Precious Price Tag Pins: Lucie Davis Turns Retail Labels into Copper and Enamel Jewelry
Lucie Davis has introduced 'Precious Price Tag Pins,' a collection of wearable art that reimagines disposable retail price tags as copper and enamel pins. Building on her popular 'Oyster card acrylic nails,' this initiative delves into the concept of value through material change. Each pin is made from copper, featuring laser-engraved price label information and kiln-fired vitreous enamel, which adds diverse colors and textures. The copper pieces are hammered to resemble peeling stickers. Drawing inspiration from her time in a university shop, the design reflects the aesthetics of retail labels. Each pin, equipped with a tie tack and silver clasp, is distinct due to differences in engraving and firing, merging digital accuracy with traditional hand enameling techniques.
Key facts
- Artist Lucie Davis created 'Precious Price Tag Pins,' a series of copper and enamel pins based on retail price labels.
- The project follows Davis's viral 'Oyster card acrylic nails' project.
- Each pin is laser-engraved with price label graphics and finished with kiln-fired vitreous enamel.
- Variations in firing time and temperature, including under-firing and over-firing, create differences in color, texture, and finish.
- Hammered corners on the copper cutouts mimic the appearance of a peeling sticker.
- The project grew from Davis's experience working in a shop during university, where she noticed printing marks, creases, and bends on price labels.
- Each pin is fitted with a tie tack pin and silver clasp, and no two pieces are identical.
- The pins can be worn individually or displayed as a collection, referencing mass-produced stickers.
- The series combines laser engraving with traditional hand enameling.
- The project was submitted to designboom's DIY submissions feature and edited by Christina Vergopoulou.
Entities
Artists
- Lucie Davis
Institutions
- designboom