“Pisces Aquarium”, 2016 by Meela Paloma
I met my future husband as lifeguards and we are both Pisces. Teal is our favorite color. He gave me these glittery pieces of fabric as a gift so I could “make something”. I used them to represent the ocean. I made the fish from Sculply clay. I deconstructed a music box to make the fish swirl around on the revolving axis as if they were swimming. Two fish swimming is the icon for Pisces. When you turn the knob the fish dance around to the chiming of a music box. The silver sticks represent coral in the ocean. The background is textured like a coffin but also like waves in water.
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“All Gold Everything”, 2014 by Meela M. Palomx
“Annual Beautiful Souls Coffin Show” Pilsen, Chicago. 2014
Sacred Science became an influential theme for me personally this year. Gold has been my color of the moment. The textured pattern vinyl wallpaper, geometric textured pattern paper, vintage sconce, and faceted mirror create a unique beauty that soothes me. The combination of these found objects, creates a beautiful idea from a symbol of death. Perspective is relative. If gold attracts, this is my power. This coffin has become a source of energy. The mirror reflects self because we are the source of all our energy, all our happiness, and all of our abundance. We attract what we internalize. Our words have power, and our thoughts have power.
The foil sticker inside reads “The things that made you weird as a kid make you great today, With Love, Victore”. I was fortunate enough to attend the Adobe Creative Expo in Los Angeles, in October 2014. One of the guest speakers was New York Artist, James Victore. He passed out these stickers to the audience. His presentation provided powerful motivation for me to create work that was important to me and helped me to realize the value of my creative message. My work is a gift and I should share my story. Looking forward to 2015.
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