Repose Collection. Necklace, 2002 feathers, thread 12 x 10 x 3" Photo: Many Doyle

I enjoy introducing various materials into my work because of their tactile qualities and associative implications. The reconfiguration of pre_existing objects proposes a more intimate and poetic dialogue, with open interpretations. Every observer may contemplate meanings more intuitively by recollection of their own knowledge or experience.

In the "Repose Collection" I have indulgently altered the real qualities and symbolic role of this ancient material. These semi plumes become a series of unnatural, colorless, and frail rings. In a subtle way these silenced feathers propose questions regarding contemporary rituals, and provide evidence of the vulnerable and impaired duality in which man and nature coexist.

Repose Collection. Bracelet, 2003 feathers thread 4 x 4 x 1 3/4" Photo: Many Doyle