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SELF-CONFIDENCE BOOSTERS
2018
Brass
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Self-confidence Boosters explores the relationship between physical gesture and emotional state.

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Each piece is designed to encourage — or gently compel — the wearer into a gesture associated with confidence and positivity: lifting the chin, opening the chest, facing forward, speaking up or smiling.

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Made in brass, the objects act as physical prompts, temporarily altering the wearer’s posture, expression or behaviour. Rather than representing confidence symbolically, Self-confidence Boosters asks whether an object worn on the body can actively influence the way we feel.

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CHIN UP

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CHEST OUT

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FACE FOWARD

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SPEAK UP

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SMILE

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The collection began during yoga sessions with a friend who worked as an instructor. Shinzato encountered a gesture in which the chin is lifted and the gaze directed upwards, accompanied by the idea that the simple act of looking up could encourage a more positive state of mind.

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She became interested in the possibility that something as small as changing the position of the body could affect how a person feels. This led her to consider other gestures and actions associated with confidence, and whether jewellery could be used to initiate them.

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