Brooch | Remembrance poppy | Trench art by Martin de Ruyter Milk Thieves is one of Australia’s foremost

is one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists

Featuring a jointed head and arms that can be turned and posed

The cumulative effect is that of a colourful puzzle or dreamscape

by repurposing

Brooch | Remembrance poppy | Trench art by Martin de Ruyter Milk Thieves is one of Australia’s foremostThese poppy brooches are handmade and hand painted by photographer and artist Martin de Ruyter in Nelson, New Zealand. Layered with historical meaning and symbology, each poppy has been created in the tradition of Trench Art, by repurposing . 303 calibre bullets the same calibre that was used in WW1 and WW2. Martins' late grandfather James (Jim) Fisher taught him how to form a spitfire from a three pence coin and it's a skill Martin still uses today