Artist Statement:
In order to satisfy the naïve desires of materialistic consumers, the habitants of diamond rich soils suffer forced and brutal slavery. Not only is the land raped of it's riches, but forced human labor purges the land of it's peace and freedom, leaving behind barren, dirty, and empty homelands and lives of those made to mine these conflict diamonds. From this, come beautiful and perfect diamonds to be worn on the bodies of completely unaffected humans. A blinded and blinding “perfect” beauty. Through the use of the lost wax casting method, a brooch symbolizes these empty, barren lands and lives of those who suffer from the mining. A rough, uneven, and imperfect exterior to represent the land and lives negatively affected, and a smoother interior to represent the idea of perfection that comes from the conflict diamonds mined is a symbolic representation of this issue.
Images to come:)
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