Kokeshi matchstick collection
Sterling silver, nickel silver, copper, rayon flocking, wooden matches
I collect handmade kokeshi dolls and live with them as unique figures, each containing its own form of internal character and life.
This piece began as a container. A silver and copper figure holds matches inside the body, revealed by lifing the cast finial flame atop the head.
The object was later extended into wearable forms for exhibition: a brooch and a pair of earrings. The system moves between object and body, functional and perverse, without fully resolving into either.