Peg is British artist Annie Morris’ (b. 1978) debut foray into the world of artist-made jewellery, following the same line of her highly acclaimed 2006 project commissioned by Christopher Bailey, in which Morris created a dress made out entirely of individually painted wooden clothes-peg for Burberry.
A graduate of Central Saint Martins, École des Beaux-Arts and the Slade, Morris’ work explores life at home, loss and memory and, in this case,continues the artist’s fascination with objets trouvé adding a new perspective to one of her most recurring motifs. In her current work, Morris draws our eye to the beauty of the peg in its singular, timeless and universal form, preferred by her due to its “regularity and simplicity”, which acts as a quiet and humble symbol of domesticity that can be appropriated in any way the wearer chooses; as a pendant, a brooch, a money clip and anything in-between. Each piece is engraved with a unique female figure on each side, drawn by Morris, and each female form lends itself to the shape of a peg.