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In recent years, as my female rage has reached a steady boil, I’ve come to appreciate weaponry disguised as jewelry, such as pendants that hide knives & rings with spikes that turn a fist into an arrow.

The past couple weeks, flooded with news of men violating women & slapping each other on the wrist, have only turned up the temperature within me.

I channeled my rage into a dagger imitating a brooch; the hilt topped with a teardrop, sharp as the blade, to represent the profound sorrow that rests beneath the anger.

Meant to be worn on a lapel, harmless as a button, but capable of inflicting damage if the need arises…
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Scroll through slides 7-10 to see progress shots…

I began by drawing several designs in pencil then gluing the chosen one to a brass sheet & tediously cutting out the shape with a jeweler’s saw. But, feeling that the dagger was too flat and one-dimensional, I sawed a second hilt, adding a sharp point to overlap the blade, then soldered the second hilt onto the first one & sanded then polished them until they looked like one solid piece.