What the Crows Brought Me

These assemblage reliquaries honor the sacred exchange of recognition and transference between species. Through a progression of dimensional, staged vignettes, I have provided a visual narrative of the give-and-take relationship that can develop over time with a local murder of crows. Each work cleverly reveals a fictional flock’s daily delivery of found objects picked and presented as gifts of gratitude.

One for Sorrow 2022 assemblage 15.4” x 5” x 3.5”	Two for Joy 2022 assemblage 12.5” x 4.5” x 4”	Three for a Girl 2022 assemblage 13” x 4.5” x 4”
Four for a Boy 2022 assemblage 15” x 5” x 3.5”	Six for Gold 2022 assemblage 11” x 4” x 4”	Five for Silver 2022 assemblage 14.5” x 5” x 3.5”
Seven for a Secret Never Told 2022 assemblage 12.5” x 5” x 4”	Eight for a Wish 2022 assemblage 14.5” x 5” x 3.5”	Nine for a Kiss 2022 assemblage 12.5” x 4.5” x 4”
Ten for a Time of Joyous Bliss 2022 assemblage 12.5” x 3.5” x 3.5”	Blessings in Disguise 2022 assemblage 21” x 13.5” x 3”	Love Must Extend to the Crows on the Roof 2022 assemblage 15” x 9.5” x 3”
It's the Little Things That Count 2022 assemblage 20” x 14” x 4”	Birds of a Feather 2022 assemblage 18” x 18” x 4”	Don't Crow til You Are Out of the Woods 2022 assemblage 14.5” x 17” x 4.5”
A Gift Without the Giver is Bare 2022 assemblage 14” x 14” x 3”	How Long is a Piece of String 2022 assemblage 15.5” x 12” x 2”	Change Always Comes Bearing Gifts 2022 assemblage 14” x 14” x 3”
A Message as Clever as the Crow is Black 2022 assemblage 16.5” x 23” x 5”	The Way the Crow Flies 2022 assemblage 13.5” x 11” x 6”	I'll Keep this Moment Here 2022 assemblage 13” x 11.5” x 1.5”