Flóra Vági’s brooch ‘Blue Seanemone II’ is made from an old book - the spine gives structure to the piece, while the trimmed pages bend back on themselves to create sinuous curves which suggest the movement of a sea anemone’s tentacles moving in water. It is a subtle example of recycling: the book is transformed, but not beyond recognition – fragments of text remain visible although the precise identity of the book is not disclosed by the maker: ‘I like the idea that once the book is transformed it contains a secret history. Just like with my wood pieces, the original material is hard to trace back, it is unlikely that anyone could point out which tree, in which part of the forest [it] has been growing for years. Yet the story is still inside, whether it has become a chair or a book filled with poetry’ or at one further remove, a brooch’.