Safari Memoryscape ~ A treasured stamped leather and felt box from Kenya, adorned with miniature carved Rhino, Elephant and Hippo enclosing the endless tales of a drunken BonHomme with a tilted tripod, vintage jewelry and glass fuse from bygone days ...
Myanmar Memoryscape ~ A series of my images from Mahagandayon Monastery on the Irrawaddy River in Amarapura, depicting monks at mealtime. Attached to a found glass chemist canister, it mirrors the body of a long-neck woman from the Kayan Lahwi tribe, with her vintage blue glass insulator headpiece adorned with silver earrings and bracelet, while brass industrial pieces serve as neck coils. Dated stamps of Franklin Roosevelt from the USA and King George from Great Britain represent the Allied Forces' 1942 campaign in Central Burma during WWII...
Grandma Josephine Memoryscape ~ Her broken porcelain teacup transformed into a chapeau, adorned with found stones, sea glass, and a crystal kiss, atop an abandoned brass telescope 'face,' all attached to her tarnished silver funnel 'body.'
Earthen Memoryscape ~
A triptych depicting humanity’s footprint on all creatures and minerals of the world. The transformed three-part metal mirror structure features: one side with an antique map of Earth’s orbit around the sun, adorned with lapis lazuli stones; the center section with a collage of dated encyclopedic flora and fauna pages, a broken watch face, and a lapis lazuli stone; and the final side showcasing my first black-and-white lizard image, partially painted over and affixed with a found mini brass lizard and stone from my travels, encircled by Tiger Eye stones. Throughout, antique shoe molds from the bygone St. Louis shoe industry complete the piece.
Cayos Cochinos Memoryscape ~ A mysterious totem-like artifact discovered on a Honduran islet, reborn with a crystal fragment, fossilized sea urchin spines, sea glass, shells, and weathered stones.
Yucatan Memoryscape ~ A clay Jaguar head artifact discovered among Ek Balam Mayan Ruin adorned with an Australian Opal and found Caribbean shells ...
Ecuadorian Angel Memoryscape ~ A found clay artifact face, haloed with a brass spiral and adorned with sea glass and stones collected during my Galápagos equatorial days.
Agra Memoryscape ~ A broken onyx elephant with marble inlay, reborn with glass and stones smoothed by the Indian Ocean ...