Spectre, 2014, crocheted wool, crystals, wooden armature, installation at Anchorage Museum, Alaska
Photo courtesy Anchorage Museum
Spectre
Spectre is an elegy to a polar bear that was held in captivity at the Banff Park Museum Zoo from 1922 until 1938. Crocheted snowflakes and crystals, suspended in a darkened room, create the bear’s silhouette. The title, Spectre, means both ghost and spectacle.
Spectre, 2014, crocheted wool, crystals, wooden armature, installation at Anchorage Museum, Alaska
Photo courtesy Anchorage Museum
Spectre, 2014, crocheted wool, crystals, wooden armature, installation at Anchorage Museum, Alaska
Photo courtesy Anchorage Museum
Spectre, 2014, crocheted wool, crystals, wooden armature, installation at Anchorage Museum, Alaska
Photo courtesy Anchorage Museum
Spectre, 2014, crocheted wool, crystals, wooden armature, installation at Anchorage Museum, Alaska
Photo courtesy Anchorage Museum
Spectre, 2014, crocheted wool, crystals, wooden armature, site specific installation at the Banff Park Museum
Photo: Sarah Fuller
Spectre, 2014, crocheted wool, crystals, wooden armature; installation at Tides Institute and Museum, Eastport ME
photo: Markley Boyer