Hiatus

Covid chronicles

stitching on old tennis racket stretcher
confined to the atelier, i made use of found objects often in smaller scale.

During COVID, I turned to small-scale work—cigar boxes, wunderkammern—seeking containment and control in uncertain times.

the covid year in a cigar box

I began working in cigar boxes transformed into wunderkammern. These contained worlds offered a way to hold and arrange my world when so much felt overwhelming and uncontrollable

friendships during and after covid
3 cigar boxes, each 12,5 x 18 x 6 cm

(time to read all the books i meant to read)
cigar box

(me in a yellow dress)

cigar box

90 cm x 115 cm, mixed media

3 x 50 cm x 150 cm, pigments, varnishes

3 x 50 cm x 150 cm, pigments, varnishes

30 cm x 30 cm, pigments, varnishes

cigar boxes, 80 x 63 x 9 cm (closed)

cigar boxes, 80 x 63 x 9 cm (open)

detail

detail

30 cm x 30 cm, soliloquy

30 cm x 30 cm, wooden box, mixed media

the covid year in a cigar box

Wunderkammer in a cigar box

Wunderkammer in a cigar box

120 cm x 140 cm

the covid year in a cigar box

mounted on little springs, therefore moving when opening the cigar box

old table top, 50 cm, relief, pigments