White Heart

Item number 3113/2 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Tall glass sculpture with three cedar mount parts. A tall glass cylinder (part a), rounded at top and bottom, is the central piece in the sculpture, representing a trade bead. Its under-layer is frosted white, covered by a red frosted cut-out layer in swooping patterns and dots. It sits on a low, round cedar base (part b), carved along the edge, with a mat of woven cedar bark at centre. A hole in the middle supports a wood pole (part d) that extends throught the glass cylinder and is capped at top by small wooden lid (part c), carved similarly to the base.

Narrative

Marston plays with scale in this work, White Heart, which represents a trade bead embellished with design, but at many times the size of an actual trade bead.