amulet
 

 

 

 

 

 

warming the stone child

 

the absent

 

 

 

those behind that we follow

 (bass wood, hand carved)

 

little shroud made from skeleton leaves, seed pods, raffia, cotton thread

 

 

little shroud made from skeleton leaves, seed pods, raffia, cotton thread

 

little shroud - skeleton leaves, seed pods, raffia, cotton thread

 

 

little shroud

 

little shroud - child’s dress made from skeleton leaves, raffia, cotton thread

the material disintegrates with every touch, every stitch tears

a modest offering, the result of seams that rend

and locate, within the body of the world

(work in progress 2023)

catenary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

moon + stars

 

 

tracing hidden roots at the ancestor tree

We brave into ourselves each time
we put on our lantern-light
and step out--as a gleam steps
out its overlapping forms
to lift a path from its nest of darkness.
--from "Midnight Lantern" by Tess Gallagher