Archive: Mermaid Bottle with heart lid

I love the mother of pearl heart on the lid of this jar, which is an old porcelain bottle dug up from somewhere, and a threaded plastic top that fit it like magic.

Archive: Mermaid's Cauldron

This was once a silver chalice, but over time, the stem broke, likely from the weight of the pearls and shells. I like it as a cauldron or bowl.

Archive: Mermaid Bottles

There were 3. These were the bottles Essential Oil on Hawthorne used to come in-- fabulous and square. Now they are rounded, and do not work for art. These still smell vaguely of violet.

I hate that you can see a bead hole on the blue bottle,  left hand side, something must have fallen off, because I was obsessive about hiding them, and no space between. It still bothers me!

Archive: Mermaid's Comb

I think the comb may have lost a couple of teeth, but it was always broken, which I love. Shells, coral, buttons, pearls, moonstones= Has it all!

Archive: Mermaid Scallop Shell Sceptor

The starfish one is more spectacular, but this is nice too. Iron bar, painted with silver pigment and epoxied on to shell. Shell is covered in shell buttons, shells, pearls and crystals. needs a little minor clean up, being stored for a decade or so!

Archive: Mermaid Toiletry Set

Archive: Forgotten Mermaid Piece

Poor Candleabra needs some repair, but it is completely feasible. Still love it,

Archive: Mermaid Art

In the late 90s, early '00s, I worked with pearls. Vintage/freshwater, whatever I could get my hands on. I had seen Eleanor Antin's installations at the LAX museum, and was creating the work of an undiscovered civilization. I abandoned this labourious process, but bits of it can still be seen influencing my work. a few pieces need repair, and I am missing the Starfish Sceptor (with a real starfish instead of a scallop), the third square bottle and the 2 really nice tiaras. The one shown here is a later work, as it uses gilded glass, which only overlaps in 2 transitional pieces. I don't own them anymore. The collection is a mirror, a brush, a comb, 3 bottles, a compact, a hair ornament, a silver bowl and a sceptor. Displayed on silk organza.

Here is the whole collection, I will post individual shots as I edit.

Mirror, Mirror In Progress

Pity I don't have a finished photo. This was a great piece.