Lego Reware

Yesterday's estimate for replacing our heating and air conditioning came in under five figures, which was a huge relief, so I pulled out the Lego Reware this morning. This pin is pure fun, so I hoped it'd influence my day accordingly. I got a lot of work done and nothing bad happened, neither of which equates to "fun"... But they're not to be sneezed at in these troubled times. Let's call it a fair to middling performance.

Emiko Oye designed the pin, bringing together salvaged materials to create a vivid, graphical statement. The six Lego bricks (yes, they're real Lego bricks) are overlaid with an engraved, sterling silver strip, which I think was cut from another piece of jewelry. The bottom brick is pierced by a silver stud (bottom right).

I'm afraid I disagree with Emiko's assertion that "...reware bestows upon the wearer a sense of uniqueness and self-assurdness [sic] in our fast-forward culture": but I admire her own uniqueness and self-assuredness in making it. My pins don't define me: I define my pins, as regular readers know.