«!Tranchez-lui la tête!!! Cheveu un bijou!!!» hurle la Dame de Coeur, dans Alice …
mais … faut pas se faire de cheveux dans la vie !! ici, on est à un poil du bijou ….. si ce ne sont pas des bijoux au poil !! 
Au-delà du dégoût que peut susciter l’emploi d’un tel matériau (à la « grande époque » du bijou en cheveux, à l’époque Victorienne, mode lancée par la très romantique Reine Victoria, cet engouement eu un grand succès dans les pays anglo-saxons mais suscita du dégoût et un certain rejet en France et dans le reste de l’Europe), ce n’est pas étonnant, à mon sens, qu’il suscite tant d’attrait parmi la jeune génération de bijoutiers : à force d’interroger le rapport du bijou au corps, le corps s’incorpore petit à petit au bijou lui-même.
Tiffany Parbs – Extension (2008) – hand woven hair, digital print – photo Terence Bogue
« Contemporary art is getting hairy Long and silky; short and curly. Blond, brunette, red or grey. It’s hair and it has an important part in our perceptions of ourselves. It defines gender and visual identity, and is playing an important role lately in art — in jewelry, drawings or in mixed media pieces. Hair has long had a role in the work of artists and artisans. In the Victorian era, creating jewelry from hair became almost as popular as knitting or crocheting. By using one’s own hair or that of a beloved family member women were able to design bracelets, chains, rings and earrings. Apart from jewelry, mourners would weave hair into decorative, memorial wall hangings. By the early 1900s using hair fell out of fashion. During the past 15 years, however, there’s been a fascination among contemporary artists using skin, nail clippings, urine and hair to create various forms of art. Fascinated with Victorian hair jewelry, artist and jewelry designer Melanie Bilenker has revived the art form. Like the Victorians who kept lockets of hair and miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to secure the memory of a lost love, renders the « quiet minutes, the mundane, the domestic, the ordinary moments » from her own tresses. Bilenker observes various daily activities such as cleaning, bathing, dressing, resting or eating. She chronicles the private moments by setting the camera’s timer and goes about her business which can be anything such as eating chocolate, writing a note or enjoying a Saturday morning breakfast. Once she has the photographed images, Bilenker creates tracings of the forms within ghem with thousands of tiny strands of her own hair – which are eventually fixed in resin. She meticulously layers several different drawings to give the appearance of depth, one as foreground, another as background. The entire process takes the course of about a week of laying hairs, mixing resin, and then allowing it to cure. Says Bilenker, « Once the hairs are set as line drawings within resin, I shape, smooth and polish the exterior. I then fabricate the jewelry findings and set them. The piece is then complete. »" (Courtesy Melanie Bilenker and Sienna Gallery)
Melanie Bilenker (courtesy of Sienna Gallery) - miniature portraits painted with ground hair
Melanie Bilenker
Each line in these drawings by Melanie Bilenker are made using strands of the artist’s own hair! The delicate drawings depict quiet scenes of domestic life which are sealed in Victorian-inspired brooches and rings.
Galatée Pestre- Le Sens des Bijoux – Broche ‘Dans le Sens du Poil’ – argent, poils, inox (photo by flavorflavy)
Galatée Pestre- Le Sens des Bijoux – Broche ‘Dans le Sens du Poil’ (detail)
Nicola Scholz Necklace: Untitled 2006 Pubic hair, gold
Rodrigo Acosta – necklace – pelo natural
Rodrigo Acosta- « Lo permisivo de tu Dios », 2009. Pendientes,pelo,latón, plata. Fotos: Adolfo López - El cabello como armar de seducción y poder en el contexto de las distintas religiones a las que el hombre quiere pertenecer. El pelo y lo prohibido, el pelo y la sabiduría, el pelo y la lujuria, el pelo y lo permisivo de tu Dios
Agnes Larsson, necklace, hair jewelry 2015
Agnes Larsson, necklace, hair jewelry – Remains 9, 2015, necklace, calf skin, aluminum, horse hair, 16 x 9 x 1.25 inches (« Agnes Larsson – Remains » EXHIBITION at Ornamentum gallery August 8 – September 7, 2015 )
Carolina Hornauer Necklace: The collector 2009 Cotton thread, synthetic cotton, river pearls, silver, patina, steel wire, enamel on cooper, magnets, burned wood, tinted hair, parts constructed, silver ball chain, silver tube textured, stone, silver charcoal (casting piece)
Carla Castiajo - brooch « Auto Portrait », 2007 – gold, hair
Carla Castiajo « horror vacui » « Full of you » brooch (back) 6 x 5 x 3 cm Gold, hair
Katie Wightman | Exploring the fragility of the female form. Experiencing hair loss as the result of illness, Katie uses precious metals and human hair to release the stigma and create pieces with a new found sense of beauty and power.
