CHRISTOPH ZIEGLER

WORKS/
JEWELRY

"Memories no.1", wood collier, 2022.
"Memento", Memories series, 2025.
"Memories", wood colliers, 2025.
"Joker", wood collier, 2025.
"Bold Pearls", wood collier, 2025.
Brooches, exhibition view, 2018.
"Broom Brooches", brooch series, 2016–17.
"The Curator", Broom Brooch series, 2015.
"Disco Dora's Dark Dream", Broom Brooch series, 2017.
"Burger Brooch", Broom Brooch series, 2016.
"Fragments", brooch, 2020.
"Fragments", necklace, 2020.
"Fragments", work samples, 2020.
"Sticks & Bones", olive wood necklaces, 2025.
"Circle", olive wood necklace, 2025.

JEWELRY

My jewelry concept is rooted in recycling — not only of materials, forms, and objects, but also of their functions and histories. Through my working process, I seek to give new value to things typically regarded as useless, broken, or discarded.

The Memories series (2022–25) explores the tactile qualities of natural materials and handcrafted objects. Made from found and discarded wood, the series challenges conventional notions of value in jewelry. Hand-cut olive wood, fragments of old furniture, plastic components, and other recovered materials evoke both memory and the haptic presence of the material.

The Melting Jewelry and Broom Brooch series (2015–21) represent “waste jewelry” — works created from plastic debris and everyday consumer items collected from streets and beaches in Greece. Both series go beyond imitating the glamour of traditional jewelry, and are inspired by popular culture — including punk, pop, comics, and sci-fi.

MEMORIES SERIES

LARGE NECKLACES

BROOM BROOCHES

JETSAM JEWELRY

SMART STARS

MELTING SERIES

JEWELRY VIDEOS

"A Secret Place", 2025 – 3:21 min

"Memories II", 2024 – 3:26 min

"Memories I", 2022 – 3:12 min

"The Secret of Melting Jewelry", 2020 – 4:36 min

"Fragments", 2020 – 2:59 min

"Saturnalia", 2020 – 4:52 min

"Dionysian Daydream", 2019 – 3:11 min

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MEMORIES – Collier, 2022.
Wood, found objects and plastic, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
50 x 21 x 4.5 cm.
LOVE & HATE – Collier, 2022.
Olive wood, found object, clear coat, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
54 x 20 x 3.7 cm.
LITTLE SISTER – Collier, 2023.
Olive wood, found objects, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
49 x 21 x 3cm.
STREET SOUVENIR – Collier, 2022.
Found objects, wood, plastic, porcelain, bone, iron, wood stain, varnish, rubber cord, nails.
52 x 20 x 2 cm.
BIG PEARLS – Collier, 2023.
found objects and plastic; stain, varnish, rubber cord, nails.
49 x 21 x 3.3 cm.
MEMENTO – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found objects, plastic pearl, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
39 x 16 x 2.3 cm.
CURL – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found objects, plastic, vinyl pearl, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
41 x 14.5 x 1.2 cm.
PEARLS – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found objects, vinyl pearl, plastic, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
´41 x 15 x 1.3 cm.
RED PEARL – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found objects, plastic pearl, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
41 x 15.5 x 1.2 cm.
ARABESQUE – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found wood objects, plastic, wood stain, clear coat, beeswax, rubber cord.
42 x 16 x 1.4 cm.
ARABESQUE – Collier, 2025.
Back view.
SLICES – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found objects, vinyl pearl, stain, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
41 x 16 x 1.3 cm.
HARVEST – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found objects, ivory, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
40 x 17.5 x 2.7 cm.
BLACK PEARLS – Collier, 2024.
Found wood objects, plastic pearl, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
46 x 20 x 3 cm.
OVAL – Collier, 2024.
Found wood objects; stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
42 x 18 x 2 cm.
TRIANGLE – Collier, 2022.
Wood, found objects and plastic, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
49 x 18 x 2.5 cm.
BRIDGE – Collier, 2024.
Olive wood, found objects, plastic, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
49 x 22 x 3 cm.
JOKER – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found objects, plastic, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
33 x 28 x 2 cm.
BOLD PEARLS – Collier, 2025.
Olive wood, found objects, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
33 x 20 x 3.2 cm.
YES–NO – Collier, 2024.
Olive wood, found objects, stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
52 x 19 x 2.7 cm.
SEANCE – Collier, 2024.
Olive wood, found objects; stain, varnish, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
49 x 18.5 x 3.5 cm.
FRAME (Sticks & Bones) – Necklace, 2025.
Olive wood, vinyl pearl, bone, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
43 x 20 x 1.4 cm.
FINGERS (Sticks & Bones) – Necklace, 2025.
Olive wood, vinyl pearl, bone, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
46 x 25 x 1.3 cm.
CIRCLE (Stick, no Bones) – Necklace, 2025.
Olive wood, plastic cane, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
32 x 24 x 1.5 cm.
TRAPEZE (Stick, no Bones) – Necklace, 2025.
Olive wood, beeswax, rubber cord, nails.
38 x 14.5 x 1.2 cm.