The Kafka Tree

The Kafka Tree, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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The Kafka Tree
This is an assemblage made of found items and images. I altered an image of Kafka and put it in side a tin box that is turned in to a window with the help of my metal cutting tool. With wire I secured it to a tree limb. I added strips of text from a book on the psychology of Kafka and used vintage bulbs that hang from the branches like strange fruit. On the top is a Metamorphosis beetle that I embellished with metal paints. The piece is ready to hang with a wire on the back. The size is12 inches tall and 8 inches at the widest point.

Seek detail

Seek detail, originally uploaded by moonwild.

Seek

I added a string of turquoise stone gems and a tiny metal Buddha figure. I added the mica covered text… Seek…on the base of the tiny statue.

Seek

Seek, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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Seek

This is another from my raft series. I used pieces of nature that I find in my walks. I am very conscious of nature’s ecology so only use pieces that are in logged areas. The works include mosses, lichen, twigs, feathers and other little pieces from the woods. I mounted the bundle on a raft of alder bark and then tied around the piece with vines and string. I added a string of turquoise stone gems and a metal Buddha figure. I added the mica covered text… Seek…on the base of the tiny statue. Check out the close up detail photo too!

Simply on Earth

Simply on Earth, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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Simply on the earth

This is another from my raft series. I used pieces of nature that I find in my walks. I am very conscious of nature’s ecology so only use pieces that are in logged areas. The works include mosses, lichen, twigs, feathers and other little pieces from the woods. I mounted the bundle on a raft of found wood and then tied around the piece with vines and raveled twine. I added a string of stone gems and a tiny white stag deer that I once found floating in the ocean. I added the text… simply on the earth…on to the bottom. The piece is easily displayed with a copper wine hanger on the back. It is 8 inches tall, 3 inches wide at the base and the branches flare out at the middle to 8 inches wide.

Oh World Egg Hear Me

Oh World Egg Hear Me, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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Oh World Egg… Hear Me
This is an assemblage I created from great old industrial stop/ start switch box with old wire curling from the top. I painted the cloth covered wire with red, black and white paint. I added weird rusted wires and coils to the work and a little doll hand reaches out of the top. I have added strange text and images from a crumbling remnant of a book that I found on the street. The side has prickly iron thorny pieces I found in a old burnt house. The work stands strongly on its heavy metal coils

Darkness Peering

Darkness peering, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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Darkness Peering
This is an assemblage/ found object necklace made from antique velvet fabrics, silver chain, rosary beads, a tiny key and other interesting findings. An image of Edgar Allan Poe with the text quote “Darkness Peering” is covered with silver edged mica.
I crocheted the soft chain from a burgundy silk ribbon. .

She Preferred the Company of Ravens

She Preferred the Company of Ravens, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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This is an assemblage/ found object necklace made from antique velvet tapestry fabric, rosary beads, buttons, strings, beads and leaf findings. An image from one of my collages, of a girl with a raven on her head, is covered with mica and sewn on to the work. This piece was all hand stitched.
The sewn piece is a 3 by 3 ½ square. It is 14 inches long as it hangs from the rosary beads. The piece pulls over the head.

Window Tree

Window Tree, originally uploaded by moonwild.

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The Window Tree
This is an assemblage/ found object necklace made from antique velvet fabrics, brass chain, strings, and bird and findings. An image from one of my photographs of a lonesome winter tree is covered with little house made of mica and sewn on to the work. This piece was all hand stitched.
. To wear the necklace I crocheted a chain from soft variegated ribbon. The piece can be tied on with the ribbon to whatever length you like. The focal piece is a 3 square. The necklace is 18 inches long as it hangs from the ribbon.