Undergrad Portfolio > Corsage

Everything in our lives is only temporary and these moments, though fleeting, are sacred. I find this reality to be both romantic and tragic. Through my work I have been able to explore these elements of the romantic and tragic duality that exists as a parallel to the duality of life and death. In this body of work I am using moments, moments that I wish to immortalize and hold on to but will always be a decaying memory.
Through my enameling process, I have found a way to bring a fragile and decaying aesthetic that once applied to perishable forms immortalizes them in a moment of death. I use perishable forms such as flowers and fruits because they symbolize love, life, and inevitable death of both.

Corsage One
Copper, Enamel, Satin
2013
Corsage Two
Copper, Enamel, Satin
2012
Corsage Three
Copper, Enamel, Satin
2012
Corsage Four
Copper, Enamel, Satin
2012
Corsage Five
Copper, Enamel, Satin
2012