Tiina Rajakallio « Purity » 2008 – human hair
Monika Strasser – Hair Brooch 2012 - Hair, rubber, silver, steel – Series: On Beauty
Maho Takahashi – “Celebration necklace” Human hair, glue - Central st Martins 2012
Noon Passama – KNOBS – graduate project 2010 – Brooch (“Black Hair Knob” brooch, 2010. Antelope fur, sheepskin, silver.) and Lucia King’s portrait: photography – DAN/NAD
Mielle Harvey – Hair Colored Red: 1998, ca. 14in, human hair, dye, bone (série « city tribal amulets »)
Mielle Harvey – (série « city tribal amulets« ) – Blond Hair and Pearls: 1998, ca. 14in, human hair, pearls, 14k gold
Marie Pendariès - Boucle d’or. Collier. Cheveu et or (gold & hair necklace) 
Claire Baloge - « mais, vous avez un poil dans la main ! » 2005 Hair, silver
Claire Baloge - « Mes Tendres Poils » - 2005 – hair, natural fibers, oxydated copper 
Marie Masson – necklace Cravate 2011, silver, horse hair, ribbon
Marie Masson, France Brooch, Toiletrie 04 Hair transplant, 2013 Latex, horse hair, semolina, leather, 7,5 x 5 cm Leatherwork technics, embroidery, jewellery technics. photo : Marie Masson
Eun Yeong Jeong -’Growth’ from Growth series – copper, wool, wood, horse hair
Farah Bandookwala (UK) redhead neckpiece – silver, fake hair
Farah Bandookwala (UK) « which one are you today ? » neckpiece – 2007 – silver, fake hair
Farah Bandookwala (UK) – blue hair brooch
Farah Bandookwala (UK) « platinum » ring
Sandra Buyck - fake hair neckpiece – Sint Lucas Antwerpen School – JOYA 2012
Clémentine Despocq – ‘Vénus’ – Parure de corps/Body ornament – Laiton, cheveux synthétiques/ Brass, synthetic hair – (AFEDAP ) 2010
Olivia Creber - « Keeping Schtum » – resin, acrylic, brown horse hair – Edinburgh College of Art 2013
Roxane Amirouche PERSONA – 2012 Masque de nuit Laiton, cuir retourné, cheveux synthétiques, Elastique crédit photo Patricia Lemaire (diplome AFEDAP Paris 2012)
Ana Carolina Escobar (AFEDAP 2012) collier « chez moi chez moi »- cheveux , laiton, film thermopastique, papier
Julia Valle (Bresil) – hairy accessories
Mona Hatoum, Hair Necklace, 1995 – detail « human thoughts may not be what they appear to be at 1st glance, an idea that this necklace, made from the artist’s hair, play with »
Kadri Mälk (Castle in the Air / ÕhuLoss) Brooch: Lossylong, 2013 Darkened silver, human hair, purple spinel
Polly Van der Glas (AU) – hair jewelry – Sterling silver cast human hair plait necklace & Human hair knuckle ring 2008
Polly van der Glas -’red hair neckpiece’ 2008 -oxidised copper, red Human hair, oxidised sterling silver
Polly van der Glas (AU) - Since 2005 my work has centered on materials that were once attached to our bodies: human hair, teeth and fingernails. These materials were at one time part of an intimate, elaborate maintenance ritual.
