Aino-Astrid Gaedtke Germany
Porto Poplar Leaf pendant
Piece created for Challenge 2021 Jewelry and Nature
Materials copper, enamel, waxed cotton
Size 95x95x2mm
In every city, nature has its marks in form of living trees and, very often, in form of a quarter where the streets have tree names… also in Porto. Aino-Astrid Gaedtke plays with the other way round: she shows the city’s imprint on nature and maps the corresponding part of Porto on leafs. Streets become nerves of a poplar leaf, including “Praça dos Álamos”, the city's square of the poplars.