And in what I understood, a small thing was shown to me — no bigger than a hazelnut — resting in the palm of my hand, round as a tiny sphere. I looked at it with the eye of my mind and wondered: What might this be?

And the answer came to me: It is everything that exists.

I marveled that it could endure, for it seemed so fragile and so slight that it might fall into nothing at any moment.

And I understood then that it endures — and will continue — because it is held together by the sustaining force of being itself, and by the love and attention that existence gives to all things.

And so everything continues, upheld by this enduring, intimate care woven into existence.

"Revelations of Divine Love" - Julian of Norwich, 14th century.

ADZ is pleased to present a new series of wearable pieces by Joanne Burke. Titled Hazelnut, Hazelnot, the series takes its name from the Old Irish word coll (hazel), which shares its root with caillech (witch or hag) - a linguistic connection that reflects Burke's fascination with transformation, folklore, and the liminal spaces between the familiar and the mysterious.

This limited series returns to the intimate scale of adornment, where the body becomes a site for Burke's alchemical investigations. The collection includes Festival, a silver brooch continuing Burke's celebrated brooch series; Lunula, an earpiece with hanging pendant that references ancient crescent ornaments; the iconic Mermaid Purse pendant charm; Inner Star, a silver ring; Watercourse, a substantial bronze ring; and Hair Wand, a singular silver hair stick.

Burke's practice transforms materials through elemental processes where matter itself holds transformative potential. Working intuitively, she collages organic and inorganic elements into compositions that resist easy categorisation. Recognizable forms such as shells, seeds, cellular structures are abstracted and interrupted, rendered slightly awkward or unexpected. The result is jewellery that exists in an uncanny space: simultaneously organic and otherworldly, familiar yet untameable, much like the water in which Burke first imagines each piece into being.

Each work in this series is produced in small editions or as a unique piece, hand-finished with individual variations that ensure every object retains the artist's direct touch.