3D Illustration // Alive

Part of the "Sing No Sad Songs for Me" series for the Death and the Maiden conference in Winchester, UK.

It's an homage to the poet Christina Rosetti - a representation of the resilience of the female spirit and beauty found in Victorian mourning customs. I delve into the symbology of death and transcendence, despair and hope. This piece utilizes found and created pieces displayed in a shadowbox, which include an antique child's Victorian blouse (c. 1895), taxidermy death’s-head hawkmoth and monarch butterfly, Victorian method hair-work cut from my own hair, wood, lichen, paint, and moss. The piece reveals a story beyond the grave, a reminder of life that transcends death, a movement from shadow to transformation. The juxtaposition of artifacts suggests unfulfilled potential, loss of control, and role of death as the great equalizer.