A lot has been going on in the studio. I’m plugging away making the new molds for my next couple of resin quilts. After two failed attempts, I now have some wax prototypes to begin making the molds from. However, since mold making can get a bit . . . formulaic, I’m also making some small pieces on the side.
I’ve been having a lot of fun experimenting with these photo based cocoons. They link back to an artwork I did years ago which you can see here. However, they’re really different now that I’m incorporating photographs into them. They are becoming much more dreamlike and I find it a really good way to illustrate a point in a person’s life journey. Plus they’re just really fun to put together.
This one is inspired by the very beginning of life. Before my children were born they existed in this dream space in my mind. They were like floating, ephemeral ideas, mysterious and new. Then even after they were born, when they slept I watched them dream and grow, like ideas taking shape and coming into being. This is my tribute to that.
If you would like me to create one using a photograph of your own sleeping newborn, just email me the image and I’ll make it for you. One newborn in a frame like this one would be the same price. If you wanted to do more children in a single larger frame I can do it for you too. (Or twins could even be in the same cocoon!) I’m thinking about doing it for my own four children. It will be really beautiful seeing them all as newborns together, all little floating dreams, ready to come into being. Plus then we can play the game of guessing who is who! They will absolutely love that. And they’ll have so much fun showing everyone who walks in our door!
If you want to buy this one, click here. If you want to commission one of your own little person, click here to send me a message and attach your photo. Just send the photo as is – I’ll retouch it for you :).
