Currency brooch tin brooch often used in it's flower

often used in it's flower form as inspiration by artists and designers

represents financial hardship and rationing

while creating a contemporary wearable piece

illustrated here in gold

this brooch has a silver element off-setting the natural balance of the oval

Currency brooch tin brooch often used in it's flowerCreated for the touring exhibition 'Rationed', this brooch was fabricated from a steel cake tin, utilised to represent domesticity and the World War 2 wartime wife and mother. This piece, with an essence of the domestic, represents financial hardship and rationing. 6 x 1. 8 cm. Steel, vintage leather wallet, celluloid.