"Marilyn Diptych: Egg on the Silkscreen an homage to Andy Warhol." Materials used: balsa wood, acrylic paint (aerosol and liquid), transparent vellum paper, transparent lamination plastic, heated silicone, acrylic/polyester blend plastic, alcohol-based ink, LED lights, copper wiring, lithium batteries, and acrylic casing and housing.

The artist used concrete and acrylic paint and sealed it with clear spray paint.

"Eye of The Beholder (Kintsugi)." Polymer clay, resin, acrylic paint, and other materials

Papier Mache

"The Lotus: Rebirth, Strength, & Love." Materials: Glass bowls, ceramic plate, craft foam, silk flowers, paint

Traditional Reliquary Eggs are elliptical containers containing religious relics or momentos mori. I drew upon imagery from diverse sources of artistic imagery, including the danse macabre and Dia de los Muertos, for a creation superimposing a death's head upon the egg - juxtaposing two powerful symbols of mortality and birth.

I dropped my egg in the parking lot almost as soon as I had picked it up. Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing ceramics using lacquer mixed with fine metallic powder, seemed like my best way out. My attempt at this measured, delicate technique quickly devolved into an exercise in Fauvist excess…complete with LED shining out from between the cracks.

Materials: Ceramic egg, glossy and matte black paint, kintsugi lacquer, battery-powered LED.