SMASHMOLD
Smashmold sculptures are a collection of smashed jello molds and stray domestic metal objects.
The journey of exploring molds began with the destruction of family Jell-O molds. In the 1990s my folks moved to Florida, and I inherited all of the family jello molds. The molds were made from aluminum and copper, pressed into grape-bunch, fish, ring, and lobster designs. There were duplicates of hearts and cornucopias. The collection stayed in the garage for years until I rediscovered them, brought them to my studio, and began attaching domestic mixed-media items to them.
Without realizing (or recognizing) what this trove of family domestic molds actually meant to me, I became increasingly frustrated by their physical existence. Fall (2019) I brought the remainder of the molds to Industrial Flame Cutting Steel in Beacon Falls, CT, and smashed a batch of jello molds with a four-ton steel magnet. It felt really amazing smashing these molds. It was an emotional release: a “letting go” of loaded material objects from my past. These molds signified an “oppressive housewife” mold that I, and many other women, inhabit.
Smashmold Video
Video
2020
Smashmold Sculptures
Metal
2020
In order left to right top to bottom
01. Bubbles2
02. Bubbles3
03. Bubbles5
04. detail/Bubbles7
05. 2tone/Bubbles10
06. Colander2
07. Colander4
08. fruitloop4
09. fruitloop5
10. fruitloop9
11. fruitloop1
12. sideA/Elephantegg2
13. sideA/Elephantegg4
14. sideB/Elephantegg2
15. sideB/Elephantegg3
16. detail/Flattower8
17. Flattower10
18. Flowercrush3
19. Flowercrush4
20. Flowercrush5
21. Grapebunch1
22. Grapebunch5
23. Grapebunch6
24. Grapebunch7
25. Handles1
26. Handles2
27. Handles3
28. Handles6
29. Handles7
30. crosslobster2
31. Twister1
32. Twister2