ORIGIN — Collection

For centuries gold was extracted from the earth and transformed into wealth, power, and ownership. Its value was defined through possession and accumulation.

The Origin collection returns attention to the earth itself — to the material beginnings from which both resources and cultures emerge.

Stone, matter, and form remind us that every object begins in the ground, shaped by time, pressure, and movement long before it becomes part of human systems of value.

Within Post-Colonial Gold, origin replaces gold as a form of value. Not as something to extract, but as a reminder of where materials — and histories — begin.

EMBODIED EARTH (Origin)
in dialogue with Ana Mendieta