anna morse
jewelry

phenakistoscopes
artist statement

There's a world within us, of thoughts, feelings, of lost memories - felt but incommunicable. It shifts and changes, altering how we live and see the world. This multiplicity is intrinsic to ourselves, our world, and to the phenakistoscopes.

Movement is crucial in the hand-pierced brooches; like phenakistoscopes, they spin to create an animation. At rest, they're incomplete, the multiplicity not there.



        untitled mirror 01
       stainless steel, sterling silver
        
        2026




        untitled mirror 02
       stainless steel, sterling silver, prism              film
        
        2026




        void
        brass and gouache paint
        4.5 in x 0.20 in
        2024




        untitled
        brass and gouache paint
        5 in x 3.25 in x 0.4in
        2024




        bloom and breath
        brass and gouache paint
        
        2024