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Decay 3

5/11/2015

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Trudi's second piece, which she titled as "The Quarry," used rust, smoky fabrics and fallen leaves. I didn't have time to gather rusted or decayed objects in nature so it took a while to consider what to make from her inspiration. I first riffed off the word, quarry, which has an old English meaning game hunted with hounds or hawks.
I had a witch puppet and a cigar box, which I wanted to use so started with that. Then skeleton leaves left over from my Decay 2 piece would anchor to Trudi's fallen leaves. Found several old sewing tools - a tiny needle book, needles, measuring tape, an old thread box. A handwritten recipe titled "Fairy fruit salad." Old negatives of a family, including that of a baby. I considered many other old photos, objects, tools but it was all a matter of how to pull things together into a coherent composition around the loose theme of "quarry."    
Then I found a fragment of a children's rhyme which goes like this:
Who killed Cock Robin?
I, said the Sparrow,
with my bow and arrow,
I killed Cock Robin.
Who saw him die?
I, said the Fly,
with my little eye,
I saw him die.
Who caught his blood?
I, said the Fish,
with my little dish,
I caught his blood.
Who'll make the shroud?
I, said the Beetle,
with my thread and needle,
I'll make the shroud.
That, and a tiny tin cookie mold filled with glittery blood completed the piece.
I named this piece "Fairytale Salad."

Trudi's "The Quarry"

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