Pentagon Bracelet, 2012, 1.13" H x 4.25"W x 1.13"D, Copper, Nickel, 23K gold and fine silver leaf with patina, cork, stretch cord.

Scalped, 2010. 18"H x 11.5" x 1.5"D. Silver, gold-leafed copper, plastic, PVC, cork, human hair.

Domestic Low Tide 2011 Wood, glass, steel, copper, silver, silver foil, milk paints, paper, found objects. 12” Diameter x 3”W x 2”D Domestic Low Tide contains three amulets hidden in the spools with the following text: It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us. (Vivian Green) Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect. (Margaret Mitchell) Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open. (Rose Wilder Lane)

Domestic Low Tide 2011 Wood, glass, steel, copper, silver, silver foil, milk paints, paper, found objects. 12” Diameter x 3”W x 2”D

I Said No 2010, 19"H x 20.5"W x 17"D, Steel, gold-leaf on wood, horn, lead and glass, cotton thread, flyswatters, cable ties

I Said No is an amulet to be worn to empower those who have a hard time saying no, especially parents.

Ambition Foiled 2011 Wood, silver, steel, copper, plastic, glass, 23K gold leaf 13.25”Diameter x 3.12”W x 2.5”D Ambition Foiled is a response to drainage issues. The glass fisheyes are the amulets here. The image of an eye is often used in jewelry from the Middle East for warding off the evil eye.

Ambition Foiled 2011 Wood, silver, steel, copper, plastic, glass, 23K gold leaf 13.25”Diameter x 3.12”W x 2.5”D

Exosquellette #2 on Elizabeth 2003 26"L x 4"W x .5"D Silver, copper, nickel, wood, bone, glass taxidermy eyes.

Exosquellette #2 (Back), 2003, neckpiece,20.5"L x 8"W x .5"D, silver, copper, bone, wood,nickel, glass.

 That's All Folks! 2010, bracelet, 1 1/2"H x 6 1/4"W, nickel, steel, felt, laminated stamps.

A FUNNY FEELING, 1994

Silver, pearl, glass, and found objects
Dimensions: 3 1/2"H x 3"W x 1/4"D

A tribute to premonition.

Available through Traver Gallery
Photo credit: Lynn H. Thompson

 Prudence: 2006, necklace on stand, Necklace dimensions:16"L x 12"W x 1 1/2"D, Stand dimensions:19"H x 11 1/2", silver, copper, glass, dried roses. 

 

 Prudence: 2006, necklace, 13"L x 12"W x 1 1/2"D,silver, copper, glass, dried roses.

Brigandine For Ishtar on Model (Back) 2005, neckpiece,15"L x 16"W x 4"D, copper, brass, steel, lead, nickel, glass

Brigandine For Ishtar (Front); 2005, neckpiece, 6"L x 14"W x1.5"D copper, brass, steel, lead, nickel, glass

Literal Defense (Front) 2007, neckpiece, 24"L x 13"W x 5"D, Aluminum, copper, silver, lead, brass, glass, plastic, gold leaf

Literal Defense (Back) 2007, neckpiece, 24"L x 13"W x 5"D, Silver, aluminum, brass,copper, glass, plastic, gold leaf

Exosquellette #2, 2003, neckpiece, 28"L x 1.5"W x .75"D, silver, copper,bone, nickel, glass, plastic

Exosquellette #1 (Front) 2003 neckpiece, 28"L x 1.5"W x .75"D, copper, silver, bone, nickel, glass, plastic.

N'kondi Collar, 2008, necklace, 21"L x 6"W x 1 1/2"D, silver, brass, steel, glass, wood, celluloid, bone, horn, plastic, badger bristle, alligator skin

Conjugal Bushwacking, 2000, necklace, 23"L x 5 1/4"W x 1 1/2"D, silver, copper, lava, glass

Full view of The Patient is at the Bottom of the Food Chain (2016), 10' x 4' , aluminum, brass, steel, plastic, paper.

Center view of the sculpture The Patient is at the Bottom of the Food Chain (2016); aluminum, brass, steel, plastic, paper.

Bottom section of The Patient is at the Bottom of the Food Chain (2016), aluminum, brass, steel, plastic, paper.

The karmic winds motorized fan at the top of The Patient is at the Bottom of the Food Chain; brass.

Money flowing in small pills from the Clinic /Insurance Companies level to the patients in the sculpture The Patient is at the Bottom of the Food Chain 2016.

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 2018; Silver, glass, wool, plastic, nylon, fur, leather, feathers, steel. 25”L x 18”W x 7.5D” $15,000.

Like most women my age I have more than one memory of sexual harassment. While I was pondering how to depict men's hands for this work, I was reminded of a song by Frank Zappa titled, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. It has no lyrics, so I decided to borrow it for my idea. Men's work gloves were chosen to represent the male aspects of my design. An old and very crude reference to a woman’s vagina as her coin purseinspired me to use coin purses to depict the female aspects. The purses are surrounded by grabbing gloves; some of them are strong, older women with wide open eyes to symbolize harassment experience. The smaller  purses filled with fur symbolize younger more vulnerable women.