Cherie Lee

@cherieleecreations Cherie Lee

Ancient craft in the modern age. Prehistoric engravings have been found incised on ostrich eggshells dating as far back 60,000 BCE. I wonder: What if they had my tools? Using high-speed rotary equipment, I reduce this single-celled wonder to the brink of it’s breaking point, producing spherical sculptures inviting you to question what you believed, and find renewed respect for what you believe possible. Strength and weakness are together built into the structure of all things, yet the persistent notion that big = strong & small = weak implies an assigned separation where separation cannot exist. When we perceive something as ‘strong’ there is attraction; when we perceive something as ‘weak’, there is aversion; when we ignore half of the equation, there is distortion. However ordinary, please don’t see anything as mundane. Wherever the unusual arises, approach it with curiosity. What you consider to be strong, revere it’s frailty. When you see something delicate, appreciate it’s strength. Whether my subject-matter be ecological, sociological or anthropological, I’m doing what’s been done for all of mankind’s

existence: appreciating the natural world around me, marveling at it’s boundless capacity.

‘The_Brink’

Size: D 9”

‘Shell_of_Shells’

Size: D 9”