Florescence

April 2021

​Drawing on flower lore and Floriography, I pieced together three narratives of self-reflection. Orange Lily takes place in a moment of gazing in the mirror, picking over the image until sickened from trying to understand the reflection. Daffodil concerns a moment about processing grief and realizing how little perspectives can feel in the moment. Anemone is about looking back into the past and the frustration of not revealing how it all turns out. Inspiration comes from John Koenig’s Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a collection of words fabricated by the author that encompasses unique moments of human experience. Adding Koenig’s words to my collection of thoughts, feelings, and flower symbology resulted in a further understanding of the name of a feeling and its experience.

  • Large gallery space displaying three figurative sculptures. Closest one is positioned laying on the ground. Another sculpture is standing next to a wall where a mirror hangs. The last sculpture is hanging on the wall.

  • A sculpture of a female figure lilies covering the bottom half of the body. The head is made of lilies springing from the neck standing. The figure is in front of a mirror.

    Orange Lily: Desire, Dislike, Hatred, Passion, Revenge, Altschmerz

  • Sculpture of a women laying on her side with ceramic daffodils scattered on the body and on the floor

    Daffodil: New Beginnings, Rebirth, Self-Love, Truth, Occhiolism

  • A ceramic relief depicting two figures, one a young child, the other a women. In between the two figure are large ceramic anemone flowers.

    Anemone: Fading Youth, Anticipation, Suffering, Abandonment, Enouement