Heaven, Earth, and What's Inbetween

48" x 72" x 6"

Julie Martin

In recent years, I've developed a technique for casting puzzles which turns these inexpensive, temporal items into long-lasting, virtually indestructible works of art. From the beginning I was fascinated with the concept of taking something that is traditionally flat and making it three dimensional, taking something inexpensive and making it something of value, and taking something that falls apart easily and turning it into something of permanence.
The use of playing cards and puzzles represent the transient, temporal nature of our existence while the use of child-like rendering and precious metals underscores a sense of vulnerability and fate and how dear, however imperfect, our experiences are in this life.