FRAGILITY
Deganit S. Schocken
Israel

Agonies of Peace
Soup Spoon, Pendant
Once a vessel of care and nourishment, the soup spoon is here hollowed out, its bowl carved in negative with the word peace in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Transformed into a pendant, it can no longer hold liquid. What it carries instead is a fragile question: can peace ever be contained, or is it destined to slip away, like water through the hands?

Pendant « Agonies of Peace », 2025
205x200x10 mm / 49 gr
Ready made objects, silver, gold, Amethyst
Mixed
Photo : Uri Grun, Deganit S. Schocken

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