WE ARE A COLLECTIVE OF CREATIVE TALENT FORGING NEW SPACES
We are Crucible
In this melting pot, we dare not shy away from heated conversations. We invite them, knowing and trusting in the process of alchemy in this sacred vessel, where an array of life experiences and a spectrum of identities can be celebrated and held. Born out of conflict, Crucible serves to heal, highlighting the voices of many unheard and swiftly growing toward a new way of representing the life and work of women/womxn/non-binary Black, Brown, Indigenous, Global South People, and Global South LGBTQQIP2SA+.
Crucible was conceived amid the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic during an Instagram Live chat between Roxanne Simone and Finchittida Finch on 'Blackness, Embodiment & Rising in Greatness'.
Founders
Kalkidan Hoex
Founder & Crucible Creative Producer
Adopted from Ethiopia and brought up in the Netherlands, I’ve always felt like I was living between two different worlds. I took it on myself to educate and explore the intricacies of my own identity and relate to others through my jewellery.
I speaks directly to those I consider a part of my own identity. It is a certain group of people I came into contact with – youth of mixed descent, who fled with their families from their country of origin, or who were adopted. I focus on this group, because despite the difference in backgrounds and upbringing, we share and agree on many topics when it comes to identity. This concept gave me an interest in the Representation of black people in imagery in-particular.
The power to practice Representation in all my art-forms and to contribute educationally and symbolically has become a growing factor in my jewellery brand; TheNEWtribe.
I realize that I’d personally rather be effective than create a career that only is based on success.
Roxanne Simone
Founder & Crucible Creative Producer
Metalsmith, Roxanne Simone is a Black British visual artist working primarily within metal with a multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary craft. Simone's work focuses on the reimagining of the black diasporic identity, subverting the gaze and objects.
Through the acts of both observation and participation within local communities, Simone’s research methods take on an autobiographical and autoethnographic route, enabling her to create through an anthropological lens, engagement and an ethnographical approach.
Simone’s metalwork explores the dismantling of physical and metaphorical boundaries within contemporary craft, object making and representation.
Finchittida Finch
Founder & Crucible Creative Producer
Multi-dimensional artist and alchemist Finchittida Finch describes her practice as a process of inner alchemy, unearthing and transmuting the roots of trauma by harnessing the life cycles of nature and ancient spiritual wisdom. Inspired by her Lao heritage and refugee mother, Finch is trained in traditional fruit and vegetable carving.
Her current body of work explores the interconnectedness of personal, ancestral and ecological trauma and healing processes that span different sensoriums and dimensions.
Since 2012 Finch has led the creative direction for her eponymous jewellery brand; Finchittida, known for its audacious style and altruistic attitude. This has led to cross-cultural projects with communities worldwide, including Brazil, Laos, Japan, Cambodia, California and the UK.
Contact us.
crucibleworld@gmail.com