The Loss and Regeneration series was created from objects representing a significant loss in people's lives. The deconstruction and incorporation of painful symbols into this body of work, have allowed these individuals to let go of their suffering and move forward. Recovering these things, recycling and reusing them, allowed me to uncover personal pasts.
The fragmentation, metamorphosis and immortalization of this detritus was one way to reconfigure the commonplace, reuse the unusable, as well as honor the stuff of everyday lives.
They're yours and they're not 1: bathrobe, tape, wax, latex and oil
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They’re yours and they’re not 2: bathrobe, tape, wax, latex and oil
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Reminders: sucrets tins, sewing notions, wax..
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My mother's past: old photos, tape, wax, latex...
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She never ate.... : Whole foods bag, wire, wax, latex..
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Thirty-four years of friendship(2): papers made into pulp, fabrics....
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Thirty-four years of friendship(1): broken pottery, wax, oil & latex...
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Unanswered letters: two 6 pg. letters, wire, wax, latex
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He never knew me: death certificate, crematory tag...
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Live with the seasons: horse hair, cardboard, wire, wax...
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Tribute to a queen (1): handmade pillow, tape, wire, thread
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To be with grief: hand printed fabric, paper, thread
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This is not me: towel, t-pins, wax, oil & latex...
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You’re whole even if you’re not: underwear, thread, wax, latex & oil
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Tribute to a queen (2): handmade pillow, tape, wire, thread
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