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 – Youjin Um / South Korea

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Shining Despair – Donald Friedlich / USA

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Shining Despair – Maud Traon/ UK

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Shining Despair – Denis Music / Ukraine

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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 – Wiebke Pandikow / Finland

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Shining Despair – Selma Leal / Spain

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