Essence of Lace
Pink ivory wood with acrylic paint (2012)
5.75″ tall x 4.5″ diameter
This piece was made for the invited AAW exhibition Beyond Containment. The catalogue may be viewed at www.galleryofwoodart.org/beyond.html
“The fragrance in this little perfume bottle has long gone, and yet it is not lost forever. Years later, should we encounter this fragrance once again, the molecules trigger a memory of when we first met and we relive the moment as if it were yesterday.”
It casts an attractive shadow:
The very narrow neck made the hollowing out of this form extremely difficult. The stopper was turned separately:
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