In True Confections, I use porcelain to create miniature human and animal figures, distressed dinnerware, and life-size bees, mice, and birds, all elements that resonate deeply for me. In choosing the type of plinth on which to assemble these elements, I want to honor the experiences they evoke – the joys of domestic life, the cruelty of nature, the anguish of inequity, and the despair of loss. So I bake cakes for them -- also out of porcelain-- as a tribute, and display the elements on top.


Using cakes as pedestals for sculpture makes them domestic monuments to a full range of emotions, from playfulness to grief.

From left: Anthem, Hymn
2015
English Porcelain
From left: Exaltation, Glory,Tribute
2015
English Porcelain
Hymn (detail)
2015
English Porcelain
10 1/16" x 5 3/4" x 5 1/2"
Anthem (detail)
2015
English Porcelain
6 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 7 1/4"
Exaltation (detail)
2015
English Porcelain
9 1/4" x 7 1/8" x 7 1/8"
Tribute
2015
English Porcelain
10 1/4" x 7" x 7"
From left: Ceremony, Celebration, Ode
2015
English Porcelain
Communion
2015
English Porcelain
1 1/2" x 7 1/4" x 7 1/4"
Celebration
2015
Porcelain
9 3/4" x 7" x 7"
Ode
2015
Porcelain
9 3/4" 7" x 7"
Ceremony
2015
English Porcelain
9 1/2" x 7" x 7"
Glory
2015
English Porcelain
3" x 6 3/4" x 6 3/4"
Occasion
2015
Porcelain
5" x 8 1/4" x 8 1/8"
Eminence
2015
Porcelain, fine silver
8" x 3 5/8" x 3 5/8"