Annalee Capuano

Work / Rosemary

Rosemary

ROSEMARY Jewelry Archive · Made from found, thrifted, and inherited pieces since 2022

Layered necklaces with square gray-green links, pearl strands, safety pins, and a glass heart charm, worn with a gray lace-trimmed top, shown in profile outdoors.

About the project

It began with collecting: something shiny on the sidewalk, a broken watch at a flea market, brooches from my great-grandmother, and beads from garage sales.

Starting in 2022, I began experimenting with these “shiny objects.” Finding ways to bring forgotten materials back to life, using broken earrings, thrifted buttons and shells I collect at the beach. I turned my creative process into a treasure hunt.

By 2023 I had started selling my pieces under the name ROSEMARY at craft fairs and pop-up shops as a freelance jewelry vendor.

Gallery

Choker of linked watch faces with heart charms, worn over a white lace top.
Layered silver chains with pearls and white shell pendants, worn on bare skin.
Watch-face choker with a red flower, layered over pearl strands and worn with a striped vest trimmed in lace.
Silver necklace with open circle pendants and pearls, worn with a white collared shirt outdoors.
Chain of linked watch faces with heart charms, laid flat on a white windowsill beside baby's breath.
Pop-up shop table with necklaces on a metal jewelry tree and a display board, in black and white.
DSD Pop-Up Shop 2023, PA
Shoppers crowd a classroom pop-up shop, browsing necklaces on a display board and jewelry tree, in black and white.
DSD Pop-Up Shop 2023, PA
A vendor seated beside a jewelry table at an indoor market in a large warehouse hall, in black and white.
“Freak-Out Market” 2024, Rochester NY

Process

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Annotated page of three necklaces and a pin-covered corduroy jacket, labeling broken watch faces, thrifted beads, shells from Long Beach Island, a broken earring, and thrifted and inherited pins and brooches. Materials