Dominant Sophia refers to the all-seeing eye of a higher power in Greek language. Radiating outwards, each segment of crystal within the rose window installation holds the negative spaces of abstracted wheat grains. Gilded with 24 carat gold mirrors, the piece suggests that we are all grains of wheat within the complex structure that is society. Dominant Sophia is the first example within Joanna’s oculus series.

Length 10 cm
Width 165 cm
Height 165 cm

Demeter’s Rose takes on the formation of an oculus window. Rather than infiltrating light into a sacred space, Demeter’s Rose refracts light to its viewer. The clear crystal segments act as apertures for the residual details of wheat and seed-like formations that lie within. Here, both the wheel and the wheat pay homage to the ever-flowing cycle of life and death, a rhythm that is embodied in Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest.

Length 10 cm
Width 165 cm
Height 165 cm

The spears and tear formations that comprise Figs and Urns radiate outwards in rings to give the suggestion of light rays being emitted from the sun. Each solid crystal piece contains the recessed silhouette of a fig or urn formation, entities that are symbolic of life and death. The cycle of life is echoed in the configuration of the circle, the 12 spokes of a wheel, and the light reflected from the sun itself, our primary energy source.

Length 9 cm
Width 127 cm
Height 127 cm

Parr Diamonds is inspired by a marble façade seen in St Mary’s Chapel, Sudeley, the final resting place of Catherine Parr, the 6th wife of King Henry VIII. The design is broken into individual units that look to dilute and fragment as they expand outwards. Faceted and curved glass forms act as lenses to the silhouettes of foliage clusters, rosettes and strands of pearls. Reverse painted to allude to the original carved marble façade, these internal surfaces echo the decay and deterioration that the chapel's tomb conceals.

Length 10 cm
Width 94 cm
Height 157 cm