Seattle Club – A Story in Layers, Textures & Time
At first glance, Seattle Club is an intricate, almost cryptic, fusion of forgotten objects—each piece holding a past life, now woven together in a singular visual narrative. This mixed media artwork is a testament to the beauty of timeworn relics, a curated (okay, assembled) collection of discarded yet significant artifacts that whisper stories of history, craftsmanship, and reinvention.
Layers of Meaning & Timeworn Beauty
This piece is mounted on a wood cradle panel, serving as the foundation for a dynamic interplay of textures, patinas, and industrial elements. The left half features a layered collage with a vintage dictionary page, faintly revealing the words deviate and deviation beneath a veil of encaustic wax—suggesting movement, change, and the act of straying from the expected. Above it, an antique book cover rests in deep, inky black, embossed with the words International Library, a quiet nod to the volumes of history we collect over time. Wrapping around the panel’s edge, an old folding ruler adds a linear element, measuring not just inches but perhaps the weight of time itself.
The right half of the background tells its own tale—a distressed, crackled surface with hints of embedded imagery and text, like memories half-remembered. Among them, a faint, haunting child's face gazes outward, almost lost within the layers yet impossible to ignore, locking eyes with the viewer in a moment of quiet intrigue. Above this, a row of vintage screws and bolts lines the surface—some missing, revealing the depth and texture underneath, like gaps in memory or missing pieces of a larger story.
Industrial Nostalgia & Rusted Relics
The bottom right corner anchors the piece with an impressive, rusted mechanical clamp (or whatever it originally was—who needs labels when something just feels right?). Pulled from a salvage yard, this rugged metal element introduces a raw, industrial energy, a grounding force against the ethereal layers above. Hovering just above it is the focal point of the piece: a transformed pocket watch case, now encasing an upcycled Seattle Club button (where the piece gets its name), resting on an aged watch gear. Sealed in resin, this element becomes a miniature time capsule, a quiet tribute to craftsmanship and history. Beneath this, the mechanical workings of an old ticker tape printer add further depth—a machine once used to record numbers, now serving as a silent witness to time’s passage.
A subtle metallic charcoal paste dusts the composition, catching the light in fleeting moments, a shimmer just enough to draw the eye toward these relics of industry and ingenuity. Like a city at twilight, Seattle Club pulses with a quiet electricity—industrial yet poetic, structured yet full of mystery.
SIZE: 12" x 12" x 2" (30.5cm x 30.5cm x 5cm)
Special Care for Encaustic Artwork... Encaustic artwork is created with a combination of beeswax (note for those who are allergic) and damar resin. This art form has existed for centuries, but because of the natural properties of the wax it does require to be displayed out of direct sunlight in a temperature controlled environment.
