Wednesday, November 11, 2009

It's Hair!

Cleaning

Brooch (2009)

1 3/4" x 3 1/2" x 1/2"

4.3 x 8.8 x 1.4 cm

Materials: Gold, ebony, resin, pigment, hair

(Photo: M. Bilenker)



"The Victorians kept lockets of hair and miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to secure the memory of a lost love. In much the same way, I secure my memories through photographic images rendered in lines of my own hair, the physical remnants. I do not reproduce events, but quiet minutes, the mundane, the domestic, the ordinary moments."


Check out more work by Melanie Bilenker.


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