OPAL

  • Amelia Haines

As a very personal project I undertook an exploration of jewellery and what it's sentimentally means to people. I took photographs over a few months and interviewed people who were involved in jewellery, including craftspeople, wearers or admirers. For the final outcome I collated all my research and made three books entitled Craft, Jewels and People. This was a research based project in which I took around 2000 photos and recorded hours worth of audio interviews. The project as a whole was called OPAL: an acronym for all my sibling’s first initials and a prominent feature of the project. The concept of the book design was to link it back to the precious aspects of jewellery, so I made a bespoke box to keep the three books in.

OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
OPAL by Amelia Haines
Amelia Haines
Graphic Designer