These are Mr. Leonard's African masks, fetish objects and protection pieces, collected through dealers and his own extensive travels over two decades.
In polymer protection pieces, polycarbonate is often used for its transparency and its high impact resistance.
Thanks to its properties, polycarbonate is used for transparent protection pieces such as plane windows, front car headlights, motorcycle helmet visors or diving masks.
"I create protection pieces, mainly utilized to help one harness a power of protection within themselves.
The materials Shapiro uses to make these protection pieces evoke a sense of benevolence rather than overt aggression or violence.
Shapiro works repetitively, painstakingly crafting his "protection pieces," stud and crystal encrusted baseball bats and daggers, from found and collected objects in what amounts to an obsessive ritual.
They were made to represent the lies, fears, and confusion that this person had while leaving the relationship," says Shapiro. "The protection pieces were made to represent the walls and shields I needed to build for myself to overcome this heartbreak," he adds.
In addition to instituting a number of new consumer protections, this piece of reformatory personal finance legislation fundamentally changed the credit card application process.
PPE (personal protective equipment): filter face piece, protection level 3 (FFP3) respirator masks, eye goggles, splash proof overalls, gloves, boots, and hard hats.
