FOLK TOYS SERIES

The Folk Toy series consists of female and domestic animal folk figures which allude to different names that women are at times called. While whimsical and humorous, this series explores deep social issues of intolerance, misogyny and violence. I have been creating this work from 2015-2022 combining Eastern European folk imagery, symbols of violence and glamour in response to militarization and acceptance of violence that I whitnessed.

Folk Toys: Nesting Doll

Wood, oil, enamel on copper, stone, gold leaf

Folk Toys: Cow

Wood, oil, enamel on copper, stone.

Goat

Wood, acrylic, inlaid stone and glass mosaics, gold leaf.

Doll VII (The Last Madonna)

Wood, oil, vitreous enamel on copper, inlaid mosaics, gold leaf.

Folk Toys: Abyss

Wood, oil, vitreous enamel on copper, gold leaf.

Folk Toys: Mule

Wood, oil, vitreous enamel on copper, mosaics, shells, gold and silver leaf.

Folk Toys: Doll I

Wood, oil, enamel on copper, stone, gold leaf.

Folk Toys: Horse

Wood, oil, enamel on copper, stone.

Folk Toys: Sheep

Wood, oil, mosaics, cowry shells, molding paste, gold leaf.

Folk Toys: Doll II

Wood, oil, fused glass, stone, gold leaf.

Folk Toys: Pig

Wood, oil, gold leaf, stone.

Folk Toys: Mother and Child

Wood, oil, enamel on copper, stone, gold leaf.

Folk Toys: Nesting Doll

Wood, oil, enamel on copper, stone, gold leaf

Folk Toys: Siren

Wood, oil, fused glass, stone, gold leaf.

Folk Toys: Doll with a Missile

Wood, oil, mosaic, stone, gold leaf.

Folk Toys: Eagle

Wood, oil, mosaics, gold leaf. 36 x 47 in.

Folk Toys: Paramnesia

Wood, carving, oil, snail shells, gold leaf. 59 x 32 in

Greed, Jealousy, Indifference

Wedi board, mosaics, stone, oil, vitreous enamel on copper, epoxy resin.