The collection is called "Reliquaries", and is inspired by the reverential practice of creating elaborate shrines for holy relics. My reliquaries lovingly house pollinator seeds to showcase and preserve them. With the natural world in such obvious peril, I am feeling an overwhelming urgency to guard and treasure those things we stand to lose. Reliquaries are sometimes housed for centuries; showing those who view them throughout those years what is precious to us.

Spring 2024 Reliquary consists of hand blown glass spheres filled with seeds and petals of various flowers and trees with an emphasis on pollination, hardiness, and native species. Amongst others, it contains dandelion, sow thistle, milkweed, and cottonwood seeds. The seeds are foraged by the artist, creating a time capsule of the season as she experiences it.

Dimensions : 24"x48"x2"