My work explores and questions the traditional notions of material value. My pieces, mainly jewellery but also more sculptural pieces, are made from discarded plastics collected from my everyday life. Rather than viewing plastic as a waste product, I approach it as a material of worth — one that can, and should, be reused.

Through a process of experimentation, I have developed my own tools and techniques to reshape the plastic using heat and pressure, combining these methods with traditional silversmithing and jewellery practices. By pairing repurposed plastic with conventionally precious materials such as silver and gemstones, I seek to question established ideas of what is considered valuable or desirable.

Driven by a commitment to sustainability, my work invites viewers to reconsider their perceptions of waste and to see beauty and potential in the overlooked materials of our everyday lives.

Siri Hansen (b. 2001, Sweden) is a jeweller, maker and plasticsmith working primarily with plastic waste as a material. She is currently studying for a Master’s Degree in CRAFT! with specialization in jewellery and corpus at Konstfack, Sweden. Before this she did her Bachelor (Honours) at the Glasgow School of Art, United Kingdom (2020-2024).

She has exhibited her work in various places, London, UK (Dover Street Market and New Designers), Hangzhou, China (China Craft Week), Leipzig, Germany (Grassimuseum) and Rome, Italy (IV Biennale dei Licei Artistici).