The Gorgeous Nothings 2023-2025
![Gorgeous Nothings: Carmen (2025)
Gold, 42 bird feathers [24 boundary cockatiel feathers and 18 interior feathers, including budgerigar, macaw, conure, eclectus, grass parakeet, and other feathers], water-gilded cherry wood [rabbit skin glue,](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc6d41e4b02bb16cc968c5/1782158665033-2FQG915FQPVKBRQPXVHY/2.%2BGNothings.Carmen.%2Bthree%2Bquarters%2Bview.jpg)
Gorgeous Nothings: Carmen (2025)
Gold, 42 bird feathers [24 boundary cockatiel feathers and 18 interior feathers, including budgerigar, macaw, conure, eclectus, grass parakeet, and other feathers], water-gilded cherry wood [rabbit skin glue, chalk, bole, 24 k. gold leaf, and water].
2 ½ x 3 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches
Poetry: Emily Dickinson
Music: Bizet, Carmen [Aigul Akhmetshina]
Gorgeous Nothings: The Studio/The Sea (2025)
Gold, 126 bird feathers [109 interior feathers + 17 boundary cockatiel feathers, including cockatiel, budgerigar, macaw, jungle fowl, eclectus, grass parakeet, rose-breasted cockatoo, guinea hen, and other parrot and pheasant feathers], water-gilded wood [rabbit skin glue, chalk, bole, gold leaf, and water].
2 ¾ x 6 x 5 ¼ inches
Poetry: Emily Dickinson
Music: Handel, Partenope [Quel Farfalleta]
Gorgeous Nothings: The Studio/The Sea (2025)
Side View
![The Gorgeous Nothings: East End (2024)
Gold, 77 feathers [including budgerigar, yellow cockatoo, rose-breasted cockatoo, macaw, peacock, guinea hen, jungle fowl, amazon, conure, and other parrot, parakeet, and pheasant feathers], water-gilde](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc6d41e4b02bb16cc968c5/ec92e350-8be4-4917-8fc7-0a98496f9fc0/1.+GNothings.EastEnd.front+view.jpg)
The Gorgeous Nothings: East End (2024)
Gold, 77 feathers [including budgerigar, yellow cockatoo, rose-breasted cockatoo, macaw, peacock, guinea hen, jungle fowl, amazon, conure, and other parrot, parakeet, and pheasant feathers], water-gilded wood [rabbit skin glue, chalk, bole, gold leaf, and water].
2 ½ x 2 ½ x 3 ¼ inches
Poetry: Emily Dickinson
Music: Gabriella Smith, Carrot Revolution
The Gorgeous Nothings: East End (2024) Side View
![Gorgeous Nothings: Wells Next to the Sea (2023)
Gold, 12 bird feathers [including peacock, grey peacock pheasant, jungle fowl, and other parrots and parakeets], water-gilded wood [rabbit skin glue, chalk, bole, gold leaf, and water].
2 ¾](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc6d41e4b02bb16cc968c5/6ae3967c-1113-4559-b96c-3b2ec13384da/1.+GNothing.Wells-Next-the-Sea.Front+view.jpg)
Gorgeous Nothings: Wells Next to the Sea (2023)
Gold, 12 bird feathers [including peacock, grey peacock pheasant, jungle fowl, and other parrots and parakeets], water-gilded wood [rabbit skin glue, chalk, bole, gold leaf, and water].
2 ¾ x 2 x 2 inches
Poetry: Emily Dickinson
Music: Hildegard von Bingen, Breath on the Feather of God
Gorgeous Nothings: Wells Next to the Sea (2023) Side View
process
Gorgeous Nothings: East End parchment
Gorgeous Nothings: Carmen working base
Gorgeous Nothings: Wells Next to the Sea parchment