NatureMC, "Stay curious!" Today I experimented with this prototype of a portable pocket shrine or lucky charm. The piece can be hung open on the wall or carried as a small bag, or even worn around the neck with a ribbon. Inspired by 19th century #Breverl, by art books, amulets, old meditation pictures, and cabinets of curiosities. Could there be people who buy such things? 🤔
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Inside every part holds a mixed-media collage. In the middle silk scraps with a photo of a historic woman scientist working with a microscope, the word "curiosity" and lichens on bark. Top: a real seed pod, the seeds are glass beads. The pod is applied to silk and embroidered with golden leaves. Right: Embroidered moss and a silver snail amulet. Left: a silver spiral on silk. Bottom: a 1920s poster of an abstract microscope with the words "Keeping up with science".
The backside of the whole shrine. The shape is roughly cruciform. A square area in the centre is surrounded on the sides by small rounded flaps; the flaps are larger at the top and bottom.