Studio DARKUV Clipped Memories: Organic Casting

The beauty of ordinary objects

My jewellery not only draws inspiration from nature: it incorporates it. Through a process called organic casting, I take real objects and transform them into sterling silver, preserving every detail of the original in precious metal. A bee's wing. The ridged spine of a sea star. These are things we pass every day without stopping. This collection asks you to stop.

Organic casting works by encasing the original object in a single use mould. When the metal is poured, it fills the exact space the item occupied - every texture, every imperfection, every accident of nature. The result is a negative that is simultaneously more permanent and more fragile than what it replaces.

"The name Clipped Memories comes from the idea that we clip things: we save them, we pin them, we screenshot them, but we rarely let ourselves truly hold them. These pieces ask you to hold them."

The evolution

The collection began in 2023 as a limited series of real wasp earrings and pendants, each cast from an individual naturally deceased wasp. No two pieces are identical because no two wasps are identical.

In 2024 I extended the collection under the name Clipped Memories, broadening the range of objects to include things from childhood and everyday life: a butterfly claw clip, a pretzel, sea stars, berries. These are objects we truly love and which are truly precious to us, but which we rarely treat as such. Cast in sterling silver, they become undeniably precious. They earn the weight they always deserved.

In 2026 the real bee drop will be launched.

Custom orders are open. If you have an object that carries meaning, something you want to preserve, I can cast it for you.

Real wasp earrings: sterling silver organic cast — Real wasp earrings, 2023. Sterling silver. Cast from ethically sourced, naturally deceased wasps. Each pair unique.

Wasp pendant: sterling silver organic cast, detail — Wasp earrings, detail. Sterling silver. The surface texture of the wing membrane is preserved exactly as it was in the living insect.

90s butterfly claw clip earrings, sterling silver cast — Butterfly claw clip earrings, Clipped Memories, 2024. Sterling silver. Cast from an original 1990s hair clip. A childhood object, made permanent.

Sapphire pretzel pendant: sterling silver with real sapphires — Sapphire pretzel pendant, Clipped Memories, 2024. Sterling silver, real sapphires. The "salt" of the pretzel is set with genuine white sapphires.

Sea star studs: sterling silver organic cast — Sea star studs, Clipped Memories, 2024. Sterling silver. Cast from ethically sourced sea stars. No two are the same.

Berry earrings, sterling silver organic cast — Berry earrings, Clipped Memories, 2024. Sterling silver. Cast from real berries, the organic surface preserved in detail.

Wasp earrings on a model — Wasp earrings, 2023. On a model. Sterling silver.

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