The Story | About AOK Jewellery & Annie King

The Architecture of Soul

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A DREAMER, BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF THE STRAIGHT LINE.

IN THE MODERN WORLD WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THE - THE GODLESS GEOMETRY OF CLINICAL OFFICES, FRICTIONLESS GLASS SCREENS AND MASS-PRODUCED PERFECTION. THESE LINES ARE EFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE HOLLOW. THEY OFFER NO PLACE FOR THE EYE TO REST, AND NO PLACE FOR THE SPIRIT TO LIVE.

I CREATED ANY OTHER KINGDOM TO BE AN EXIT.

I AM A SELF TAUGHT SCULPTOR OF METAL. MY PROCESS IS NOT ONE OF INDUSTRIAL PRECISIONBUT OF METABOLIC GROWTH. I DON'T "MANUFACTURE" JEWELLERY; I TEASE IT INTO BEING. USING THE ANCIENT ALCHEMY OF FLAME AND RECYCLED GOLD. I WORK TO MIMIC THE RYTHMS OF THE BODY, GEOLOGY AND COSMOS.

The Six Skins

FOLLOWING THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH HUNDERTWASSER, I BELIEVE WE EXIST WITHIN FIVE SKINS: OUR EPIDERMIS, OUR CLOTHES, OUR HOUSE, OUR SOCIAL IDENTITY AND THE PLANET. BUT I WILL ADD ONE MORE, I BELIEVE WE ALSO EXIST WITHIN THE SKIN OF UNIVERSE ITSELF.

MY WORK LIVES ON THAT FIRST SKIN. I CREATE TACTILE ANCHORS - OBJECTS OF GEOLOGICAL WEIGHT AND VISCERAL TEXTURE. EACH PIECE IS DESIGNED AS A HAND-TEASED RELIC THAT GROUNDS YOU IN YOUR REALITY. WHEN THE WORLD FEELS TOO THIN, TOO FAST, OR PERHAPS TOO DIGITAL THESE PIECES OFFER YOU A REMINDER THAT YOU ARE MADE OF EARTH, NOT PIXELS.

A Circular Legacy

I BELIEVE THAT LUXURY IS ONLY BEAUTIFUL IF IT IS FREE FROM EXTRACTION.

I WORK EXCLUSIVELY WITH 100% RECYCLED PRECIOUS METALS. I SELECT STONES FOR THEIR CHARACTER AND HIDDEN LIGHT, PRIORITISING ETHICAL PROVENANCE AND LAB-GROWN BRILLIANCE.

I REJECT THE DISPOSABLE.

I CREATE ARTIFACTS INTENDED TO OUTLIVE THE NOISE OF THE PRESENT, BECOMING THE FUTURE HEIRLOOMS OF YOUR OWN KINGDOM.