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By freeing oneself from confines, we find our core; the mind (controlling all functions and thoughts). Allowing one’s self to be free of their bodily judgements and mental expectations; one can be a free spirit.
Part of the "Intuition" series and has grown to be part of the Plastic Pearl Project.
Original postcard shown at You’ve Got Mail!, Ground Floor Gallery 2015
1 new postcard made and mailed for Greetings from Montclair! Studio Montclair 2020
1 new postcard made and mailed for Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS 2021
2 new postcards made with non recyclable packaging* for Take me Home Tonight, Flemington DIY 2023 - shown / Art and Found Day - given 2024
6 new postcards made with non recyclable packaging* for JAN/FEB 2025 ART SHOW, Flemington DIY 2025
*Plastic Pearl Project
As the primary homemaker and caretaker of my family I engage with most of the food and household packaging. Frustrated with the overwhelming amount of non-recyclable packaging and inspired by nature, at the end of 2019, I decided to act like a mollusk, taking an agitator - non-recyclable packaging that passes through my home and turning it into pearls.
"IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT PEARLS ARE THE RESULT OF PARASITES OR BITS OF GRIT THAT IRRITATE A BIVALVE'S SOFT INNARDS; THE MOLLUSC ENVELOPS THESE FOREIGN BODIES IN LAYERS OF SMOOTH NACRE TO PROTECT ITSELF (A FACT THAT GEM MERCHANTS RARELY ADMIT)."
- HELEN SCALES "SPIRALS IN TIME"
shiny non-recyclable “glitter” mimics mother of pearl (nacre).