I dwell in Possibility -- /A fairer House than Prose -- /
       
     
It's Full As Opera --  (2004/2006)
       
     
The Truth must dazzle gradually/ (2003)i
       
     
Red—is the Fire’s common tint -- /
       
     
Millefiore/ The Aptitude To Fly  (2003)
       
     
No lives are round/ Nulle vie n’est ronde. (2003)
       
     
The Brain -- is wider Than the Sky -- / (2005)
       
     
The Brain -- is wider Than the Sky -- / Side View
       
     
The Capsule of the Mind
       
     
Just As the Night Keeps Fetching Stars/
       
     
"HOPE" IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS --
       
     
"Hope" is the thing with feathers, Hope #2
       
     
Porc-Épic/ I dwell in Possibility
       
     
 I dwell in Possibility -- /A fairer House than Prose -- /
       
     
I dwell in Possibility -- /A fairer House than Prose -- /

Gold, 56 Budgerigar Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood (2019)

2 ½ x 3 ½ x 3 ¼ inches.

Poetry: Emily Dickinson: I dwell in Possibility—/

It's Full As Opera --  (2004/2006)
       
     
It's Full As Opera -- (2004/2006)

Gold, Tragopan Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood.

3 x 7 x 7 ¼ inches

Poetry:  Emily Dickinson, I cannot dance upon my Toes 

The Truth must dazzle gradually/ (2003)i
       
     
The Truth must dazzle gradually/ (2003)i

Gold, Cockatoo Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood.

6  x 5 ½ x 6 ¼ inches

Poetry:  Emily Dickinson, Tell all the Truth but tell it slant --

Red—is the Fire’s common tint -- /
       
     
Red—is the Fire’s common tint -- /

Gold, Golden Pheasant Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood.

10 ¾ x 6 x 6 inches 

Poetry: Emily Dickinson, Dare you see a Soul at the white heat?

Millefiore/ The Aptitude To Fly  (2003)
       
     
Millefiore/ The Aptitude To Fly (2003)

Gold, Macaw Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood.

23 x 11 x 11 inches

Poetry: Emily Dickinson, My Cocoon tightens -- Colors teaze --/

 

No lives are round/ Nulle vie n’est ronde. (2003)
       
     
No lives are round/ Nulle vie n’est ronde. (2003)

Gold, Ostrich Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood and Cardboard.

5 x 12 x 12 inches 

 Poetry:  Emily Dickinson, Except the smaller size

The Brain -- is wider Than the Sky -- / (2005)
       
     
The Brain -- is wider Than the Sky -- / (2005)

Gold, Macaw Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood. 

8 ¼ x 6 ¼ x 8 inches

Poetry:  Emily Dickinson, The Brain --is wider than the Sky -- /

 

The Brain -- is wider Than the Sky -- / Side View
       
     
The Brain -- is wider Than the Sky -- / Side View
The Capsule of the Mind
       
     
The Capsule of the Mind

Gold, Water-Gilded Wood, Gea des Chenes bird feathers

Poetry: Emily Dickinson, Best things dwell out of sight

Just As the Night Keeps Fetching Stars/
       
     
Just As the Night Keeps Fetching Stars/

Gold, Guinea Hen Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood.

6 ¼ x 4 ½ x 5 inches

Poetry:  Emily Dickinson, I've nothing else -- to bring, You know --/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you know

"HOPE" IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS --
       
     
"HOPE" IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS --

Gold, Water-Gilded Wood, Illuminated Birds Nests

Hope #1 [center]: 2 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 [2006];

Hope #2 [right] 4 ¾ x 4 ¼ x 4 ¾ [2007];

Hope #3 [left: 3 ½ x 4 3/4 x 5 [2007]

Poetry: Emily Dickinson, “Hope” is the thing with feathers — / that perches in the soul —/

"Hope" is the thing with feathers, Hope #2
       
     
"Hope" is the thing with feathers, Hope #2

Gold, Water-Gilded Wood, Birds Nest from Hunters Point Shipyard

4 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 3/4 [2007]

Poetry: Emily Dickinson, “Hope” is the thing with feathers —

Porc-Épic/ I dwell in Possibility
       
     
Porc-Épic/ I dwell in Possibility

Gold, Porcupine Quills, Water-Gilded Wood.

19 x 10 x 13 inches

 Poetry: Emily Dickinson, I dwell in Possibility-- / A fairer House than Prose –