Bundles
These are visual metaphors for the obligations and responsibilities all of us carry which define our lives. No one can tell, from observing another’s bundle, whether it contains bittersweet burdens or joyous treasures… or perhaps a measure of both.
These sculptures start as soft, yielding clay and are finished after firing by being bound with aged twisted copper wire and weathered clamps that served for over a hundred years as lightening rod grounding-wire on a barn in Roxbury, CT.
The wire was chosen for its aesthetic beauty as well as provenance by reminding us that life is very much grounded by what we choose to carry in our bundles.

ALM 443

ALM 442

ALM 434

ALM 433

ALM 432

ALM 431

ALM 430

ALM 429

ALM 389

ALM 390

ALM 391

ALM 357

ALM 356

ALM 354

ALM 312

ALM 328

ALM 329

ALM 330

ALM 331

ALM 332

ALM 313

ALM 314

ALM 315

ALM 316

ALM 308

ALM 307

ALM 252

ALM 306

ALM 254

ALM 255

ALM 251
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ALM 443
BUNDLE #40, 4”H X4”DIA -
ALM 442
BUNDLE #39, 5”Hx4.5”x5” -
ALM 434
BUNDLE #38, 13”Hx7.5”x7.5” -
ALM 433
BUNDLE #37, 7”Hx9”dia -
ALM 432
BUNDLE #36, 11”Hx11.5”dia -
ALM 429
BUNDLE #33, 21.5”Hx17”x15” -
ALM 389
Bundle #26; 10”H x 8”, porcelain & copper wire -
ALM 390
Bundle #27; 9.5”H x 8” x 5”, porcelain & copper wire -
ALM 357
Bundle #25 13"H x 12"x 8" high-fired ceramic -
ALM 356
Bundle #24 7"H x 10"x 9" high-fired ceramic -
ALM 354
Bundle #22 10"H x 8.5"x 8" high-fired ceramic -
ALM 312
Bundle #10 28" x 12"x 10" -
ALM 328
Bundle #15 9.5"H x 10.5" x 10.5", high-fired ceramic -
ALM 329
Bundle #16 11"H x 7" x 6", high-fired ceramic -
ALM 330
Bundle #17 11"H x 8"x7.5", high-fired ceramic -
ALM 331
Bundle #18 12.5"H x 12.5" x 7", high-fired ceramic -
ALM 332
Bundle #19 20"H x 6" x 6", high-fired ceramic -
ALM 313
Bundle #11 26"x11"x11" -
ALM 314
Bundle #12, 21"x14"x12" -
ALM 315
Bundle #13, 21"x13"x10" -
ALM 316
Bundle #14, 29.5"x14"x9" -
ALM 308
BUNDLE #8, 10.5”H X 9.5” -
ALM 307
BUNDLE #7, 15”H X 7.5” -
ALM 252
BUNDLE #2, 18”H x14” -
ALM 306
BUNDLE #6, 11"H x 10" -
ALM 254
BUNDLE #4 10”H X 10” -
ALM 255
BUNDLE #5, 13”H X 13” X 5” -
ALM 251
BUNDLE #1, 12”H X 16”