Akvilė Su, recent GSA graduate and owner/designer at Objectified Jewellery, creates unisex minimalist pieces that work in unexpected ways to challenge stereotypes and ask questions about gender, sexuality, jewellery and the body. Her sculptural works invite an unusual degree of corporeal interaction, combining ornamentation with function while also questioning the very nature of functionality in both bodily and artistic terms. Surrounded by the concrete mass of the Parliament building in Edinburgh, we took a moment out of a product shoot to speak about the connections between jewellery, identity and society; and how innovation in craftsmanship and design can lead to positive personal or social change.