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This piece is a self-portrait in the most symbolic sense of the word. At the time I made it, I was thinking about transitions, and about a particular goal which I had set for myself. The box area became representative of a view into the place where I would like to be, with the hanging piece of wood pointing the direction. However, the door is only partially open and the small bar behind it blocks the way to the goal. On the outside of the box, I had cut niches into both sides. In one niche, there is a feather, and on the other side there is a well worn spoon. Both of these objects were found in the road while I was living in Washington DC during the summer of 1997. They came to represent a grounding to me, and also the past, while at the same time, their traditional symbolisms came into play (my wish to fly to a new situation, and the "stirrings" I was inadvertantly creating because of this). Hanging between the legs of the table base is a metal ring on an old guitar string. This ring, because of its placement above a decorative element in the table design, seems to represent my relationship with my husband. He is a classical guitarist (hence the old guitar string) and the ring is myself moving along the mythical thread of his life. Fortunately, the string is tied together, so I am permanently bound to his life thread. Finally, wrapped around the box is a length of copper wire which moves from area to area with a very organic fluidity. I used this primarily as a formal element which ties all the aspects of the piece together, but it also seems to represent the tying of these elements within myself. |
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