“Gold Card Visa” bracelet is constructed from recycled tin cans as a social and political commentary about the immigration crisis.

This bracelet will be shown at SCHMUCKmünchen 2026

Bracelet fabricated from recycled tin containers. Brass escutcheon pins, brass screws, and nuts.
Display stand is constructed from brass. The vertical bars are recycled tin cans that were black on one side and metallic brass color on the inside of the tubes.

Materials for “Gold Card Visa” bracelet

This bracelet is constructed with post-consumer tin cans. These humble materials have no intrinsic value, but the commentary in this jewelry reflects the hypocrisies of our time. The bracelets in the "Fool's Gold Collection" are carefully constructed with elaborate detail, but deliberately left open to metaphorically expose the ugly inner truth.

If you look at the surface, you can see that it has the ingredients in multiple languages. Immigrants are the ingredients that make America great.

"Gold Card Visa" protests the high cost of United States visas, turning citizenship into a luxury commodity while deporting hard-working immigrants.

With this symbolic jewelry, I protest! Every member of my family came to the United States as immigrants, whether it was 200 years ago or 100 years ago. How can America change this much? How can America not understand that immigration is our strength?

Each bar fits over a specific post.

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Date: 2025

12” height x 13” width   x 2.5“ depth
Bracelet weight 1 pound                          

Fabrication innovations for “Gold Card Visa” bracelet

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Packing, Shipping, and Display Instructions for ““Gold Card Visa” bracelet

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