In the Valley of the Blind the One Eyed man is King

In the Valley of the Blind the One Eyed man is King, originally uploaded by moonwild.

collage with found ephemera

Significance of Numbers

Significance of Numbers, originally uploaded by moonwild.

of Numbers
And There Are Some Who Dream of the Significance of Numbers

This is from my new series of Fictional Relics. I used found metal pieces and old photos and odd pieces of found text such as the title to create these pieces.
This piece is built on a 8 inch metal round gear. I added numbers of various and letters types , rusty cogs, and other pieces to create the work. I love the photograph of the odd little child who loks to be dreaming of numbers! It has the feel of something that may have been salvaged from an old ship wreck.

Henri BergsonTime machine

Time machine, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is my second assemblage inspired by the Time and Freedom philosophy by Henri Bergson. I used tins, hinges and many pieces from dismantled clocks and little machines to create a kind of time machine.

Henri peers from a glass window. He has mica eyes and the window is embellished with words from his book. The bottom tin contains the clock mechanisms, wires a glass orb window, a tiny light bulb incased in a hand carved rock like formation on top is a red letter dice topped with a bottom laced with red string that wraps around the piece and ends in a fringe of springs and screws hanging from the bottom.

This piece has a lot of tiny detail. Check out the extra pictures to see some of them.

Time Machine / Free will

Time Machine / Free will, originally uploaded by moonwild.

This is another of my assemblages in my Time and Machine series using quotes and
inspiration from Henri Bergson's book "Time and Free Will".
I used found metal parts, a glass lens, painted wire, old bingo piece and many
little odd machine parts, quotes and clipping from the book. I salvaged a
discarded copy that was much worn with a lot of notes, annotations, underlining
and handwriting by a previous owner. I like the idea of the former owner
engrossed in the work and adding his own ideas to the work.

Remain At your Table

Kafka, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Kafka
This assemblage was inspired by Franz Kafka. I used his image in a room created by a tin and a matchbox surrounded by shell pieces and a old map.
I mounted the tin sign with part of Kafka's quote onto a hinge. I added other metal pieces to the work and I also used paint and inks to further embellish the work.

Metamorphosis/ Kafka

Metamorphosis/ Kafka, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Metamorphosis/ Kafka
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.


This assemblage was inspired by the works of Franz Kafka. I created the work on a antique book cover. I use various embellishments such as part of a old ruler, a tiny copper hand, old schoolroom scissors, a image of Kafka famed in a rusty found metal piece. A little sltoid tin with a cut window houses a hand-painted faux beetle represent Metamorphosis. A glass orb and a line from the above quote is on the bottom of the work.
I also used paint and inks to further embellish the work.

Keats Who Fears To Follow?

Keats Who Fears To Follow?, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Who Fears To Follow
Where Airy Voices Lead?
Keats

This assemblage is from my new series of Literature inspired relics.
This piece is built on a 8 inch heavily patined old spoon that I found at an abandoned campsite. I used an image of Keats nested in a rusted round window with a mica strip to emphasize his eyes. I further embellished with one of my own photos applied under a glass orb. I added old twisted wire and a hanger on the back for easy display.

Uploaded by moonwild on 22 Feb 09, 3.06PM PST.

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This assemblage is from my new series of Literature inspired relics.
This piece is built on a 8 inch heavily patined old spoon that I found at an abandoned campsite. I used an image of Keats nested in a rusted round window with a mica strip to emphasize his eyes. I further embellished with one of my own photos applied under a glass orb. I added old twisted wire and a hanger on the back for easy display.

Uploaded by moonwild on 22 Feb 09, 3.06PM PST.