Lauren Tickle

My work is a visual representation of grief’s pilgrimage in the wake of death.  I make objects that represent the stages of this journey.  Death is often represented in art objects or acts as a symbol for the transience of life.  The work metaphorically maps demise, healing and everywhere in-between.  My objects rely on process, just as the healing process is more important than death.  So does the process of making supersede the completion of one specific object. This is an investigation of objects as metaphor, document, and ritual prop to illustrate the cycle of life and its impact on those left behind.  It also records a personal pilgrimage in recognition of the impermanence of life and prompts the restoration of beauty through growth and remembrance.  In losing something special one can either be consumed by sorrow or find solace once again.  My work is an attempt at the latter by constructing demise and repairing what was lost.