This post is long overdue; since Ovate’s SS13 season, Kuolema, launched at the beginning of this year, I have been following Montreal jeweler Elaine Ho (@elaineho) on Instagram, and coveting pretty much all of her gorgeous works. Like Ovate, she is able to capture the rough beauty of black metal in her work, taking materials like quartz and silver and creating something that is at once jagged and delicate. Her necklaces, rings and earrings evoke a strong sense of the earthbound, not just because she uses so many minerals in her work, but also because she creates cages and nets in so much of it, binding the crystal and precious metal to the wearer. I am personally not a huge fan of big necklaces, but I would wear any of hers in a heartbeat, and I am still in desperate need of the Ovate x Elaine Ho viking axe ring. It’s sometimes difficult to find jewelry lines that aren’t derivative of the big names in the dark jewelry arts like Bloodmilk, but Elaine captures the raw spirit of nature in her pieces and has truly created her own unique aesthetic. You can find most her her pieces in her shop, and she also does custom work! Check out a gallery of her work below…
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