Essence

This work explores the essence of being, what we're all made of.

Concept ::

A collection of small glass jars, displayed on a long glass shelf, each of which contains an essential human element.

The element may be a body fluid (blood, water, tears, semen, urine) or a bodily element (clipped toe nails, hair/pubic hair, eyelashes, skin flakes, used bandaids) or a description or emotional statement (typed words on scraps of paper) or objects of sentiment (war medals, coils of video tape, wrapped packages).

Each jar is labelled with a person's name.