Lucinda's Commission: Urban Viking

These badges allow a little piece of Viking to creep inconspicuously into everyday life. There is a set of nine badges that can be worn together to create an image of a full brooch, or they can be scattered randomly obscuring the full image. Some are adjusted into basic cyan, magenta, yellow and black, so that they can be co-ordinated to suit any outfit. There is also a set of badges showing tiny glimpses of a silver Viking hoard. The Cuerdale Hoard AD300 – 1100 was found at the bank of the River Ribble, North Yorkshire in 1840. Lucinda is involved in Viking re-enactment: the experience of which relies upon ‘letting go’ of as much contemporary paraphernalia as possible. These badges are an attempt to ease the process of getting into character, by allowing the Viking-side of life to creep into aspects of 21st Century existence in an unobtrusive way.

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Badges from a Viking hoard

9 part brooch badges