The objects that shape a culture are rarely the ones we place behind glass.
Queen Victoria wears a crown unlike any she would have known. Cast from vintage 1970's squirt guns and frosting roses inspired by childhood birthday cakes, her ceremonial headpiece is built from the shared objects of everyday life rather than jewels or precious metals.
'Artifact' considers what future generations will recognize as the defining symbols of our time. By elevating ordinary objects through the language of classical sculpture, the boundaries between history and memory are blurred, ceremony and play, permanence and nostalgia. The result is a portrait that asks not only what we preserve, but why.
Perhaps the most meaningful artifacts are not the treasures safeguarded in museums, but the objects that quietly shaped our childhoods, our celebrations, and our collective imagination.
Dimensions: 24"H X 8"W X 7"D
Material: Plaster/Acrylic
