When I was a kid I was fortunate enough to live a few minutes away from one set of grandparents. I used to love going over to my Mamaw and Papaw’s house. Papaw would let me use his typewriter and wood carving tools. Mamaw cut our hair and always had cookies in a special tin box. But there was also another box that I almost always looked in. On a book shelf at the end of the great room, there was an ornately carved wooden box. I didn’t know this at the time but the box was hand carved and constructed by Papaw. Inside, it was lined with plush blue valour and contained various curious objects that always captivated me. I distinctly remember a little sailor man with arms and legs and torso connected by chains. He was dressed in blue with a black bandana and a white sailor’s hat. If you picked him up, his entire body would sway and dangle with your movements.

I was just a child when I would stand there and look through the contents of that box, but the moments, the impressions made by it are still very present to me. My newest collage series is based off of the wonder I found there and the tactile experience of being held in a moment.

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