Stacey B.

Queen of Abundant Time, old watches, milkweed seeds and pods, gears, gold leaf, golden thread, paper form, collage, cotton rag paper, stretchers

Seventh, and final, in series, “regina abundat tempore” Queen of Abundant Time attends to the cycles of dissolution and recreation as time spirals, expands, persists. She gathers treasures, honoring remnants of past lives. She plants seeds of renewal, ensuring continuation.

Queen of Abundant Time detail

Queen of Abundant Time wip

Queen of Lost Connection, broken cables and connectors, paper form, wire, collage, corrugated cardboard, primer, wooden stretchers

Sixth in series, “regina amissa nexu” Queen of Lost Connection strives to reconcile entropic disconnection. Ghostly in a tangle of broken wires, they seek to heal where humans have tread in harm.

Queen of Lost Connection detail

Queen of Lost Connection detail

Queen of Mushroom Fruits, paper form, dried shitake, dried wood ear, wee wild mushroom, dried leaves, acrylic varnish, ink, gold leaf, tigers eye, cotton rag paper, wooden stretchers.

Fifth in series, “regina boleti fructus” Queen of Mushroom Fruits balances on the fluid surface while connecting deep underground. She is moving, living, expressing fecund flesh and fruit where she goes.

Queen of Mushroom Fruits detail

Queen of Mushroom Fruits detail

Queen of the Constant Forest
deer antlers, collage, paper form, bark, Gypsy moth wings, dried leaves, aluminum wire, copper tag, gold leaf, hinge, screws, acrylic varnish, cotton rag paper, wooden stretchers.

Fourth in series, "regina assidue silva" Queen of the Constant Forest abides as the cycles of the forests unfold. Chest emblazoned with curled bark and moth wings, the Forest always in metamorphosis. She roams the earth, eternal.

Queen of the Constant Forest - detail

Queen of the Living Earth
collage, paper form, barley, self adhesive decoration, flicker feather, copper wire, copper seeds, acrylic varnish, cotton rag paper, wooden stretchers.

Third in series, "regina terrae viventis" This Queen of the Living Earth is lasting, strong, fertile, resilient. Her body and breath comprise the earth and sky.  She exhales and seeds of life spread across the earth. 

Queen of the Living Earth - underneath

Queen of the Living Earth - detail

Queen of the Living Earth - detail

Queen of Living Souls
formed and dried philodendron tree leaves, dried pears, text excerpts from The Golden Bough, paper form, copper seeds, copper acrylic paint, golden thread, gold leaf, gloss varnish, cotton rag paper, wooden stretchers.

Second in series, "regina animarum viventium" This Queen is a holder of Souls, a protector and conveyer. The formed and dried leaves carry the Souls along. Small dried pears embody the Souls, carrying potential for renewed Life. Text excerpts from "The Golden Bough"

Queen of Living Souls - underneath

Queen of Living Souls - detail

Garlic Queen of the Earth
onion and garlic skins, collage, paper form, pendant, gloss varnish, cotton rag paper, wooden stretchers.

First in The Queens Series, "allium regina terrae," Garlic Queen of the Earth, conveys layering, age, waste. This aged Queen strives for beauty and balance in decrepitude. 

Garlic Queen of the Earth - underneath

Garlic Queen of the Earth - detail