PUBLIC ART
Amulet Series
a three-phased metalsmithing project exploring ideas of collective healing and protection. Beginning in local community organizations, stopping along the ocean in LoPresti Park, East Boston, and culminating in a large protective bird-inspired sculpture Vedro is welding for Boston’s City Hall Plaza.
Phase 3 Amulet | Boston City Hall Plaza North Entrance | Upcoming Spring 2023
The community amulet will come together in Boston’s renovated City Hall Plaza as commissioned bird-inspired steel sculptures over 15’ high, incorporating the wishmarks Vedro gathered in 2022. Amulet is intended as to serve as a guardian sentinel for the moving energy of the city, offering safe passage through a shared landscape. Stay tuned for updates!
Phase 2 Workbench | LoPresti Park, East Boston | Summer 2022
Thank you to all who added their wishmark, come look for it at City Hall Plaza!
After months of community workshops collecting wishmarks, Vedro installed an interactive hammering workbench along the waterfront at LoPresti Park in East Boston. All were invited to stand at an imagined portal where land meets sea and hammer their wishes into a metal panel on top of the bench. The metal panels were removed from the workbench, and will be incorporated into a large protective bird-inspired sculpture Rhea is welding for Boston’s City Hall Plaza as the Amulet series continues.
Made possible by Now + There.
Phase 1 Wishmark Workshops | Feb. - July 2022
Vedro launched a series of workshops in the spring of 2022 with community partner Veronica Robles Cultural Center and other East Boston stakeholders.
Clear your mind and focus on the idea of safe passage. What or who comes to mind? Hold this intention for the safe passage of a loved one, or an aspect of your own internal journey. Take your hammer and your metal texturing tool, and begin to mark the metal in front of you, stamping in your intention.
