strange fruit golden cherries swarovski and molded by annabronwyn

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"blood on the leaves/ and blood at the roots"- strange fruit, billie holiday made to order. please allow a few days for production. this new collection is an offshoot of the noir collection- jeweled fascinators shaped like fruits or berries in this case. three sets of handformed copper leaves, hammered wire stems and berries made of czech glass rounds in rich taupe and gold/copper swarovski crystals- encircling an abstract mound of cherries in amber and taupe faceted czech glass and the taupe rounds. copper-wire-wrapped securely to a rosy platinum barrette. 4" diameter. barrette is 2" handmade (for a one of kind lady) by anna bronwyn, pulp tart jewelry. "strange fruit" is a poem written by abel meeropol that was made famous in song form by billie holiday. the poem is a condemnation of racist violence- specifically the lynching of african americans- and the chillingly dark lyrics are cradled gently, are even made beautiful, by holiday's wounded, throaty vocals. it is a song that never fails to move me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit http://www.strangefruit.org as an expression of my gratitude for this song, 15% of all strange fruit fascinator sales will be donated to the us human rights network (http://www.ushrnetwork.org/about_us).