The first two pieces in my expecting theme are complete.
I started with a botanical cyclone, my symbol of growth and becoming. It has a peach gestating inside, like a new idea formulating, a new direction being considered, a new commitment on the verge of being declared, connected to the cyclone vine with a long umbilical stem.
Second is a full-bellied vessel vine, pregnant with a nearly ripe, ready-for-the-world lemon. The vines of this piece are made of an interesting color called English Ivy, reminiscent of the glass I used for the acorn trunk piece. It appears opaque until light shines behind it, and then it is actually a transparent ivy green with blue and butterscotch streaks.
I plan to attempt pushing my idea of expectant plants even further, with the idea of enclosing the fruit fetuses in glass amniotic sacs within the plant. That will be a tremendous technical challenge, but certainly interesting!
In the other realm of my recent expectations, our puppy is arriving this Saturday. After nearly 2 months of our family unsuccessfully attempting to agree on her name, Brent finally coaxed the kids into letting me name her. I named her Piper. When I was pregnant with our youngest son, Reilly, and before we knew he was a boy, we had chosen Piper for the baby’s name if it was a girl. So now our puppy will be Piper.
Here’s to expectations!