Series | Glass Volumes
Four Women: Three Books
Laser cut glass, nut/bolt, interior fabricated copper box with miscellaneous objects inside
7" x 7" x 3¾" each
Spurred on by my interest in creating artists’ books, I was motivated to “publish” my writing in more sculptural terms. Having kilns allowed me produce ceramic and glass volumes of poems and stories. These books made their debut at the Fuller Craft Museum, MA.
Four Women
No, I am not like her at all.
Mother was lipstick and perfume.
My Father and I were camping and
dogs. We wanted a Beagle. She
held out against us as long as
she could. In the end that mutt
went over to her side.
When I woke up in the hospital
Mommy was right by my side.
I wanted to be like her.
She could do root canal
without novacaine. My body was broken. I needed drugs
for the pain and fear. She
could not understand that.
Daddy called her mrs america
for sixty five years. There
were five of us, but it was
mostly about the two of them. They did not miss me when i
finally left home. After she
died i took her engagement ring and sold it.