2024
Mediums: Wire, Yarn, Foam Board, Sequins, Diamond Beads, and Polyester Fiber Fill
Size: 11.5" x 11.5" x 10"
Sparkly beads float around an orange animal, reflected around with the golden plates in the back of a wired structure. Different types of foods, such as bone, cheese, and meat, float above dangling from the high ceiling. This is my interpretation of what is going on in my dog Matto’s head when she is sleeping. She is always curled up in a circle and speaking every so often which leads me to believe she thinks of food. As my first time experimenting with crocheting wire, I believe I was able to achieve a homely dreamy atmosphere around Matto. The wire was difficult to work with but it helped with the idea of the piece. A single piece of wire was able to be bended and knotted in different ways allowing for infinite numbers of possibilities in the dream. Matto was able to imagine a burrow, a cozy tight space for her to relax and drift off in her sleep…
