Coming Through Slaughter

This female figure, dark in race, is celebrating her acceptance into the mainstream world (the ‘coming of age’ lacy white dress), but she is still contained within a confining structure. We hardly notice that a cage exists because it is so beautifully adorned, and although it seems that there is enough room for her to flee, she is glued in the center. I mean this to be a metaphor for any humans who are trapped by social expectations, personal desires and illusions.

Size: 25” x 15” x 15”

Price: $300

Media: Wire lampshade skeleton, yarn, slip-cast ceramic carrot, egg and fingers, glazes, lace, bedspring, wood, screw, glue, copper wire.