Felted wool heart art pin with stone-like texture and embedded fractured blue heart
Close-up of blue inner heart embedded in textured stone-colored wool
Back view of felted wool art pin showing 2-inch metal pin backing
Detail view of layered wool textures and visible fractures in the heart
Felted wool heart art pin with stone-like texture and embedded fractured blue heart
Close-up of blue inner heart embedded in textured stone-colored wool
Back view of felted wool art pin showing 2-inch metal pin backing
Detail view of layered wool textures and visible fractures in the heart

Held in Stone

$48.00

I was once fragile.

I shattered easily, like glass under pressure.

Life has been hard. I have been hurt. Layer by layer, stone formed around my fractures, to hold them. I remain broken, but I am supported by the strength I developed as a result of everything that tried to destroy me.

I look heavy and ancient.

Yet, I am light enough to wear, light enough to carry forward.

I was once fragile.

I shattered easily, like glass under pressure.

Life has been hard. I have been hurt. Layer by layer, stone formed around my fractures, to hold them. I remain broken, but I am supported by the strength I developed as a result of everything that tried to destroy me.

I look heavy and ancient.

Yet, I am light enough to wear, light enough to carry forward.

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Layers within
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Held in Stone is a wearable fiber sculpture from my Broken Heart series. The outer heart appears stone-like. It is weathered, dense, and shaped by time. Embedded within it is a preserved blue inner heart, fractured like glass.

This piece speaks to the way sorrow accumulates around vulnerability. The fractures remain visible, but they are supported. Strength does not erase what broke, it forms around it.

Though it reads as stone, the pin is made entirely of wool and is nearly weightless, creating a quiet contrast between appearance and reality.

Materials

  • Wool (multiple fibers, layered and needle-felted)

  • Steel pin back (2 inches, suitable for heavy fabrics)

Dimensions

  • 3 inches tall

  • 4 inches wide

  • Pin back: 2 inches

Symbolism

  • Stone Heart: resilience, endurance, emotional armor formed over time

  • Blue Inner Heart: vulnerability, grief, emotional truth

  • Visible Fractures: survival without erasure

  • Embedded Form: being held rather than “fixed”