Fragile glass frames hang suspended from coiled threads that fray in mid-air. Empty and dislocated from their expected place on a wall of a home, Untethered speaks of displacement and loss, severed connections, and the mutable nature of memory. A memory cannot be recalled exactly the same way repeatedly. We change and recategorize remembrances with each recall and then are left in unclear and distorted territory, left pondering what is reality or imagined alterations.  

From seven sculpted frames, 27 glass iterations were created. The frames are adorned with personal iconography from memories of my burned family home, including birds, keys, ribbons, trees, and flowers.The images dissolve from recognizable into crystallized distortion, or migrate to other frames, mimicking how memories fade, morph, and create hybrid remembrances. Ash rubbed into the pate de verre stains the surfaces with the past, while shadows layer on the wall behind, suggesting the accumulation of memories.

The details of our memories float free of reality, losing clarity or finding their way into recollections of other times and places. Memories morph, creating hybrid remembrances, and frayed connections to our past drift without anchor.