a series of forms in which I have embedded with her permission poems by Jane Hirshfield. Our friendship began while on residency at the Vermont Studio Center in September 2001.
gate (wood, steel, refired glass, text of Jane Hirshfield's poem The Kingdom; 8.5 x 14 x 3')
gate (detail)
gate (detail)
Gate (installed at Kaatsbaan, Tivoli NY)
Gate (installed at Kaatsbaan, Tivoli NY)
Gate (installed at Kaatsbaan, Tivoli NY)
When Your Life Looks Back (wood, refired glass, encaustic, lead, steel, text of Jane Hirshfield's poem When Your Life Looks Back; 59 x 56 x 2")
When Your Life Looks Back
When Your Life Looks Back (detail)
here (wood, steel, refired glass, text of Jane Hirshfield's poem Irreversible Heart; 16 x 20 x 5')
here (wood, steel, refired glass, text of Jane Hirshfield poem Irreversible Heart; 16 x 20 x 5')
here (detail)
again (steel, refired glass, rice paper, clay, excerpts from Jane Hirshfield's poem The Kingdom; 102 x 60 x 52")