Plat Africa
The theme for the Plat Africa 2019 competition is “love in
Platinum”, I will be creating a spray brooch resembling a gooseberry twig in
sterling silver carrying three gooseberry pods made from platinum. The reason
that I have chosen to make a spray brooch is because of their meaning when
given to someone. A spray brooch is a brooch made out of gold or platinum to
look like twigs or a bunch of flowers. When someone receives a spray brooch, it
is like receiving an everlasting bunch of flowers, a metaphor to undying love
as platinum does not tarnish. I have chosen to use Gooseberry pods as the pods
resemble the concealment of thoughts or emotions. The three pods in platinum,
growing in size, and the largest one broken open to reveal a pearl resembles
the expression of thought. The use of platinum represents the strength of these
barriers. I have chosen to use a pearl in place of a gooseberry because pearls
are a symbol of suffering; they are formed by a grievance in the flesh of
oysters. The pod releasing the pearl shows the release of grievance which
allows the relationship to grow.
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