Juan Harnie – (MAD) – Hair (2014) Brooches & necklaces. Resin, human hair, elastic band, silver
Juan Harnie – Hair (2014) Brooches & necklaces. Resin, human hair, elastic band, silver
Nina Khazani, Untitled (« a hairy tale ») – Human hair, gold-plated brass and linen – Royal College of Art 2012 dregree show
Anna Schwamborn, who has worked for Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood and is studying at Central St Martins in London, uses real human hair and human ashes mixed with black bone china. Moxern Mourning Jewellery - Mourning jewelry, bracelet, human cremated ashes mixed with black bone china, human hair, « Wearable body pieces including human material « Morning Objects – The collection of objects contains post-mortem memorial pieces which include aspects of a deceased corpse, namely hair and cremated ashes »
Chiara Cavallo « Disturbs » – my curly hair, nylon tube, thread (Alchimia)
Géraldine Luttenbacher - at « NOIR comme BASALTE » 2015
Sylvia Burgoa -’Raiponce–La Colère’/'Rapunzel–Anger’ – Broche et Collier/Brooch and necklace – Argent, photographies acetate, fil d’or, fil d’argent, cuir/Silver, photographic acetate, gold thread, silver thread, leather – 2010
Francis Willemstijn- Gejaagd door de Wind, Zuiderzeemuseum – 2009 – Collier – Haar (human hair), git, glas, zilver, textiel Collectie Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, NL
Francis Willemstijn – bracelet « Hair », from « gone with the wind » – silver, jet, glass, human hair, textile
Amy Tavern - »Forget Me Not » sterling silver, spray paint, picture of my father, my father’s hair – detail
Ana Goalabré – J’aimerais tant passer mes doigts dans tes cheveux – Cheveux et résine – 1997 tous droits réservés.
« Puisant dans la tradition des bijoux en cheveux, matériau depuis longtemps collecté dans des foires et marchés ou dans l’intimité des familles pour devenir parure, Ana Goalabré se joue de cet usage en coupant une de ses mèches et en y taillant une bague qu’elle envoie à un homme accompagnée de la missive «J’aimerais tant passer mes doigts dans tes cheveux». Cette phrase, appel érotique d’un corps d’artiste, devient le titre d’une série déclinant divers contenus aimants et sensuels, traditionnellement gardés jusqu’alors implicites au nom d’une morale et d’une bienséance rigoureuse et qui tout à coup semblent avoir gagné le droit de dire clairement le désir, qu’il s’agisse de celui d’une mère, d’un père, d’une amante, d’un amant… et ce dans toute sa trivialité. Pourtant, il n’y a aucune charge obscène dans ces bagues. Qu’elles soient très travaillées ou reprennent le mouvement naturel d’une mèche de cheveux, elles nous renvoient à nos jeux tactiles dans les cheveux de l’autre, en fixant le mouvement, image arrêtée puis détachée du corps pour n’en garder que la sensation. »
(Monique Manoha – Actes du colloque international Projections : des organes hors du corps (13-14 octobre 2006)
Rickson Salkeld – I am interested in the feminine ideal in relation to the female body. I enjoy creating work that expresses my wish to both conform and rebel against ideas of femininity. Through various materials and processes I take from my own body both physically and metaphorically. Hair can be used to comment on feminine allure and power, while clear resin is used to symbolize an abundance of tears
Azahara Santoro (EASD Valencia 2012) - bagues avec cheveux (rings with hair) –
Tricomotealcyalgenfobia- Miedo irracional al pelo de las mariposas de coral plateado. Piezas unicas
Maria Ignacia Walker – MFA JEWELLERY AND BODY ORNAMENTS Alchimia contemporary jewellerySchool 2013 – 2015 – A simple fact of life that María Ignacia Walker obsesses over: The shedding of hair. The obsession – losing them, collecting them, ordering them, measuring them and archiving them. The desire – to preserve these losses – It gives rise to “transcendieron”. The discourse is not about beauty and it is not about sensuality, not even about cultural symbols that hair carries. How much hair do you lose constantly, everyday ?
