Sven Tali brooch

Brooch with tray THE CONTAGION OF HUMAN FOLLY from the exhibition ONE TO MANY

It all began with doubt. Ended in agony. Conclusion: folly infects – but also protects.
Paradox of vulnerability – strength is weakness, eternity is in mortality.
This is not jewelry,
This is a relic for the living.
This is a vulnerable paradox.
This is The Contagion of Human Folly.

BROOCH materials: gold 585, silver 925 (oxidized), copper (patinated), apatite (gifted by Kadri Mälk), remanium pin

Dimensions: 83 x 42 x 9 mm

Weight: 24.65 g

TRAY materials: silver 925, lapis lazuli

Dimensions: 100 x 51 x 21 mm

Weight: 119.14 g

Thoughts behind material:
Green apatite – Contagion of folly, living flame.
Deceptively weak, yet it beats. Relic. Memory. Kadri Mälk.
Lapis lazuli – fallen sky.
Oxidized silver – ash, doubt, memento mori.
Gold thread – fate, the bond that catches.
Patinated copper – artist’s torch, trace of earthly pain.
Remanium pin – the prick that awakens.