Armour comes in many different forms. In this piece, the choice of what to reveal and what to cover becomes either protection or a weapon. 
 
High Relief, carved alabaster and stagliola marble with 24 ct. gold.
This piece incorporates a nearly extinct, highly secretive, 17th century scagliola marble making technique, in which marble dust, animal glue and pigments are mixed to create the marbling effect. Scagliola is found in most churches and buildings built until the modern age. I am drawn to the technique as an addition to resin (which gives a beautiful high gloss) as I particularly enjoy working with natural materials, as well as the satin-matte finish and feel of real stone. 
These definitions of armour, revisioned with a contemporary perspective and constructed through a historical lens, become art that emboldens with a power not of this world.
 
Inspired in part by Schubert's "Himmelsfunken" with poetry by Johann Peter Silbert from 1819:
 
The breath of God blows gently,
and silently, longing awakens;
the intoxicated heart faints
in wonderfully sweet agony...