"My Life As A Fish"

"My Life As A Fish"●
   I love this piece.  It is fun and full of whimsy and enchantment. I am not sure what the wooden box was in it's former life, (maybe it held curios) but it contains 12 small compartments and I happily created a vignette in each one. Tiny vignettes of lives lived.  If you have a minute, i encourage you to click on the images to enlarge – take a close look.
   The back side of the box is covered in amazing images of “fish” that have seemingly convened to discuss the subject at hand.  The images of these exquisite fish came from a beautifully illustrated fish cookbook found at my favorite thrift store.
   The sides, top and bottom of the box contain images in black and white of an Italian country side. I incorporated beads and dice to the three knobs on top to add interest.

"Seeing Red"

"Seeing Red"●
   This glass enclosed memory box was so much fun to make.  I started by covering it on the inside and outside in tissue papers.  The found objects contained within the box sort of 'selected' themselves.  The placement of each item seemed instinctive and effortless, each piece found it’s place within the space that contains it and there it stayed, because it looked good.
   At the end of the day, once the piece was finished, as I was closing up my studio to go home, I remember briefly thinking about what to name the piece.  The next day, the minute I opened the door to my studio, and without having given it another thought, I saw the piece and found that even the title was self administered . . . (click on any image to enlarge)