Our Cracks Hold What We Carry - Needle-Felted Wool Art Pin

$68.00

I am shaped by what was lost.

I carry bright color on my surface, the kind the world expects to see. Pink and gold move across me in flowing cracks, like light finding its way through stone. But inside me lives a darker heart, broken and whole at the same time, held safely beneath the surface where truth often rests.

I am not fragile. I am dense, layered, and meant to be worn.

I do not hide the cracks.

I honor them.

Because our cracks are where we hold what we carry.

I am shaped by what was lost.

I carry bright color on my surface, the kind the world expects to see. Pink and gold move across me in flowing cracks, like light finding its way through stone. But inside me lives a darker heart, broken and whole at the same time, held safely beneath the surface where truth often rests.

I am not fragile. I am dense, layered, and meant to be worn.

I do not hide the cracks.

I honor them.

Because our cracks are where we hold what we carry.

The Fighter’s Heart
Unmoored
$185.00

This original wool art pin is part of my ongoing broken-heart series, where emotional landscapes are built layer by layer through fiber. The outer heart is richly textured in saturated pinks and golden yellows, crossed with flowing cracks that move organically across the surface. Embedded within it there is a partially hidden, smaller, dark purple broken heart.

This piece speaks to the way grief, memory, and lived experience are often carried beneath brighter exteriors. The cracks do not weaken the form; they define it. Designed as wearable art, this pin transforms the body into a gallery. It allows the story to move with you.

Dimensions & Construction

  • Overall size: 4 in x 4 in

  • Pin back: 2.5-inch metal pin

  • Wearability: Suitable for heavy fabrics such as wool coats, denim jackets, canvas bags, and fiber garments

Materials

  • Hand-felted wool

  • Dyed merino wool

  • Natural wool fibers

  • Metal pin backing

Symbolism

  • Outer heart: The life we show—colorful, active, resilient

  • Flowing cracks: Emotional passageways, healing that is never linear

  • Inner dark heart: Private grief, truth held beneath the surface

  • Pin format: Choosing to carry your story visibly, on your own terms