long shadow (detail) / hangers: cast porcelain, etching, gampi / approx. 15x10.5x3/8" each / 2005
Lay Bare: long shadow
This closet deals with the memories of my late father, suggesting absence in its starkness. A single light illuminates several porcelain hangers as well as the ordered grid lining the closet wall. Below, a pair of ceramic shoe forms sits on a shelf: they are pale with delicate wing-tip decoration. The material, placement, and color choices reference bones and the ephemeral while reinforcing the notion of emptiness.