Chainmail Veil
(Silver Plated Jump Rings)

The Chainmail Veil project imagines how future wedding adornment could evolve to symbolise societies changing attitudes to gender roles and identity.

Traditional wedding ceremonies often dictate separate actions for the bride and groom to undertake, promoting the idea of gender specific roles in committed relationships. The traditional veil is a prominent symbol in this process. This unisex Chainmail Veil made with lace patterning unites typically masculine and feminine material qualities in one piece. It is has been imagined as a development from the traditional veil, as a way to signify a commitment to a relationship free from restrictive gender roles.