“Blonde Today”

marks a turning point—not only in outward appearance but in the very core of a person’s self-understanding. Hair is more than ornament. It is identity, pride, protection, and a canvas for society’s expectations. Its loss often signifies a rupture, a fracture in the continuity of the self.

But within rupture lies the beginning of transformation. A moment when alternative hair is not merely a replacement but a reinvention. This process of transformation becomes visible in my brooch series. Colored hair, abstracted and mounted on iron, becomes a metaphor for resilience, for new narratives, for self-empowerment. Each brooch is a quiet declaration: a tribute to the courage of self-reinvention. The turning point is where loss is no longer read as an end, but as the beginning of a new form of visibility