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 , pictured below, 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, sowthistle, milkweed, and cottonwood seeds.
Summer 2024 Reliquary, pictured below, consists of thistle, burdock, cupflower, and bee pollen. The frame is painted with a blend of bee pollen and coffee.
