Animal History Boxes
Burmese
2008 silk floss, linen, paper, ink, graphite, wood box 6" x 4 1/2" x 2" Available
Dear Sister
2008 mixed media 6" x 4 1/2" x 2" Sold
Donkey Retired
2008 linen, poly fill, ink found watercolor, moss, wood box 12 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 3 1/4" Sold
Heir Apparent
2008 silk on linen, ink, rice paper, glass, wood box 9 3/4" x 13" x 2" Available
Korat
2008 silk floss, linen, paper, ink, graphite, wood box 6" x 4 1/2" x 2" Available
Music Box
2008 silk, linen, paper, bells, antique tea tin 4" x 4" x 1 1/2" Sold
Nine Spot
2008 silk floss, linen, paper, ink, graphite, wood box 6" x 4 1/2" x 2" Sold
Siamese
2008 mixed media 6" x 4 1/2" x 2" Available
Spinning Jenny
2008 felt, polyfill, linen, ink, wheel, found graphic 8" x 6" x 7" Sold
Tartuffe
2008 felt, wire, silver, on a cone of cotton string 6" x 4 1/2" x 2" Sold
Artists
Statement
To open a box you hold it in your hands, look inside and experience a moment of intimacy. The inspiration for the form of these pieces comes from many different boxes—I think of Velvet Brown's shoebox of paper horses, Jem's cigar box of objects in To Kill a Mockingbird, the pleasure of receiving a package in the mail.. When I open a daguerreotype case I confront a vivid image of someone long gone from this earth, and if I tip it slightly, I confront myself... and experience a living metaphor of connection.
Many of our relationships with animals involve an intense and quiet intimacy as deep as our relationships with other people. My intention is to present this connection to animals through an historical and familial eye, the heirloom as opposed to the specimen box. When we experience this connection we are where the past and the present are indistinguishable; we are living history.