Geraldine Fenn

Geraldine Fenn

Geraldine Fenn is a contemporary jeweler based in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she shares a studio and exhibition space called Tinsel Gallery with (her husband and fellow art jeweler) Eric Loubser. She did a BA in Archaeology and Classical Civilization at Wits University in Johannesburg before going to Durban to study Jewelry Design, and then returning to Wits to do a master’s in fine arts in 2005. This background has a big influence on her work – she is continually inspired by ancient and historic jewelry forms and motifs. My work is almost always figurative and narrative in nature, and she have recently been exploring colonial encounters in Africa as a theme. She likes to work with vintage painted miniature portraits and add layers of meaning to them by creating new jewelry environments for them to exist in.