This piece was made through the summer after losing my mother and examining my own mortality, as well as witnessing my neices, nephews, and children grow towards and into young adults.  I continue to be amazed by their tenacity, bravery, and sense of possibility, which inspires me in my own evolving life...

I made this piece by forming encaustic medium onto wire, hand-coloring with powdered pigment, and adorning each surface with tiny droplets resting on the surface.  they are embedded into the found wood, as if just having sprouted to life on the forest floor.