"allegory," (incomplete, assemblage sculpture) february 2013

[anonymousblack]

"allegory," (incomplete, assemblage sculpture) february 2013.

i did most of the work on this piece while in quarantine for a week after my radioactive iodine dose, a component of my treatment for thyroid cancer. work still needs to be completed on the outside casing.

each of the specimen tins contain something i've consumed or collected, such as incense ash or paper ephemera, and ultimately comprises a sort of material autobiography. some of the contents have been paired logically, others intuitively. each echoes an aspect of my personal experience but also other structures and one another.

there are eleven more detail images

not all specimen tins are detailed.








2007 maryland map, tourmalated quartz bead






spent pu-erh tea, cinnamon bark, howlite bead






pine cone, needles, twigs






white sage, bible page






bay leaves (center tin), cedar sprigs and gold leaf (front left), tobacco (behind center), pine resin (behind and to left),






juniper berries, quilting thread






hair, czech stamp, thread






velvet, hemp twine, bolt






anise, page from 1992 ephemeris






unsent love letter, thread, hemp twine, black eyed susan petals, myrrh, wax






Lagochilus inebriens blossoms/thorns

Comments

[deadletters.livejournal.com]

This is fascinating.

[liminalia.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful and moving. I love it.

[triesticity.livejournal.com]

Mm, so lovely.

[sothe.livejournal.com]

I really like the concept! And the execution is great as well. Awesome stuff!

[nevarra.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I really love these.

[grows.livejournal.com]

beautiful.

[crimson-vita.livejournal.com]

Those pictures alone would make gorgeous wrapping paper.


[eta: Also they're very, very pretty.]

[last eta, I promise, 'this time is going to be different':] I made the gorgeous wrapping paper comment because something about those things evokes a 'meaningful relationship between people' feeling in the same way that awesome holiday paper evokes a strong positive spirit of the season simply in its presence/design. (You know, in case that wasn't obvious in the comment itself.)