a set of four display boxes , made out of magazines’ antique cardboard cases, and each featuring a hybrid, deconstructed fairy tale explored in script, collage, and assemblage form – the cases are embedded within an enlarged photograph mounted on foam board
a set of 9 sheer or semi-sheer banners featuring endangered species of local birds, and mounted along a nature trail at the Audubon Center in Los Angeles ~ a project juried and selected by the Arroyo Art Collective in 2011 ~ the slide show displays the 11 original banners, most of them photographed on site
afterwards, I created several customized bird banner for my collectors, following their vision and harmonizing their outdoor or indoor space – it was a marvelous journey – thank you to all who ordered and purchased a bird banner – every one was and is special to me
a set of accordion booklets and a beaded banner reflecting on the life of Mary Austin
a series of 7 boats in glazed stoneware, incapsulated among nature elements across the Water Park
series of three nests made of brown paper hanging from trees in the Water Park ~ gauze rolls spreading from nests wee seeded with lentils and sprouts are germinating during the installation period
collaborative installation
a collaborative installation within the uninhabited Spurgeon Building in Santa Ana, themed after a bedroom – toti’s and john’s installation freely spread on the two sides of a dividing screen
Stelle Cadenti (Falling Stars), Bassano in Teverina, 2000, with John O’Brien
costume elements, clay bowls, refurbished furniture, metal elements, found objects – installed within a natural grotto of the old medieval town
a double installation within the town’s medieval washing fountain – John’s work hangs from the roof, toti’s work is in the water – a set of 21 miniature worlds (stone assemblages mounted on rebar)
includes a corrugated screen as a background for the performance oft he same title, a tryptic of flags (one by each artist) and a smaller screen with three assemblage underwater creature (one by each artist); John’s=the crab; Steve=the squid; Toti=the sea turtle
a double installation radiating from a central corrugated screen, each side containing elements related to the “night stand” idea – toti’s side displays two deconstructed journals, an artist book, a fiber art sculpture and a picture of her sculptural work mounted as an assemblage
~ below are john and toti’s halves of the installation ~
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