Hanging In The Balance under cloche

This is one in a series of new pieces I began in Spring 2010 of pieces under glass cloches(or belljars). This trapeze artist is balancing delicately on her swing from which she casts a longing glance up at the people outside looking in at her. She is suspended between two trees, one of which represents Fear(the dark one) and Courage(the lighter one). The trees are made of weathered wire and are covered with handprinted, coated tissue paper/fabric with the words “fear” and courage” imprinted on them. The circus flags are made from fabric and the birds that look in on the entire scene are made from Italian air-hardened clay. The base is made from painted and aged wood and surrounded with a weathered and painted metal scalloped border. The nameplate is handprinted fabric over a painted metal plate. Overall size is approx. 16″ h x 8″ w.

Sorry, this piece is sold and now resides in New Orleans, LA