Shining DESPAIR
Esteban Erosky
Mexico/Spain

Brooch “Daddy’s girl’, 2024
Enamel on copper, aluminum, brass, glass beads and pompons
Hot enamel on copper

Brooch “Sweet temptation”, 2024
Enamel on copper, aluminum, nickel silver and pompon
Hot enamel on copper

Our ability to transform things is so powerful that it allows us to create a personal world where hopelessness, suffering and all the things that cause us pain become soft and fluffy. A fluffy despair or a shining hope.

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Shining Despair – Carmen Lopez / Spain

Spinning reflections on the title of the competition.

Shining Despair – Jeanine van der Linde / Netherlands

In today’s world, where we face significant challenges …

Shining Despair – Maria Konschake / Belgium

« Prägung » is part of the series « About Space and Identity » …

Shining Despair – Eiko Nakahara / Japan

In the current state of the world, people hate each other and there are countries full of hatred.

Shining Despair – Selma Leal / Spain

« The desperation of corals shines before our eyes through their bleaching, »

Shining Despair – Malene Kastalje / Denmark

I am preoccupied with the unpredictable and abnormal aspects of life.

Shining Despair – Holland Houdek / USA

Words fail in the face of miscarriage.

Shining Despair – Yichen Dong & Stacey Huang / China

Many spend their lives chasing ‘key moments,’ …

Shining Despair – Kamile Staneliene / Lithuania

The brooch “Shining Despair” reflects the contrast between life’s darkness and the light that endures within it.

Shining Despair – Sébastien Carré / France

In these complicated times we are living through I feel quite angered …