Lauren Packard

Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me, 2025

glazed ceramic, gold leaf

large greyish/gold grotto with double headed cat and swan, $2000

mediuml green/gold grotto with mermaid cat, $1200

large mermaid tails, $800 each

small mermaid tails, $400 each

shells, $250 each

double headed swans, $800

In these sculptures I’m thinking about queer utopias and gay fantasy spaces I’d like to inhabit. The grotto sculptures offer a sense of belonging, joy, acceptance, and a little magic in a time we all need it; portals into Queer Joy.
Along with these grottos are mermaid tails, oversized seashells, and double headed swan lawn ornaments that surprise and dazzle. Mermaid tails and double headed swans strewn about and popping out of the lawn disorient and challenge the viewer- do they live in the woods too? Do mermaids also swim underground??

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