Cosmic Eye Statement Brooch — Handmade by Lorena Medinilla | De Petra

Some pieces become legend. This is one of them.

Known within De Petra as the "Cosmic Eye," this is one of Lorena Medinilla's most celebrated and skillfully executed statement pieces — a work so distinctive it has been imitated, yet never matched. The precision of the tooling, the layering of color, and the sheer technical mastery on display here represent hundreds of hours of hand embroidery and bead work refined over 18 years of artistry.

At the center, an iridescent magenta and amber leather oval shifts color with every angle of light, radiating outward through concentric hand-embroidered rings: a vivid magenta silk border, a ring of deep violet glass cylinder beads, a navy and gold beaded band with hand-stitched orange accents, and finally a dramatic fringed chartreuse silk burst at the very center — almost floral, almost solar, entirely original. The entire eye shape is framed in an alternating row of black and silver hematite cube beads, precisely placed by hand.

From the base, an extraordinary cascade of charms transforms this brooch into a sculptural object: a sterling bird-on-branch figure, an antiqued metal face pendant, an architectural open ring connector, a pavé crystal ball, a luminous baroque pearl, and twisted indigo silk tassels finished in fine ball-chain fringe. Each charm was selected and placed with the eye of a true collector.

The eye itself measures 3.5 inches wide by 2 inches high; with the charm cascade, the piece reaches nearly 3.5 inches in total drop. Finished with a secure pin back closure.

This is wearable art in its purest form — the kind of piece that stops conversation in a room. Formerly carried in Anthropologie stores nationwide and Free People, De Petra is now available at Kuhl-Linscomb Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston shop, and directly through the artist's studio.

One of one. Irreplaceable.

SKU: DP-BROOCH-001  |  One of a kind — only 1 available