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AMULET 2005 Winter
Brooches
copper, various pills, wood case, acrylic painting, etching, enameling
Protection is the activity of protecting someone or something from danger. Chinese believe that there are four pleasant things in our lives; these are marriage, career, family, and health. I use my own traditional Chinese letters to represent what I want to become good fortune and that would protect me. On the inside I put vitamins or some health pills to represent the idea of a Contemporary amulet. Furthermore, I combine the ideas surrounding the old amulets and the thoughts about contemporary amulets to make a more powerful amulet that will protect me from the past and present things that we fear.