Fred Woell

Fred woell is an American Jeweller who makes works from found objects.

Woell is knowen for what some call his “anti Jewellery” also knowen as junk jewellery. His works comprise of plastic toy soldiers and a broad range of other found objects.

A relevant characteristic in Woells work relates to the idea of “chance being his guide”. In this sense he works in a relatively flexible way which allows the work to create itself.

The nature of the process being quite free within his choice of found object materials relates to the way I treat found objects.

Woell states that he has an idea, he starts somewhere and he sees what happens. The nature of the process being quite free within his choice of found object materials relates to the way I treat found objects.