Melissa Fleming - Artist Exploring the Natural World
  American Glaciers
  Wildfires
  Sentient (Night Seascapes)
  Sea Change (Ocean Photograms)
 
  The Space In Between
  Wax Flora
  On the Water
  Wildlife
  Waterscapes
  Orchid Haze
  New York City

Under Glass

Under Glass is a series of sculptural assemblages that highlight the many layers of complexity and almost continuous state of change present in the natural world. Attracted to these transient processes, our perceptions of them, and the ideas of 19th-century citizen science, I collected natural objects and placed them under Victorian-style glass domes. Under glass, the objects are singled out for close examination and highlight the act of intense seeing which is common to the practice of both art and science.  Each seemingly simple object coupled with an engraved label on its glass dome seeks to explore the duality of perception and reality.  

Atlantic Ocean, 10 gallons (evaporated ocean water/sea salt, engraved glass, wood) 13.5"H x 9.25"W x 9.25"D
Memory, 41 years (tree-ring section, engraved glass) 10.5"H x 12.75"W x 12.75"D
Fibonacci Sequence (nautilus shell, engraved glass, Fibonacci set) 9.0"H x 8.25"W x 8.25"D
Perception: 360 degrees (peacock feather) 10.5"H x 12.75"W x 12.75"D
Energy 300 million years (coal, engraved glass) 9.0"H x 8.25"W x 8.25"D
Value Added XAU (gold, engraved glass) 9.0"H x 8.25"W x 8.25"D
Chaos, 3mph (butterfly, engraved glass) 9.0"H x 8.25"W x 8.25"D
R.O.Y.G.B.I.V (quartz, engraved glass) 9.0"H x 8.25"W x 8.25"D
Potential (seed, glass dome, paper, box) 6.0"H x 6.0"W x 3.5"D
Time, 1 pound (sand, engraved glass) 9.0"H x 8.25"W x 8.25"D