TIME COLLECTION – SERIES I – The First Suspension – PIECE 2Moment Held
Artist pin (medal-object), applied arts – jewellery design
2010–2011, Florence, Italy
Author: Milan Stamenovic
Handmade, unique piece (one of a kind)
Materials: Antique pocket watch case and porcelain quadrant, oxidized tin, brass elements, semi-precious stone (onyx, brass metal ribbon galvanized in gold, printed leather
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Availability or acquisition inquiries upon request
This work captures the fragile act of holding time without possession. The structure suggests balance rather than control, with suspended components recalling moments that refuse linear order.
Moment Held functions as a wearable fragment of remembrance — not nostalgia, but recognition. It reflects the early understanding that memory does not obey chronology; it appears where it chooses.