match-box collages

these were made at times when i didn't have enough studio space.
to layout a sculpture.

i got the idea from a poetry box, texture sculpture created
by Sophia. ...?... in 1995. there was something magical about
a matchbox, and something intimate about the size.

rather than feel crowded and crazy, i miniaturized.
i had this plastic wrapped block of wooden matches.
they were separated into about 24 different boxes.
the images below are the actual size of the boxes.

i had some rules for making these.

rules for matchbook collages:

• only one may be created at a time. 

• all of the matches must be used from the box
  before beginning the next box. (this led to a 
  lot of candle burning and taking up smoking
  for an change of character on occasion.) 

• the images must be glued down with
  iridescent paint. (i didn't have any glue.) 

• the images must have a meaning pertinent
  to the current situation in your life.
  they cannot just feel right.
  they can begin as a feeling, but the feeling
  must be defined before committing the image
  to the box. 

• no images may be pasted over or hidden.
  

these rules still apply.
i still find myself making at least two of these collages per year.
they are about as close as i get to functional art anymore...

	Tops	Bottoms
Set 1 '96
Set 2 '96
Set 3 '98

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