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One of the earlier pieces I made during Spring 2020 when the news was bleak and lockdowns were imminent. I'd never really experimented with 3D works and decided to start with nichos, a type of household shrine popular as folk art in Central and Latin America.
I was maybe feeling a little spiritually desperate at the time.
Fair Charlotte:
Teacup
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In 1843 editor and humorist Seba Smith published A Corpse Going to a Ball, a satirical poem concerning a vain young woman named Charlotte who, not wishing to wrinkle her gown by wearing a blanket on a sleigh ride, freezes to death on her way to a New Year's Ball.
The poem became a hit, particularly among the the French-Canadian logging camps of upper Maine (one suspects there wasn't much to do in 19th century French-Canadian logging camps in upper Maine) and just as today, popularity begat merchandise. Frozen Charlottes, small bisque dolls that could be purchased for a penny, were manufactured well into the 1920s. The pieces in this collection were made using casts of these once-ubiquitous children's toys.
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