FRAGILITY
Noy Alon
Israel

A brooch built from ready-made pins soldered together, covered in polymer and transformed into something unexpectedly delicate. Systematically eroded, the piece reveals a paradox: structural strength that appears light and fragile.
The erosion process uncovers fragments of metal beneath the weathered surface, creating punctures and tears that suggest vulnerability rather than durability. What begins as a metal structure becomes ghost-like-the wreath form barely holding together, caught between wholeness and dissolution.
The circular form, eternal yet broken, embodies cycles of erosion and revelation. As wearable art, it carries the weight of ephemeral matter, asking us to reconsider what fragility means when strength and delicacy coexist in the same object.

Brooch « Wearth », 2025
110×120 mm / gr
Silver, Brass, Polymer
Classic metalsmith

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