SEED Found Object - Narrative Jewelry
Our future exists in a seed. Contained in this slender bottle is the potential for endless life and food for generations.
You are not atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you. Vandana Shiva SEED is dedicated to vegetarian Vandana Shiva whose compassion for the earth has no limits. She is a large, attractive woman elegantly dressed in a silk sari. Between the arch of her dark eyebrows, at the sixth chakra, is a bindi. From Vedic times this spot has marked the seat of concealed wisdom and intellect. Dr. Vandana Shiva speaks warmly, laughs and smiles often, and exudes a calm energy. Her words are rooted in practical compassion. Trained as a physicist, she completed her PhD in Quantum Theory in Ontario. She returned to work in India and today is known as one of the most committed advocates working in support of people’s environmental struggles. She is a force to be reckoned with. She pioneered the organic movement in India and has built a movement called Navdanya (Nine Seeds), the country’s biggest network of seed keepers and organic producers for the conservation of indigenous seeds. Navdanya encourages farmers to produce hardy native varieties of seed. She has saved lives by helping debt ridden farmers with failing crops break from expensive seeds & global companies. This slender glass bottle contains nine seeds. From a tiny drilled hole in the base, a vintage brass leaf hangs. The leaf shows the potential for growth lying dormant in these little seeds. A potential for growth that lies in all of us. Hanging from the chain is a ‘heart shovel’, cut from a vintage brass pendant... connecting us with those who tend the land and bring us food. Connecting us back to the earth that sustains us. This little shovel is just big enough for digging very tiny holes. It is a start.
POULTICE
SARAH JOYCE POULTICE 2012
Compatior Series Vintage glass perfume bottle with brass cap, Victorian Sterling Silver & Jet button, Vintage copper leaf, found copper chain.