Anillos was returned to me from the Lake Oswego Police Department in 2020. I’m so grateful to them for preserving all her shattered shards! When I finally girded my loins to begin the daunting task of reassembling her, many little miracles occurred that allowed me to find enough of the critical pieces to restore her face, hands and feet so that she is recognizable. The next step in her metamorphosis is her trip to the Classic Foundry in Seattle, where she is being cast in bronze and the cracks, which I have left visible, will be polished to emulate kintsugi, the Japanese method of preserving precious things by repairing them and highlighting their scars with gold to honor them. In our fracturing world, I wanted to use this opportunity to reclaim Anillos because she represents how life’s experience is etched into the cells of our human bodies, as a tree’s life experience is etched into its rings. She will be installed at the Price Sculpture Forest April 24, 2024 and my hope is that she will represent and encourage the healing our human hearts and the natural world so desperately need. To see a short video of her unveiling, click here: Unveiling of Anillos at the Price Sculpture Forest.
To read an article about Anillos in the WhidbeyNewsTimes, click here:
https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/life/sculpture-forest-welcomes-pieced-together-work/
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