Reliquaries
acrylic paint on papier-mâché and basswood with pebbles
7.5” x 4” x 3.5”
2016
acrylic paint on papier-mâché and basswood with toy car
5.5” x 7” x 3.5”
2016
acrylic paint on papier-mâché and basswood with wire, screen, glass vials, and salt
11” x 6.5” x 3.5” (closed)
2016
Acrylic paint and papier-mâché on basswood with 35mm slides
9.5” x 10” x 4.5”
2015
Acrylic paint and papier-mâché on basswood with wire
5” x 11.25” x 3.25”
2015
Acrylic paint on papier-mâché and basswood, with 35mm slide
7” x 3.5” x 3”
2015
According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary reliquaries are “containers in which sacred relics are kept.” Relics are “objects esteemed or venerated because of an association with a saint or martyr, souvenirs or mementos, or remains.”
In these small ephemeral works, I am interested in the transience of what cannot be contained. The archetypal house forms are ironic urns for how we attempt to contain memories, struggle to keep them alive and eventually allow them to fade into obsolescence.