Containment

kiln-formed glass

3ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft

This vessel monument is whole, with a grainy, opaque surface underlaid with a loose cross-hatch of translucent glass strands. Less than half of the pithos shape is defined by glass— the rest of the form is empty and it contains the whole room, interior and opening. The form trails off, a tattered glass grid that references woven textile. It is a queen form, self-possessed, generous, palpably private and reserved. 

The pithos Pandora carried to her own marriage is as important as the woman herself, just as the apple is central to the understanding of Eve. When I make a pithos, I am referring to the historic use of vessels as symbols of woman, wombs and tombs, tools used by women, and objects used to control/instruct women.