily Blair Wareham
Self-Indulgent, 2021
Polymer clay, glass, cubic zirconia, fine silver, copper, powdercoat
12 x 4 x 3 cm

Self-Indulgent is an exercise in material exploration and form, breaking free of the confinement of any boundaries or rules: the type of boundaries we put on ourselves that only hold us back.

Emily Lewis
The Prospect Of 1 (midnight), 2021
Copper, powdercoat, pearls, resin, glitter, paraloid
15 x 9 x 9 cm

Emily Lewis
Prospect Of 2, 2021
Copper, powder coat, jade, glitter, resin, paraloid
15 x 10 x 8 cm

Emily Lewis
In Prospect Of 3 (pearly white), 2021
Copper, powder coat, glitter, resin, pearls
14 x 10 x 8 cm

Gayane Avetisyan
Sounds of Spring, 2019
Enamel, sterling silver, fine silver, 24k gold foil, 18k gold, sapphire
1.5 x 1.5 x 3.5 cm

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Fiona Maclean
Growth of Beauty, The Strength of the Ugly, The Balance Between, 2020
Sterling Silver, copper, garnet
10 x 10 x 10-15 cm

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Jamie Kroeger
Lost and Found: Yoho Valley, 2019
Steel, cotton, paint
9 x 5.5 x 8.5 cm

Lost and Found: finding comfort in the artificial elements

​Jessica Dawe
Renaissance Dreams, 2021
Sterling silver, brass, fabric, felt, recycled feathers
14 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm

​Jessica Dawe
Rainbow Fleur-de-Lys, 2021
Sterling silver, thread
9.5 x 9.5 x 4.2 cm

Kayla Lim
Spontaneous, Ring 1, 2021
Sterling silver, nylon
4.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm

Julie Bégin
Sweet Vengeance, ring #1, #2, #3, 2021
Paper, brass, paint
6 x 2.2 x 3.8 cm, 3.8 x 3.5 x 5.3 cm, 3.8 x 3.8 x 4.7 cm

Kim Paquet
Without Pretension 2, 2021
Sterling silver, smokey quartz, citrine, topaz
4 x 3.5 x 6.5 cm

Kim Paquet
Without Pretension 1, 2021
Sterling silver, smokey quartz, citrine
3.5 x 2.3 x 3.5 cm

Lindsay MacDonald
Junkyard Galileo, 2021
Sterling silver, acrylic, tail lights, cutlery handles, mother of pearl
7x7x4cm

Lindsay MacDonald
Lightkeeper Duo, 2021
Sterling silver, mother of pearl, salvaged tail lights, acrylic
9 x 2.x 2.75 cm

Lena Binnington
Crackle Ring I, 2021
Sterling silver, copper, enamel, acrylic
7.8 x 7.8 x 2.5 cm

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Mavis Chen
Kite Ring, 2019
Sterling silver, copper
7.4 x 1 x 2.8 cm

​Mavis Chen
This Life is a Gift, 2020
Sterling silver, copper, beads
11 x 4 x 6 cm

Meris Mosher
1992A, 2021
Sterling silver, lab-created gemstone, resin
2.2 x 2.1 x 3.0 cm

Obscure ideas of fictional extravagance: let's play jewellery

​Meris Mosher
1992B, 2021
Sterling silver, lab-created gemstone, resin, glitter
2.5 x 2.2 x 2.6 cm

Meris Mosher
1992C, 2021
Sterling silver, lab-created gemstone, resin
2.6 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm

Nicholas Rosin
Fucking in Tents, 2021
Sterling silver, 14k gold, garnet
2.2 x 2.2 x 3.6 cm

Michelle Plamondon
Industrial Cabochon, 2021
Sterling silver, resin, concrete
5 x 4.5 x 4 cm

Michelle Plamondon
Slate Steel, 2019
Steel, sterling silver
3 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm

Pamela Ritchie
Pass the Butter Please, 2021
Sterling silver, copper, resin
5.3 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm

​Pamela Ritchie
He is a Shadow of His Former Self, 2021
Sterling silver, copper, polymer, resin
5.3 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm

​Paul McClure
Nucleus Slice​, 2020
Sterling silver
4 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm

​Paul McClure
Cocci Slice, 2021
Sterling silver
5 x 2 x 3.5 cm

​Paul McClure
Spirillum Slice, 2021
Sterling silver
5 x 2 x 3.5 cm

Saira Brown
Leicester Square, 2019
Acrylic, fabric, sterling silver
3.6 x 2.6 x 6.5 cm

Saydee Chandler
Tongue Ring, 2021
Wool, brass, shoulder pads
34 x 9 x 6 cm

Tessa Price
Dreaming of the Party Days, 2021
Sterling Silver, topaz
5 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm

Sonia Beauchesne
Mine Mineral, 2019
Copper, silver, salt blocks
8 x 2.5 x 5.5 cm

Tori Poynton
Flamingo Fandango, 2021
Sterling silver, 14k gold, cubic zirconia, freshwater pearl
5 x 2 x 4.5 cm

Violeta Izquierdo
Santa Catalina, 2021
Sterling silver, freshwater pearl, flock
3 x 2.8 x 4 cm

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ZULA
Cockle of My Heart, 2021
Bronze, acrylic, synthetic hair, quartz, opalite
4 x 4 x 35 cm

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