Living Reliquary came about after a visit to Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After Verónica and I began collaborating, we instigated projects that featured our individual skills. This was a means for us to show the other what was being brought to the table within the partnership. Living Reliquary is a Victorian mourning sculpture – a wearable reliquary made of onyx and custom cast sterling silver that features the intertwined hair of both my surrogate mother and biological mother. The hair rests on velvet.
2015
Surrogate Mother’s Hair, Biological Mother’s Hair, Onyx, Silver, Velvet, Sapphire Len
Edition of 1
Dimensions Variable
2015
Surrogate Mother’s Hair, Biological Mother’s Hair, Onyx, Silver, Velvet, Sapphire Len
Edition of 1
Dimensions Variable
2015
Surrogate Mother’s Hair, Biological Mother’s Hair, Onyx, Silver, Velvet, Sapphire Len
Edition of 1
1 ¼ inch circumference
