Broken Peace-Olive Branch Sculpture
Broken Peace-Olive Branch Sculpture
Description
The olive tree is an ancient, sacred anchor of Palestinian heritage, life, and resistance. In Gaza, the systematic destruction of these orchards represents a deliberate tearing away of a people's roots and history, dismantling the very thing olive branches symbolize: peace, conciliation, and the goodwill offered to an adversary to end a conflict.
Broken Peace is an attempt to materialize this tragedy. A delicate, handcrafted branch of copper and brass stretches out across a fractured slab of concrete rubble, mimicking the landscape of war-torn Gaza.
The branch bears exactly five olives and five leaves, totaling ten individual details. This structure honors the cultural significance of the number ten as a symbol of Palestinian defiance, steadfastness (sumud), and the right of return, evoking the eternal ten-year-old refugee child, Handala. The unripened olives, crafted from pale green serpentine stone, are frozen in time, honoring the innocent children of Gaza whose lives have been cut short before reaching maturity.
It is a monument to what has been broken, and a quiet, resilient witness to what remains.
Giving Back
In honor of the children symbolized in this sculpture, 10% of the proceeds from this sale will be donated directly to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) to provide vital medical care, food, clean water, and humanitarian relief to vulnerable families on the ground.
Features:
Material: Copper, acrylic paint, brass, concrete, serpentine stone
Design: Broken olive branch, with unripe olives, laying on concrete rubble
Craftsmanship: Individually sculpted, painted, and assembled by hand
Finish: Sealed with UV resistant varnish
Display: Raw concrete base, unsealed
Measures: 10x3"
Packaging
Each sculpture is carefully packaged to ensure safe arrival and presentation. Pieces are wrapped with attention to preservation and display, making them suitable for collectors, gifts, or personal curio displays.
Original design copyright Ravena Metalworks©
Handcrafted
Each piece is designed and made entirely by hand in my studio by me, start to finish. This is a true one-woman operation. No assistants, no casting houses, and no mass production.
Every component is cut, formed, soldered, textured, and finished by hand using traditional metalsmithing techniques. Because of this process, no two pieces are ever exactly alike. Subtle variations are not flaws but a natural part of handmade work and a mark of its individuality.
The piece you receive is truly one of a kind.
Shipping
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