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At a conchological fair I bought a piranha jaw, which matched perfectly with a yellow shark toy residing in one of my numerous collection boxes.

I made the first Yellow Jaw Brooch in 2008 as part of a submission for a plastic design competition. At a conchological fair I bought a piranha jaw, which matched perfectly with a yellow shark toy residing in one of my numerous collection boxes.

I liked this grim and crunchy plastic-and-bone symbiosis so much that ever since I have been looking to combine colorful toy parts with natural jaws and beaks.

I bought some more piranha jaws and also a few sharp parrotfish beaks, as well as other bony fish beaks, which are so ugly that I have forgotten the name of the species...