This piece merges two personal memories: one from childhood and the other from a farm property I owned as an adult. The hand built riveted copper structure, inspired by a simple yet striking corn crib on the farm, is filled with hand-ladled clear glass that speaks to both fragility and strength.

The structure sits on a kiln-formed glass base depicting a sagebrush steppe, a landscape native to the West. During my childhood in Idaho, the Teton Dam failed and floodwaters devistated the small farming community of Rexburg, with its floodwaters. As a child, I reimagined this event in play, reenacting the flood beneath a pine tree in my backyard, weaving reality into fantastical moments.

This work captures that interplay of memory, place, and imagination—blending real events, landscapes, and emotions into a reflection on how we shape and hold onto our experiences.