Sunday, August 14, 2011

A time to be so small




Leda glass seed bead embroidery and peyote stitch, cloth, taxidermy form, thread. 2010. Named after a Greco Roman shape-shifting swan myth.

The following pieces of work focus on shapeshifting. The work subtly addresses the issues of the different faces we each put forth given our current surroundings and the eventual effect it has on who we become as a whole – a conglomeration of parts of different creatures. She uses taxidermy animal forms and transforms them into creatures, not yet in existence, but in the process of changing form, color, and purpose.

I have been working with the idea of needing to be multiple personalities in order to function in my life. There is one face or purpose I put forth in one venue such as work, and a different one put forth to my family. Then there is the self I keep to myself. My proposed exhibit attempts to work out the issues of feeling trapped within a self and being in the process of changing from one self to another.

bakeneko

glass seed bead embroidery and peyote stitch, cloth, taxidermy form, thread. 2010. Named after a Japanese shape-shifting ghost-cat myth.





Kitsune

glass seed bead embroidery and peyote stitch, cloth, taxidermy form, thread. 2010. Named after a Japanese shape-shifting fox myth.








Odin (tiny one in middle) glass seed bead embroidery and peyote stitch, cloth, taxidermy form, thread. 2010. Named after a Norse female shape-shifter myth. SOLD



Loki glass seed bead embroidery and peyote stitch, cloth, taxidermy form, thread. 2010. Named after a Norse female shape-shifter myth.




Lorelei

glass seed bead embroidery and peyote stitch, cloth, taxidermy form, thread. 2010. Named after a German shape-shifting water nymph myth.

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