Jemée, a tooth gem artist based in Montreal, learned the craft in 2020 from a dental hygienist in Los Angeles. She borrowed dental-grade materials and the bonding techniques of orthodontics and honed them into a method of her own, and in 2023 she landed on the NextGen list at the Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards.
Where the usual tooth gem stops at a crystal or two, set to catch the light, Jemée strings black microbeads together like pointillism and writes cursive sentences across the teeth. A texture closer to ink than sparkle, letters instead of jewels. Mixed in are graphics: a treble clef and stars, houndstooth check, an alien's face, so that a single tooth becomes a small frame. Her portfolio spans "Endless Runway" across the front teeth, "Kiss me" on one side and a bar of sheet music on the other, even "OCTOV" for a party.
On a canvas that shows itself only in glimpses, each time she smiles, sits the most intricate typography in the world. A declaration revealed beyond the lips, a piece of lettering the body wears. Teeth are no longer just for ornament; they have become a surface for story.
What sentence would you want carved onto your own teeth?
Where the usual tooth gem stops at a crystal or two, set to catch the light, Jemée strings black microbeads together like pointillism and writes cursive sentences across the teeth. A texture closer to ink than sparkle, letters instead of jewels. Mixed in are graphics: a treble clef and stars, houndstooth check, an alien's face, so that a single tooth becomes a small frame. Her portfolio spans "Endless Runway" across the front teeth, "Kiss me" on one side and a bar of sheet music on the other, even "OCTOV" for a party.
On a canvas that shows itself only in glimpses, each time she smiles, sits the most intricate typography in the world. A declaration revealed beyond the lips, a piece of lettering the body wears. Teeth are no longer just for ornament; they have become a surface for story.
What sentence would you want carved onto your own teeth?
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