Peter Deckers

My work explores the gap between perceived and actual value — the space where judgement forms before thought, where meaning is projected rather than observed. Perception arrives already shaped by memory and expectation, colouring what we think we see before we fully see it.

We live in a moment shaped by hyperreality, where truth and fiction blur and fabricated narratives circulate as fact. These conditions sharpen my interest in how perception is constructed, manipulated, and repeatedly misled. I am drawn to the points where seeing falters — where belief overrides evidence, where explanation becomes more powerful than the thing itself.

I aim to interrupt the stronghold of pareidolia — our tendency to see meaning where none exists — by creating forms that resist easy interpretation. These works challenge the constructs we inherit, the assumptions we repeat, and the values we accept without question. Working with discarded and undervalued materials, I give them renewed presence not by disguising their origins but by activating their potential.

Through the language of jewellery, these fragments gain a perceptual charge. Their worth emerges through craft, attention, and a critical engagement with social disparity.  Value is not set by time — it is shaped by perception.