Jewelry Box

This is new...3D Art. I created this sculpture while thinking of small hand-held trinkets--physical representations of memory. The drawer is modeled after those found in the jewelry box my late grandmother gave me--"a useful pot for keeping things". There's just something really great about an object that fits in your hands, and, something maddening about having to hang onto it, in a special place. It's ineffable, the connection I have to little things--little, special things: Acorns, Carousel Rings, Necklace Pendants, etc.

I found a baby squirrel alone one day. It was still without fur or opened eyes. I picked it up and took it in. It fit in the palm of my hand. I tried to nurse it back to health. I couldn't.