8.3 x 8.3 x 1.8 cm
3.3 inch diameter x 0.7 inch
Titanium & stainless steel
Hand drawn, laser cut & hand formed
Features of microscopic radiolaria were enlarged hundreds of times to be visible to the human eye. The brooch is based on two of Ernst Haeckel’s 1862 drawings, a Circogonia and an Epibulia. The brooch creature, a combination of both radiolaria, is a hand modified design that was deconstructed into 3 layers. The Circogonia-Epibulia represents the mutative effects of industrialization on tiny sea creatures.
Stainless steel nuts and bolts are the scaffolding that holds the mutated layers together. The pin mechanism is stainless steel. The eye catching brooch is a lightweight conversation starter!
See the brooch in person in one of 9 European cities beginning in the Netherlands in Nov 2024 through Jan 2026 as part of the traveling exhibit + sale “Alegría, jewels” organized by artist and educator Luis Acosta of the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.
Titanium and stainless steel
Hand drawn, laser cut, & hand formed
