A love affair in a hardware store at the end of the world
October 24 - November 15, 2026
Following a summer residency at the Hochschule Trier, in Idar-Oberstein, the stone-cutting capital of Germany, the latest work by Veronika Fabian brings together the natural and the man-made. Fabian transforms gemstones into familiar hardware: screws, nuts, bolts, saw blades, mending plates and chainwheels. This exhibition of all new works challenges conventional ideas of preciousness while exploring the tension, collision and unexpected harmony between the natural and the manufactured, created with the same bold, original sensibility that has brought international acclaim to the artist.
At the heart of the work are gemstone nuts and bolts, which appear in various pieces but become the protagonists of the rings. Some stones retain their natural appearance, while others are carved and faceted, echoing traditional gemstone jewellery. Just as nuts and bolts hold things together, rings often symbolize the bonds between people. Here, the rings themselves, like relationships, can be tightened, loosened, changed or undone.
Veronika Fabian resides in Hungary. She received a BA in Jewelry Design at Central Saint Martins, University of Fine Arts, London, and received her Masters Degree at the prestigious Sandberg Institute, NL in 2020. She has been awarded numerous international design prizes including the Francois van den Bosch Young Artist Acquisition (NL) and earlier this year the prestigious Friedrich Becker Prize (Germany). Fabian's works can be found in many distinguished public and private collections, including the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL), the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (Germany), the Dallas Museum of Art (USA), the National Museum of Scotland and the Museum of Arts & Design, NYC (USA).
A love affair in a hardware store at the end of the world is Veronika Fabian's third solo exhibition with Ornamentum.
