Nutre Arayavanish, Flat Pack Jewellery Queen

I’m always on the lookout for original jewellery as I feel that a striking accessory can often revamp even an old outfit.

For quite a while I tried to find pieces from Thai designer Nutre Arayavanish's previous "Postable Jewellery" collection.

During a recent trip to Rome, I recently managed to spot a few pieces at RE(f)USE.

Nutre, from Bangkok, attended Silpakorn University before moving to London to complete her Master in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery at the Royal College of Art.

The recipient of many awards, Arayavanish uses in her work both traditional and new techniques, though she also tries to engage the wearers, encouraging them to play a bit with the pieces she creates.

Arayavanish’s new collection, "In the Shadow of the Moon" has got some kind of Space Age quality about it as it illustrates the different stages of the moon.

Despite I quite like this collection, the pieces I like best by Arayavanish are the most versatile ones, like the reconfigurable earrings from the "Snap" series that feature snap buttons that allow the wearer to change their colour, texture and pattern, or the designer’s flat pack jewellery, such as the “All Year Rings”.

The latter – a project in collaboration with Tithi Kutchamuch released under the name TT:NT – consists in a paper sheet containing 12 flower-shaped rings and in a foldable birthday card that can be transformed into a ring.

My favourite pieces created by Arayavanish remain the ones from the "Postable" series, that is based on the same concept behind wooden press out sets.

The collection includes a few postcards that can be coloured, painted or customised in other ways. Each postcard integrates a ring that can be easily pushed out and assembled.

The postcards can be sent out like ordinary mail, so this series implicitly deals with communication, a very important theme in fashion.

The series includes different pieces, but the one I picked calls to mind Arayavanish's "Blossoming" collection, composed of seven rings illustrating the life of a blossoming flower (part of the permanent collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum).

This piece includes indeed 7 petals that can be reconfigured in different structures, in this way the ring can change according to your tastes in just a matter of a few minutes. Guess that could be the perfect present for a friend obsessed with wooden press out models.

Nutre Arayavanish's pieces are exhibited at Bangkok's Atta Gallery until 18th December.

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