FAGILITY
Ani Flys
Spain

The « Whirlwinds » series traces fragility as both a material and a state of mind. Using broken eggshells, the work explores how what is delicate and easily fractured can, when gathered, form unexpected strength and coherence. Each fragment, once brittle and transient, becomes part of a larger whole—spiralling, shifting, and alive with movement. These forms evoke the motion of whirlwinds themselves, where instability becomes a force of transformation, generating rhythms and changes that solidity cannot hold.
Here, fragility is not weakness, but sensitivity: a condition open to influence, attuned to subtle transitions, and capable of renewal. Whirlwinds suggests that resilience may emerge from what is most delicate, and that transformation often begins with what seems most easily broken.

Brooch « Whirlwinds », 2025
130x100x30 mm / 26 gr
Goose, turkey, chicken and quail egg shells, resin, steel wire
Egg shell reinforcement, standard jewelry techniques

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