The Great Expanses

:: The Great Expanses, Detail ::

 Painted and natural wood 

:: The Great Expanses, Process Detail ::

Ceramic, bone dust and volcanic ash on black paper

:: The Great Expanses, Detail ::

Ceramic, bone dust and volcanic ash on black paper

:: Marianne Dages, The Great Expanses, 2014, 50" x 60" ::
Paper, wood, ceramic, bone dust, volcanic ash, ink, animal fur, found hooks and cords

Process

Walk in the woods

:: animal bones ::

 :: rusty blackbird ::

:: circle of stones ::

House

A dream I've had several times.  I live in a little house inside of a community garden. In the dream, the garden is in a park near a river where I grew up and the setting is always a warm and humid summer evening with crickets singing. There is industry nearby, old abandoned factories and junkyards but the park is quiet and the garden is down a long dirt road. A few other people have chosen to live in the garden. The house is small and rustic with robin's egg walls. It's a very nice house, except the hallway to the kitchen is too narrow for a person to pass through.