Madeleine Albright celebrates Ginkgo pins
The former Secretary of State features the copper ginkgo leaf pin created for Beauvoir, the elementary school of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, in her new book.
Dennis Ray, the designing manager of Nature's Creations, created the piece in March 2000. He collected leaves from a large ginkgo tree in front of Beauvoir before its removal for the school's expansion.
The actual leaves were encased in copper through electroforming, so the leaf is still safe inside.
The piece is finished with a natural patina to accentuate the venation and beauty of the leaf.
“IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE GlNKGO PlN APPRICIATED
BY SUCH A GRACIOUS AMERICAN ICON OF STYLE.”
THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION CARD
The. pin which f,eauvoir is presenting toijou contains a. Leaf harvested from the ginkgo tree that stood at the- entrance to me 'out Beauvoir.' The leaf was captured in fine layers of copper and, hancl-Jmished with natural patinas to preserve its unique fanlike shape, delicate veining and flowing stem..
As a species the ginkgo is recognized as a livingfossil' wtwse ancestors appeared in china. over 2.25 millionijears ago. Just as the ginkgo has endured througn time,
your generosity to 'Beauvoir will help sustain through time the unique growth and educational experience which the school provided for young children.
