Bottled Memories
Various Mediums in Glass
Fall 2010

1. I channeled five distinct memories and created pieces that felt like each of the memories to me. The beaded sunset, ornate and beautiful, describes how I feel about the person with whom I watched it and the memory itself. The wire tree piece with grated charcoal and a paper figure is a memory which became almost transcendental to me in hindsight: over the summer I spent a fair amount of time reading underneath a large tree next to the library in my town. I became happier through each page and learned to love being alone by sitting under that tree. The glass rose is a bitterly fond memory of the first and only rose ever given to me, and the meaning behind it. The relationship I was in at the time was particularly dangerous and I wanted a piece that would communicate first receiving that and how painfully beautiful it was for me. The stuffed forms in the bottle were of a sweet, warm memory from this summer when I first saw a friendship forming between a girl I barely knew and me: she curled up to me on the couch and complained about having to work. It was sweet, simple, and yet striking to me, so I chose sweet and simple colors to reflect that image. The bell jar piece I would rather not discuss, but it holds a memory and I chose the materials I thought best suited it. Each was constructed in or out of glass because I keep things bottled up so much, and I found it fitting as a self portrait to bottle my memories.