Blue Gold

Water, in my opinion, is our most valuable resource.  When walking about town, I see the blue spray-painted signs near the gutters, “No dumping, drains to river.” It concerns me that as a society we need these reminders about dumping toxins into our water system. I see water as a very feminine way of flowing through nature. Sensuous at times, yet strong and capable of changing landscapes. I like to think that the dark silver beads from the 1920’s are from a flappers dress, a lady set on change. The beads are like a waterfall, frozen in time, bubbling up, from blue to black to white to gold…reminiscent of rainbows created by sunshine as well as polluted rivers. The river of her spine  is modeled after a map of Northgate Canyon in Wyoming, a nod to my first stretch of whitewater rafting. The purple glass from the prairies I so frequently meander also have a rainbow sheen to them due to the chemical reaction with the soil after being outside for over 100 years.

© 2016 Jodie Atherton

Blue Gold

Ceramics, broken glass, antique jar, glass beads, antique oil can, rocks

22.5 x 10 x 5.25 inches

$3,275