British jewellery designer Jo Wood, founder of Jo Wood Jewellery, explores the human experience and relationship with nature through Earth casting, the experimental casting technique used to create each piece in her debut collection, 'Touch the Earth'.
Jo first conceptualised an instinctual connection with nature as part of the human condition when she spent time living on a farm in North Devon. There, her perspective changed as she walked barefoot across the land and felt a melding of physical, emotional, and spiritual connections to the Earth. It was then that she developed the technique of Earth casting—pouring molten metal onto the surface of the planet, capturing energy and movement, and creating unpredictable organic forms.
“I make jewellery because I am drawn to its glamour and opulence," says Jo, "and because human connection to jewellery is as deep rooted as our connection to nature.”
Every piece of handcrafted jewellery by Jo Wood is unique; while they often relate to each other, no Jo Wood jewellery piece is the same as another.
