Opening: Put A Pin In It

“Put A Pin In It”
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A Pin sits at the intersection of purpose and play. Part adornment, part fastener, and so emblematic of the way that humans throughout time have taken useful, everyday things and made them beautiful as well.

Pins and Brooches existed before many modern clothing fasteners, and have been unearthed in archeological sites all over the world. Before zippers, buttons or buckles, pins were the most common way to hold clothing in place. Because humans have an innate sense of aesthetics, and we signal meaning through objects, invariably those pins also contain markers of societal standing, such as rank, status, allegiance and the like.

This medium also allows us to say something without saying a word- since that is what personal style is all about. Pins are often overt as they shout out affiliations, persuasion and a certain kind of belonging. They capture the zeitgeist of a time, and can easily change with the spirit and weather of the moment. They signify loyalties, politics, interests, protests, or hobbies, and show off a little extra about what is important to us, or even how people should see us. A person’s style is communicated through materials, silhouette, color and texture, and the pin is an accent that pulls it all together.

Featuring 31 Artists :

Faye Marie Astra
Alison Antelman
Sulo Bee
Juan Carlos
Caballero-Perez
Jolene Castañon
Suyu Chen
Ben Cooke-Akaiwa
Sherry Cordova
Susan Dunford
Lena Echelle
Laura Fortune
Jill Baker Gower
Sandra Jo Hackbarth
Meghan Korol
Annaliese Levaggi
Will McConnell
Christine Mighion
João Oliveira
Sally Prangley
Kenna Roberts
Alex Rudolph
Miku Saeki
Lauren Selden
Emily Spykman
Sydney Thompson
Oleh Tkachuk & Yasya Tsebruk
Isa Della Valle
Genevieve Williamson
Agne Zaltauskaite

Image Seen here Courtesy of
Susan Dunford
“The Big Barn”
Brass