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About MARIAN MCKENZIE-CONE Chrysalis by Jacob Cone (CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT)

BIRD GIRL
FOUND OBJECTS,HANDMADE WITH
the Grandson of 70CM X 65CM
ENCAUSTIC
Marian Mckenzie-Cone
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Artist & April 2022 Imagine life as a chrysalis BEGINNINGS
You begin within a shell
the Bird girl: This piece of art embodies more of my story. Continu- Transparent and hollow 25CM X 25CM
ENCAUSTIC ON BIRCH PANEL
And slowly you grow
ing to embrace family and pull together connections, that bring
To fill that shimmering prison
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Work closer the memories one has of life as part of family. How from When you grow big enough OLD SHED
small incidental things that happen years before these can in lat-
Your booming voice shakes
er life be placed in ways that form a story that satisfies the inner
SON POEM, BIRD NEST, MONARCH
thoughts of both the person that made the art and the viewer The cage and you ask ENCAUSTIC,BREADTAG TILES,GRAND-
BUTTERFLY
Why you are trapped within the
who views the art. chrysalis 38CM X 55CM
Outside you see webs of gossamer
Both these pieces have nothing in common with the objects but Dreams and things you think NFS
find their own stories hidden within because of the new way of You’ll never touch
viewing them. Oceans of stardust
You’ll never drink in
Found objects have always held stories for me and this piece But one day
uses both made objects, the boxes, to house the found objects, You notice something
old birds nests, a rusty horn, springs, feathers given up via the You are growing so much
yearly molting of my parrot, turquoise beads from travels in India, The cage is breaking around
an old lawn mower wheel part, as a stand represents the cir- you
cle of life, placed on a piece of a 100 year tree root, saved from Crumbling like glass
farming days at Waitohi. Pouring away like sand
The chrysalis can’t contain
This led me to completing the sculpture by having it sit be- One such as you anymore
side a representation of an old farm building made from foam The glowing world, so alive
board, and bread tags printed with a poem from my grandson Has so much to say to you
housing more found objects and birds nests. Sculptures con- You’re ready
necting old and new. Generations finding ancestors in common. You’re of age
Beginnings You thought you were scared

My beginnings piece continues the family search with a photo You thought you couldn’t make it
of my youngest brother and myself at one of the youngest ages I But you grow
can remember playing with him in the garden at Bathgate Road And keep growing
Waimate in about 1952 I have linked this with pansies to repre- And you fill the oceans
sent our mother who grew and loved pansies as she loved us. I With your life
have included a nest to represent the start of a new life hatched And when you pass
from a warm and secure place as being the best start for a life. When your dreams
Are fulfilled
These pieces yet again brought me to a place of finding security When your time is up
and love from being held in a strong and secure family Not frittered away
Spent meaningfully
You will look back
At the start of your life
At the little bits of the chrysalis
Left within your satisfaction
And you will laugh
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