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Yellow Bars Bally Brooch 1
$300.00
Ecological sustainability is the hallmark of Boris Bally's art. Boris uses recycled reflective aluminum traffic signs to produce jewelry that is avant garde and beautiful in design. The Yellow Bars brooch is made using Boris's technique known as HUMANUFACTURED® (hand-fabricated, pierced, swaged). 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 1/2 inch(es). Ships in 3 days.
Rotatorange Square
$300.00
Craftsmanship and humor are prevalent in the designs of award winning artist Boris Bally. He uses reflective recycled aluminum traffic signs to create a dazzling brooch appropriate for any occasion. Boris's technique is known as HUMANUFACTURED® (hand-fabricated, pierced, swaged). 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 1/2 inch(es), Ships in 3 days.
Spirallyellow Square “De-SIGN’  Series D.P.W. Brooch®
$300.00
The Spirallyellow Brooch by Artist Boris Bally utilizes the graphic and material potential of recycled traffic signs as his medium and fabricates it into wearable art. 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 1/2 inch(es). Ships in 3 days.
Orange Square w Black “De-SIGN’-D.P.W. Brooch®
$150.00
"The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, its reuse" This quote by designer Issey Miyake speaks to the essence of the work of artist Boris Bally. Make a statement by wearing art jewelry that is not only a beautiful ornamentation but a tribute to our need to be a forward thinking society. 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 1/2 inches. Ships in 4 days.
Vitrified D.P.W. Brooch
$200.00
Made from materials salvaged from the Department of Public Works the Vitrified D.P.W. Ring and Eye Brooch measures Eye: 6 13/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 inch(es) Ring 3 1/2 inch diameter.
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Most aboriginal cultures, including this country’s own native Americans, have
adorned themselves with jewelry made of various animal parts such as feathers,
fur, leather, claws, bones, or teeth.  These served as talismanic charms and, in
the form of the archetypal ‘bear-claw necklace,’ gave a hunter/warrior the spirit
and strength of the animal whose disabled ‘weapons’ he was wearing.  Such a
necklace was perceived as a symbol of bravery, strength and respect.

My contemporary necklace is made of one-hundred hand-gun-triggers, cut and
torn from the dismembered weapons reclaimed from the Pittsburgh city gun buy-
back program ‘Goods for Guns.’  

This urban ‘mojo’ protects the wearer from the gun violence so prevalent in
today’s culture.

       
24.50 x 12 x 1.25" inches
2 lbs-5 ox (37 ounces)
100 handgun triggers (steel), silver .925, gold .750,
sapphire, steel cable

fabricated, cuttlebone casting, riveted
September  2006        
Museum of Art & Design, NYC
Aaron Usher III, model: ‘Feyi O’       
Part of the Permanent Collection of the
Museum of Art and Design
Click Here D.P.W. For Pricing and Description
"DPW" Brooches are ALL different and
one-of-a-kind, based on the availability of the
recycled aluminum traffic sign materials.  The final
brooch will be of similar color but may vary slightly
from the photograph.