Reliquaries
Explores advertising and propaganda within religion.

bone, wood, lead, glass and gold leaf
20 x 16 x 17 cm

Cats of Sant Just
This set of reliquaries is from a body of current work entitled “Selling Faith.”
I am exploring in these sculptures the value of faith, an abstract concept placed on a tangible item. My art addresses the ways in which “precious” objects are obtained, stored, venerated and then often discarded.
I work with objets trouvés, creating a history, developing a title and then fabricating a reliquary to complement that history. My process mimics the centuries-old tradition of the Roman Catholic Church, manipulating humble materials into fanciful creations.

rose petal, wood, lead, glass and gold leaf
20 x 15 x 26 cm

Cats of Sant Just intallation

radiograph, plaster, glass, fabric and silver leaf on a metal stand
20 x 35 x 18 cm

hair, glass, wood and gold leaf
6 x 6 x 26 cm

Angel of St. Benedict
15 x 15 x 35 cm
dried bat, metal, glass, fabric

bone, glass, wood, velvet