Mnemonic Waters

There is a myth maker in us all that composes our memories into the ephemeral ballad we use to define ourselves through a personal mythology. Photographs from the artist’s digital archive serve to re-create stories based on vivid memories taken from interviews. The historical photographic process of wet pate collodion is used for its inherent qualities that compliment the ethereality of memory. Like the fluidity and weight, and the voids and layers of memory, glass is used as the substrate for the imagery. Each visual poem is enclosed in a solid unit of glass.

Flavored with the scent of chlorine (Copy) — Flavored with the scent of chlorine

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 3 in x 5 in x 2½ in.

Flavored with the scent of chlorine, Detail (Copy) — Flavored with the scent of chlorine, Detail

Never would have known (Copy) — Never would have known

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 3 in x 4½ in x 2 in.

A little fire, put it out. A little fire, put it out (Copy) — A little fire, put it out. A little fire, put it out

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 5 in x 7 in x 2½ in.

Close my eyes (Copy) — Close my eyes

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 3 in x 4 in x 1½ in.

At 12,000 feet (Copy) — At 12,000 feet

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 4 in x 6 in x 2 in.

All the lumber in a box car (Copy) — All the lumber in a box car

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 6 in x 4 in x 2½ in.

Tiptoe and jump (Copy) — Tiptoe and jump

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 3 in x 6 in x 2 in.

Tiptoe and jump, Detail (Copy) — Tiptoe and jump, Detail

Hear the cuckoo clocks (Copy) — Hear the cuckoo clocks

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 3 in x 4 in x 1½ in.

Hear the cuckoo clocks, Detail (Copy) — Hear the cuckoo clocks, Detail

Hear the cuckoo clocks, Viewed against white background

Pools and cyclones (Copy) — Pools and cyclones

Wet Plate Collodion Glass Sculpture. 14 in x 6 in x 3½ in.

Mnemonic Waters, Installation Detail (Copy) — Mnemonic Waters, Installation Detail