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 completing her MFA in Craft. Before this, she did her BA(Hons) in jewellery at the Glasgow School of Art, United Kingdom (2020-2024).

Her work has been exhibited at Grassimuseum (Leipzig, 2024), Kulturhuset and The Cell during Stockholm Craft Week (2025), Dover Street Market (London, 2025), China Craft Week (Hangzhou, 2024), IV Biennale dei Licei Artistici (Rome, 2024), Pinakothek der Moderne during Munich Jewellery Week and Talente - Masters of the Future (Munich, 2026).