Jewel #5

Dina Wind said, “Artists can help save the environment by transforming and elevating society’s discards, its junk, into a new aesthetic reality.” Jewel #5 does just that. Look for a saw, tubing, a wheel, a gear, scrap metal, and wood arranged into a kind of pendant or bow.

Wind’s son John is also an artist, and he was inspired by his mother’s practice. He began creating jewelry, also using found objects. In turn, his work inspired his mother to create “brooches for buildings” like this one. We can think of them as recycled materials arranged and assembled to adorn architecture, like jewelry.

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