marisa molin

Marisa Molin is an Australian contemporary jeweler based in Stavanger, Norway. Her practice centers on the appropriation and translation of fragments gathered from walks in nature, primarily along island shorelines. In her studio, these collected elements unveil hidden narratives, each texture reimagined into a wearable object. In this way, Marisa crafts a visual conversation with the landscapes she explores, offering the wearer a keepsake rich with memory and a sense of place.

Marisa Molin about her creative process: "I walk a lot. For days, weeks around the coastlines of the island. Then take some of the fragments back to the studio, make molds and then experiment with wax replicas of that texture/object. I usually return those fragments back to the site or another beach.

When I have the shapes in wax form – I push it, melt it, reshape it, twist it. I try to take away the identifiable form and use the texture in a different way to become something else. Sometimes it makes the piece more abstract, and sometimes the textures are so iconic that they carry the identity to a new shape."