This skeleton at the Packer Schopf Gallery is made entirely out of plastic cassette tapes.

This shows more of the detail of the construction.

The Gallery had some of this artist’s work last year at the Fair.   The attention to detail is amazing.   I  like the concept of a book pulling you through it, taking you on a journey as you read it and this artist doing the same thing in a very unique visual way.

Another cut-out book at the Packer Gallery.

Also at Packer Gallery are these white mac lap-tops that have been inked in a technique that looks like scrimshaw.

“Beware the tendency to become the things you covet, it’s unsustainable & will only disappoint you in the end.”

I am drawn to the beauty of wood, especially carved sculptural pieces.  This piece has such an elegance and strength about it.  This skull is by Laurel Roth also at the Packer Gallery.  Laurel Roth has described this new series as, “..based on the bones of food animals using  finely polished wood, crystal, and gold to highlight the sacred and the profane aspects of food in an age of industrial agriculture.”