2025 02 For Just One Kiss the Kings Of Earth Would Have Bartered Their Shadows

 I am in a new online class with Michael de Meng called Heart Chambers. The basic idea is to combine hearts with a shrine like structure. 

Here are the three items I originally selected to get my Heart Chamber started. That is a resin Benjamin Franklin Bank issued by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It painted rather easily.

I quickly rejected the original idea of somehow incorporating the metal mold form. Instead I decided to use this clock case for the shrine and this wood box for the pedestal that the Franklin will sit upon. After laying down some rusted coffee filter and sewing pattern, I was able to paint the case. 

Thus we have For Just One Kiss the Kings Of Earth Would Have Bartered Their Shadows. The title comes from Guillaume Apollinaire's poem Song Of The Ill-Loved Man. It is 20"H X 13"W X 7"D. It consists of Benjamin Franklin Bank (Philadelphia Museum of Art), Clock Case, Mexican Tin Heart, Servel Electrolux Gas Refrigerator Badge, Watch Part, Wood Box, Dixon No. 496 Yellow Lumber Crayon, Screws, Bead, Cheese Cloth, Rusted Coffee Filter, Sewing Pattern Paper and Paint.