Vestals


Become Responsible for What You Have Tamed
2022
flattened paper sculpture, paint, lace, threads & strings, gold leaf
21x16x1
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The Leap from ‘Mi’ to”Fa’ 🔴
2022
flattened paper sculpture, paint, threads, crystals, chain, gold & copper leaf
20x16x.75

Sing the scale and you will feel the the vibrational lift that occurs when the notes shift from ‘Mi’ to ‘Fa’.

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The Wedding Veil
2022
flattened paper sculpture, fabric, pearl beads, lace, silver paint
24x20x2
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Detail "The Wedding Veil"
2022

When a bride opens her veil she looks for reflection; for a soul that will complement her life’s journey.

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Polishing the Mirror
2021
flattened paper sculpture, paint, inks,net,sequins, threads, gold &copper leafs
19x14x.5

Symbolic fragmentation of women's history, influence and culture.

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The Impressure of Nothingness into Something
2021
flattened paper sculpture, paint, threads, beads, copper leaf
19x15x2
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Lighting the Fire
2020
flattened paper sculpture, silk and linen thread, crystals, sequins. gold and copper leaf
20x15.5x.25
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A Camel Passes Through the Eye of a Needle
2022
flattened paper sculpture, metallic paints, threads and inks, moon phase collage cuts
19x16x.5
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Bridal Chamber
2022
flattened paper sculpture, paint, beads, sequins, nets, chains, thread
16x20x.25
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Bejeweling the Bride
2022
flattened paper sculpture, paint, linen thread, beads, sequins, crystals, copper leaf, netting
20x15x.25

Something incredible is communicated by bejeweling a bride: a layering of ancestors, charms, mother’s beads, veils, and ritual.

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Infinite Yearning Inside Finite Body
2022
flattened paper sculpture, ink, threads, crystals and paint
15 x 19 x 25

Encounters with chance.

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Under the Conditions of Constriction and Convergence
2022
flattened paper sculpture, string, inks
19x15x.5

When does a 2D line become 3D? When it is knotted.

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Red Vestal Breastplate
2021
painted crushed paper sculpture
14 x 18.5 x 1 inch

My continuing research in Rome--tracking down remains of Vestal Virgin sculptures and text--closely ties in with the vestal plate art that I have been making for a decade.

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