Paper-mache, paper-clay, fabric, fiberfill, acrylics, different threads, various papers, and a big deal of time were the ingredients for making this Mixed Media Piece. The meaning is that of a mother watching her children. They are sleeping in the lower box, a boy and a girl in bunny pajamas. The lower box is a representation of the Mother’s womb.
The children are only 1 1/2″ tall, their miniature faces made of paper-clay. Their beds are made of paper-mache, and each one has a mattress, a pillow and a double blanket, The Mother is represented as a head, she might be a woman’s head or a stylized representation of the full moon. Her expression is both calm and aware. It feels like she is resting after watching her children all day, but ready to intervene if her presence is needed at any time.
The rope ladder is a representation of her vertebrae, and the means by which her children can climb up to her, from their bedroom (or Mother’s womb), thought the “cats’ place” right to her head, using the holes that are in the boxes.
Right under the Mother’s head there is the cat’s place, this box represents the Mother’s thorax, where her heart is. This takes the form of five cats roaming all around, and watching endlessly over the children. They represent the protective instincts and intuition of the Mother, which are at work forever, even when the children have grown up and live independent lives.
Piece is wired and ready to be displayed. Approximate size is 9” x 35” x 6”
