I usually develop concepts through research. Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a closet full of collars(jabots). She had collars for every occasion for her robe in court, for example she had special collar she wore when she had a ‘dissenting opinion”. As a trained metalsmith/jeweler who is inspired by the things people wear to communicate their status. RBG used the collar as symbol of her power and womanhood. I wanted my collar to reflect the value of knowing history.  I have been fascinated lately with language and using it in my art to literally communicate a message. Ruth Bader Ginsburg often would say “I ask no favor for my sex all ask of our breathren is that they take their feet off our necks”. RBG was quoting Sarah Grimke who was an American Abolitionist and widely held to be the Mother of the Women's Suffrage Movement. The power of those words and how they resonated through time to inspire and drive women to keep fighting for their rights. I titled the piece ‘100th Collar’ to commemorate the anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. I used my saw frame to cut out a sheet of brass the words of the quote repeated over and over to make the form of the collar. This piece was made for the Suffrage: Inequality. Persistence. Justice. exhibition at Emily Davis Gallery in the Myers School of Art at University of Akron.