Brooke Brunelle is a 20-year-old metalsmith, enamelist, and poet based in New England. She received her BFA in Metalsmithing & Jewelry from Maine College of Art & Design in 2026. In a configuration of copper, silver, nickel, and enamel, her work is a physical creation inspired by her journaling practice. Brunelle translates her poetry into hand-fabricated lockets and vessels dedicated to the heart; paperless journals bound in metal and glass. Using nature's metaphorical symbols for the emotions that live and breathe within our hearts, Brunelle aims to encapsulate emotional experiences within her work. The things we desire, what drives us, devastates us, and everything in between—integrated into objects and jewelry. Influenced by the world we live in, Brunelle is driven to create a safe place for the expressions tangled within our spirits that cannot be defined by words alone, but through art.