before i knew it, i had collected a treasure box.

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similar to my memory box of writing, i had gathered lost, abandoned, and forgotten jewelry.

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i would gather pieces i found on the streets or people would hand them to me.

i adopted this colorful family of materials until i could no longer close the lid.

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in 2018, to breathe life into them once again, i tought myself how to make jewelry.

how to take old jewelry apart and make new pieces out of them.

i sourced the materials from my treasure box and gave them a second life.

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it reminded me of my own patchwork family.

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a couple years later i created Lio's adornments, where jewelry meets poetry.

my treasure box met my memory box.

my love for yarn grew into my love for wire.