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| Rapunzel's House |
The first two sculptures were made from spontaneous sketches, emerging from my unconscious self, not intellectually hashed out. "Rapunzel's House" is as simple as it can be with only two elements - the hair and the tower, and it is all that is needed to know whose house this is.
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| Before the Fall of the House of Usher, with Two Lollipop Trees |
The second house I made was "Before the Fall of the House of Usher, with Two Lollipop Trees." I wanted to combine the ominous with the humorous. The massive and childish lollipop trees contrast with the tiny dark house and black pool that are the physical setting of Poe's famous story.
"No lollipop trees!" That's what an art teacher might say threateningly to their young students. I thought putting them in a horror story was appropriate.
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| The House of Sugar Cravings, or the Roots of Childhood Obesity |
I knew I wanted a series of three so I pondered and mulled over what third literary house to create. I couldn't escape the Gingerbread House of "Hansel and Gretel." It was inevitable. It was a time consuming house to make with its shingles and cookies, not to mention three characters inhabiting the scene.
I have been hearing a lot about childhood obesity these days. I thought there would be some irony in making the two children who find the delectable house NOT in need of fattening up.
In the original, of course, the witch needs to cage and feed Hansel to plump him up a bit, but this is a modern version of the fairy story.
