The Seven Deadly Sins

This assemblage was constructed inside the remains of an antique vending machine (probably for magazines or newspapers). The one metallic wall was covered on the inside with an inspiration collage. The items in the collage were then duplicated in three dimensions using a found piece of pottery, a wooden foundry mold, an old player piano roll, and shards of polymer clay.  The seven characters inhabiting this barren land were molded out of polymer clay and represent the Seven Deadly Sins. See if you can identify them all. They are each in a prison of their own making.  As C. S. Lewis said, "The gates of hell are locked from the inside."

Prisoners (2010) (12" x 16" x 10 3/8" high)

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