About the Artist & the Work

I have been interested in sculpture for many years, especially the work of Barbara Hepworth, and have taken a few classes in stone carving. In this new work I am using more malleable materials like wax, paper, reed, glass threads, and polystyrene foam.

“Empty Nest” is a cube made from foam core covered in hand made Thai paper and embellished with inks, encaustic wax and transferred images. The window is inlayed with mosaic tesserae made from molten glass that was hand pulled into threads of different sizes. Over the years I have noticed the dramatic decline in the bird population. I fear the coming of the “Silent Spring.” I chose the blue jay to represent the empty nest because I was shocked and saddened to learn that even this common back yard bird is down in population by 36%.

“Weavers” is carved from polystyrene foam that is inlaid with glass threads the colors of natural reed. it is covered in tissue, bark paper and encaustic wax. If the birds can create simple yet beautiful homes in vibrant communities and live in harmony, so can we!

WEAVER

(detail above)

Encaustic wax, bark paper, tissue paper, plaster gauze, glass threads on polystyrene substrate and granite base.

14”x 5”x 5”

NFS

Empty Nest

Encaustic medium,Thai paper, plaster gauze, walnut ink, glass threads, tissue papered reed on foam core cube.

22” x 5”x 5”

NFS