Monthly Archives: October 2020

1″ x 2″, glass

This pendant is very special because it’s part of another chain for “Translations“, a project that I participated in just before Covid.  This week I received a poem from Maya, inspired by a painting by Tova, and this pendant is my response to the poem.  My pendant will be passed to Maria to inspire an assemblage. With themes of reflection and identity, the poem made me think about the way that the reflection of an object is distorted.  The distortion can make it look more impressive than it really is, or less. My fingers are crossed (hard) that in this week’s elections the country will vote based on what’s real and not based on a distorted reflection of reality that makes things seem better than they are.  The design represents a moon in a dark sky, reflected in the waves below.

.5″ x 2″, watch parts

When I look at my calendar these days it looks like the kind of puzzle that makes my head hurt.  Entries in six different colors, bumping up against each other and sometimes overlapping.  Zoom classes, work meetings, conferences, reminders, visits, soccer, webinars. Even the grocery shopping has to make its way onto the calendar or it’ll fall off the list.  This pendant is made from watch parts, organized like a complex puzzle that just about fits together.

1″ x 1″, found objects

As a kid I would probably have written an ode to the MBTA.  Living by a T stop gave me easy access to the city and a freedom that most of my friends didn’t have.  As I’ve moved around the world I’ve tried to choose cities that have good public transportation.  But now the T is one more thing we’re avoiding during covid. And where would we go anyway?  But I miss it.  I’ve been wanting to check out the newly-cleaned Lilli Ann Rosenberg mosaic at Park Street station, but I’m still not riding the T.  Maybe wearing this pendant with its old token that’s been touched by so many hands will work like a charm to bring the day closer when we can all safely move around Boston again. 

1″ x 2″, glass and ceramic

There are a lot of transitions happening right now, and they all feel like a way to start fresh.  The Jewish new year just started, my mom’s preparing for surgery that should give her heart a fresh start, and my grandma’s pretty much starting fresh every few minutes these days.  This pendant has a lot of white to represent a blank slate and freshness, but it also has seams and stains to represent what’s come before.  We never start fully fresh, but build on our messy past.

1″ x 2″, glass

The weather is getting cooler and our weekly farmshare is getting darker.  One of the highlights of my week is picking up our fruits and vegetables from the mini-mobil farmstand that Farmer Craig sets up in our neighborhood.  While I relish the tomatoes and baby greens that come early in the season I actually like the root vegetables and heartier vegetables that come in the fall too.  This pendant showcases the colors of this season’s vegetables.  olive green, brown, dark purple and deep green, with just a touch of gold.