Joyce Martelli

Iam an artist with a love of abstraction and boldness. Recently I have taken that love into creating 3-D forms. My focus has been dolls and the development of abstract faces. I try to incorporate items from nature and scraps to do my part in saving our natural resources. My latest work is inspired by studying archetypes and their representations in my life.

If The Forest Could Talk was created from wondering what stories the forest could tell. Imagine that three archetypes got together to communicate the past. In my piece (left to right) I have Diana (Nature Child, Goddess of the Forest), Misham (Rescuer), and Scheherazade (Storyteller) at the edge of a forest discussing what they have seen. Diana and Scheherazade have so much to share that Misham needs the large hands to hold and rescue all the stories of the forest. The basket that contains them is made from scrap material. The dolls are created from pieces of driftwood, twigs, scraps of fabric, yarn, and my original faces. The ground cover includes rocks and moss.

I have found it rewarding to create in fiber and drawings what I cannot always express in words. May my creativity offer you a way toward understanding all that I feel!

If The Forest Could Talk 2022 Fiber, 3-D sculpture 16” x 21.5” NFS joycemartelliartist@gmail.com