Vessels

Vessel Grouping of 5 🔴
2022
cartapesta
each Vessel is approximately 52 x 13 x 10 inches
Detail: Vessel Grouping
Artist with her Vessels
Gallery View: Vessel Grouping #5 and Footed Vessel #1
Gallery View: Galatea Fine Art, Boston Massachusetts
2022
Artist Talk
2023

While working, a Rumi quote guided my heart and hands: We are stars wrapped in skin. The light you are seeking has alway been within." 

In Studio: Vessel Grouping
2022
cartapesta

Strips of paper soaked in hardening agents create cultural patterns: most notably Egyptian mummy wrappings, as well as breast binding, the draped clothing of Greek goddesses, Hindu sari, and the slim form of Hervé Léger’s high-fashion bandage dresses.

"The Wedding Veil"from my Vestal series and Vessel Grouping #2
2022
Mother 47x14x13; Child 46x15x9
Gallery View: She Kouri
2024

Pair of Vessels exhibited at Boston Sculptor's Gallery, April-May, 2024.


The high-art technique of paper mache that I use is called cartapesta. Much of the religious statues--arte sacre-- that you see in South Italy are made from cartapesta.