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An exhibition of over 60 enameled insect brooches and objects
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum
at Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona
December 12, 2014-April 26, 2014
Public Reception Friday, Feb. 13 7-10p.m.
Katydid Brooch
Blue Wasp Brooch
Green Beetle Brooch
Pleasing Fungus Beetle Brooch
Orange Beetle Brooch
Rituals Brooch
Scolopendra Bowl
Scorpion Brooch
Ants Marching Brooch
Seed Bug Brooch
Pinacate Beetle Brooch
Flea Bowl
Treehopper Necklace
My exploration in metalwork and enameling illustrates organisms through imagery that represents a diverse array of entomological life. However, dissected, manipulated, or scrutinized, these organisms remain elusive and woefully unappreciated. Anthropomorphically biased, we focus only on the exasperations specific to the human condition—the blood thirsty mosquito, the menacing cockroach lurking beneath the kitchen stove. So ready to smack, squish, and spray, we fail to appreciate the evolutionary aptitude and anatomical brilliance of these savage bugs. From intricate venation patterns within glassy amber wings to microscopically formidable tarsi, complex microcosms of line, form, and texture abound. Despite our cultural aversions, insects are the successful progeny of millions of years of evolution. They will continue to flourish or perish, irrespective to the blinds of human perception, long surpassing our own evolutionary blip. Perhaps the real aggravation then is not the pesky mosquito to the human, but the human as the ephemeral vexation in the eternal reign of the insects.