Designing based on a nostalgic response to archived artefacts, Monica combines traditional silversmithing techniques with innovative components and surface texture to create contemporary metalwork that questions the interrelation between memory and object. Throughout her body of work, low-relief motifs and intricate wirework replicate and emulate inscribed memories while embossed traces convey the absence of passing objects that once were in contact with the surface. Bringing together storytelling and archaeology, Monica explores tangible remains and their surface qualities as important signifiers or touchstones of memories both ancient and modern.