Brain Adam is a member of the Auckland-based Fingers jewellery collective and has been with the group virtually since its inception around 1974. Adam currently lives and teaches in Auckland.

Adam’s work is typical of much recent New Zealand jewellery or jewellery based construction. As a maker based in jewellery, Adam has been obsessed with spectacles. Frequently his work has some witty near surreal reference. The crafting of his (usually) glass-less eyewear pieces become non-functional body adornment.

In this work, the fern ‘shades’ make a cool and clever dress statement evoked from the effective use of the sunglasses motif around a decorative conceit. Or, more simply, to give the wearer the same sensation as looking through native bush.