What is a Memoryscape?
Each Memoryscape below is a one-of-a-kind creation—an artful arrangement of found objects, personal curios, and meaningful memorabilia. Originally born from my own collection of artifacts gathered throughout my global travels as a photojournalist, Memoryscapes have evolved into deeply personal, sculptural tributes.
Now, I invite you to take part....
Send me a box of your own keepsakes—tiny treasures, mementos, vintage items, or found objects—and I will transform them into a unique Memoryscape that tells your story or honors someone you love. A visual poem made from the pieces of your past.
Each piece is custom-crafted and completely individual—just like its namesake—and priced accordingly, with quotes provided in advance.
Safari Memoryscape ~ A treasured stamped leather-felt box from Kenya, adorned with miniature carved Rhino, Elephant and Hippo and within an endless tale of a drunken BonHomme with a tilted tripod, vintage jewelry and glass fuse from bygone days ...
Myanmar Memoryscape ~ A series of my images from Mahagandayon Monastery on the Irrawaddy River in Amarapura unfolding a silent flurry of monks at mealtime. Attached to a found glass chemist canister, mirroring the body of a long-neck woman from the Kayan Lahwi tribe, with her vintage blue glass insulator headpiece adorned with a plastic beaded bracelet and silver earrings, while brass industrial pieces serve as neck coils. Dated stamps of Franklin Roosevelt from the USA and King George from Great Britain representing the Allied Forces' 1942 campaign in Central Burma during WWII...
Grandma Josephine Memoryscape ~ Her broken porcelain teacup transformed into a chapeau, adorned with found stones, sea glass, and a crystal kiss, atop an abandoned brass telescope 'face,' all attached to her tarnished silver funnel 'body.'
Earthen Memoryscape ~
A triptych depicting humanity’s footprint on all creatures and minerals of the world. The transformed three-part metal mirror structure features: one side with an antique map of Earth’s orbit around the sun, adorned with lapis lazuli stones; the center section with a collage of dated encyclopedic flora and fauna pages, a broken watch face, and a lapis lazuli stone; and the final side showcasing my first black-and-white lizard image, partially painted over and affixed with a found mini brass lizard and stone from my travels, encircled by Tiger Eye stones. Throughout, antique cast iron shoe molds from the bygone days of the St. Louis shoe industry...
Cayos Cochinos Memoryscape ~ A mysterious totem-like artifact discovered on a Honduran islet, reborn with a crystal fragment, fossilized sea urchin spines, sea glass, shells, and weathered stones.
Yucatan Memoryscape ~ A clay Jaguar head artifact found among the Ek Balam Mayan Ruin propped up on a patterned wavelike stone adorned with found Caribbean shells and a glass red flower as if the Jaguar is listening to an infinite song above and below ...
Ecuadorian Angel Memoryscape ~ A found clay artifact face, haloed with a brass spiral and adorned with sea glass and stones collected during my Galapagos equatorial days ...
Agra Memoryscape ~ A broken onyx elephant with marble inlay, reborn with glass and stones smoothed by the Indian Ocean ...