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One of the things I've been doing lately to help me find titles for my pieces is to look up the various objects in this fabulous "Dictionary of Symbols" that I bought a couple years ago. Most of my newer pieces are created intuitively, so I need a little help with the interpretation later. As I investigated this one, the word "interruption" just kept popping into my head. The various parts of the piece (wood, metal, and rock/stone) carry both worldy and spiritual symbols. Add to that the color orange, which, as the perfect center between the passionate red and the heavenly/godly yellow represents balance, and the symbol of the needle as something that unites two things while piercing them. The earthly and the spiritual are in a precarious balance, with the needle coming in to join them. But its presence can also interrupt the union with its violent nature, possibly throwing the balance off. This piece is in the collections of Tony & Joseph Kirkland-Purvis, Alaisha Flannigan, Colby & Marissa Beck, Keith & Mila Spresser, Carl Saxton, Helen Pettigrew, Gregory Mills, and Yolander West. |