Brooch Cat Dress by Patricia Quiroga
2018

Copper, silver, enamel Born in 1982 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Patricia Quiroga is an illustrator, photographer, jewellery and textile designer. While living in Mexico City, she discovered different applied arts and became very passionate about jewellery-making and design. This piece was originally a broken sheath of a native Mexican tree. The form reminded the artist of a short vintage dress, a little damaged but still beautiful: with delicate stripes at the bottom and with a lot of movement, like it was dancing with itself. After electroforming the sheath, the artist didn’t want to repair the damaged part with more enamel, because that way she would have covered the wounds of that old dress; better show the beauty of the scars that we all have, giving more texture and personality to our lives. At last, she painted a cat’s face as a signature detail.

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