garden : - flowers peek from a lush lawn of freshly mown grass

materials: wire crochet, hand dyed wool roving, ribbon, cotton, copper, glass, vintage plastic cabachons, freshwater pearl, eyelash yarn

measures 2 inches (52mm) diameter

flotsam brooches are mixed media pieces using recycled/upcycled materials from my handcrafting exploits, outside sources and found objects.
they are based around recycled wire mesh discs (waste from manufacturing) and those annoying end pieces of wire on a spool which somehow aren't quite enough to use in a bigger project.
for each brooch a “project soup” of fibre, beads, objects and wire is assembled - then from the first stitch to the last wrap the assemblage is a completely random pattern of embroidery, darning, wiring, crochet and crimping.
add a pin on the back and it's ready to wear!

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