Arianaz Dehghan

Weaving The Self
Step into a space where breaking becomes creation and fractures reveal transformation. In my work, personal breakage becomes a source of strength, beauty, and transformation. Inspired by Carl Jung’s concept of the Shadow and the journey of self-individuation, I turn toward the hidden, wounded, and often rejected parts of the Self. Fractured stones and strands of woven hair serve as metaphors for resilience, memory, and healing. Hair, though delicate, is incredibly strong, a symbol of the paradox between vulnerability and strength. Woven through broken stones, it becomes a thread of continuity, like DNA, binding stories, traumas, and identities together. Each knot and connection tells a story, not just of mending but of becoming. My jewellery speaks to moments of fragility and quiet transformation, inviting the wearer to see brokenness not as an end but as a beginning. In putting ourselves back together, we do not return to what we were; we carry the beauty of fracture and emerge as something new.