The Hummingbird is the first collage with which I have had the honor of sharing the remarkable personal story of another. It represents a lifetime of shared memories, joy, comfort and the intersection of past, present and future. This piece was collaborative in nature and my client sent me keepsakes of their own which authentically imbues the piece with meaning. It is a sacred process to utilize the precious items entrusted in my care, some of them vintage and fragile in nature, to create the figure and facilitate the narrative. The connection forged during the process is yet another dimension of the work.

The materials used include:

LA Dodgers General Admission Ticket from 1960
Envelope and stamp from 1965
Motel receipt from 1968
Continental Airlines Boarding Pass from 1970
30th Anniversary Boxing Ticket from 1972
Vintage Fisherman’s Wharf Harbor Cruise Admission Ticket
Italian ceramics receipt from 2005
Italian receipt from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence from 2007
CA substitute teaching permit
Mexicali Topographic Map from the late 1990’s
A greeting card
Decorative papers from the US and Korea
Background paper made in India

• Subject Matter: Hummingbird