of fog

“of fog” began with an obsession with the Haviland tableware pattern, Elizabeth, which was first designed in 1759 for the Empress of Russia, Elizabeth Petrowna. In 1950 the Metropolitan Museum of Art worked with Haviland & Parlon to revive Elizabeth for an exclusive run. In “of fog”, Elizabeth was remade in paper, yarn, cloth, and ink while thinking of ways of creating ideas of home, comfort, and calm around such an elite object.

Elizabeth owns a unique design in the world of tableware, reveling in sacred geometry, specifically the torus that symbolizes the interconnectedness of all things and the cyclical nature of existence. While making multiples of Elizabeth, the “of fog” artworks began to contemplate the power of objects in our lives and in reiterating ideas, the coldness of capitalism, and the healing power of making.