AbstractsFolklore

She Pricked Her Finger

by Veronica Kay Hallock




Institution: Louisiana State University
Department: Art
Degree: MFA
Year: 2015
Keywords: folklore; bear traps; paper; chalk pastel; art
Record ID: 2061026
Full text PDF: http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04102015-122035/


Abstract

She Pricked Her Finger transports the viewer into a landscape of the bucolic and the macabre. Large scale sculptures and drawings create a panorama-environment which explores ideas of familial and geographical identity through themes of mortality and loss. Her work utilizes a self-generated folktale as a vehicle for expressing her experiences with new landscapes and many family deaths. Ultimately Veronicas work reconciles the transition of home; the journey we take from our childhood home to the new homes we build.