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Palace of Illusions

Palace of Illusion is a Cyclops “female” form, which due to its material nature is grounding and perhaps conveys a sense of nostalgia, humour, and objectification…literally and metaphorically. When one looks through the hole in the box representing the head, there rests a small Eiffel tower that lights up, and multiplies infinitely. There is a mirror at each end of the interior of the box. My ongoing concerns and interest in relationship to crafting and crafted objects is the notion that all man made objects are externalizations of the body. I am interested in crafts relationship to private, more subjective spaces such as the home, as well as the relationship between thought/thinking and actions and materials. One of the collected shelf objects include a 1950’s book titled, Having Fun With Boxes. This recipe formatted book intended for boys, describes various manifestations and uses for boxes (match boxes, shoe boxes etc.). One of the exercises is titled Palace of Illusions.

Palace of Illusion allowed me to contemplate themes of creation and renewal, sexuality and architectural space, home, materials, and our mysterious relationship to objects.

silk organza, steel boning, collected objects (paper, ceramic), wood67” H x 36’ W x 45’ D

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