Cynthia Handel

Seedpods beeswax + wood 8 x 10 x 6 in. My work is derived form my interests in natural organic forms and processes. The earth’s cycles, eggs, shells, seedpods, all are nature’s containers, subject matter, I am interested in referencing. Exploring themes of reproduction, regeneration, re-birth are issues I am addressing. The work is about what happens at that exact moment when the spirit has created life. Repeated forms indicate multiple layers or levels. These layers, levels or marks are about each and every memory, scratch or history we contain. The vessel form, in all its permutations alludes to a…