Set Sail Brooch

Jewelry

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Name/Title

Set Sail Brooch

Entry/Object ID

2021.85.97

Category

American Art, 1945 to Today

Acquisition

Accession

2021.85

Source or Donor

Enamel Arts Foundation

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Crocker Art Museum, gift of Enamel Arts Foundation Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Zachery Lechtenberg

Role

Artist

Date made

2016

Time Period

21st Century

Dimensions

Height

7/16 in

Width

1-3/4 in

Depth

1-5/8 in

Height

7/8 in

Width

2-13/16 in

Depth

2-13/16 in

Material

Silver, Copper, Steel, Enamel

Location

Category

Display

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Website Medium

Label

Silver, copper, steel, and enamel

General Notes

Note Type

Artist Statement

Note

Retrieved from the Enamel Arts Foundation website: [https://www.enamelarts.org/set-sail/] Another autobiographical piece, Set Sail/Find Home Brooch reflects some of the artist’s mixed feelings about returning to his parents’ home in Quincy, Illinois after completing graduate school. With its image of pirate, wearing a skull-covered eye patch and cap, this unusually large brooch embodies Lechtenberg’s fears and disappointments. However, in spite of the self-deprecating “YB Sucks” on the reverse, the inscription “Set Sail/Find Home and What It Means” underscores Lechtenberg’s determination to remain hopeful, push forward, and keep moving ahead. [IR 06/25/2025]