JUL-Sunflower Lace Stud Brooch
$30.00
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JUL-Sunflower Lace Stud Brooch
JUL Designs
White brass and genuine leather
Total weight - .5 oz
Dimensions - 2.5 inches by 1.5 inches
Add a leather strap which enables the stud brooch to be turned into shawl cuffs (Cuff straps sold separately on our website).
The Sunflower Lace Stud Brooch was originally made from a piece of lace that Laura stiffened with starch and then painted with a copper paint. The copper-painted lace was then attached to a copper wire and then dipped in a copper-suspension bath that was electrified so that the copper suspension would attach to the copper paint and create a layer of metal with that original lace still inside. Laura sent those metal pieces - the copper-coated lace - to Agus, her collaborator, in Bali and now, years and years later, he has made them into stud buttons. But they don't really come across to her as buttons. They really have more the feel of brooches. Their ornamental presence is so strong and assertive they feel more like jewelry than just functional components. They are doing a lot of work!
These pieces have alot of texture. But Laura wants to assure you that she has insisted that the edges must be smooth. The knobbly texture of the lace must not be sharp. So don't worry! We've got you! We know you want to protect your fiber. We do too.
