JILL MERRIAM

Dreamy dried botanicals, 2018

Meet Harper, my newest mannequin addition designed by Celine @ ATIKATTRAITS in Angers, France. She says:

“My job is based on the recycling and hijacking of furniture and objects. I do not buy anything new: I recover what has already lived and who sometimes keeps the stigma… The bust was recovered while it was to be destroyed, it is not vintage. The drawing is simply an illustration of the bipolarity that is in each of us and my state of mind at the moment of creation. It's the ambivalence between clear ideas and jostling ones. The fingers that make up the spine support the structure of the being and for the rest I let you interpret!”

Shot in-studio, Henrico, Virginia 2018

Right side of Harper’s head in black and white, Henrico, Virginia 2018

Left side of Harper’s head, patterns, Henrico, Virginia 2018

Harper’s back, Henrico, Virginia 2018

Detail of Harper’s back, Henrico, Virginia 2018

Dried botanical in mauve (in-studio, natural light) 2020

Dried botanical in mauve (in-studio, natural light) 2020

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Sterlingwood trees (Henrico, Virginia 2022)

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Trees and trees, East Valley Drive (Henrico, Virginia 2018)

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Rows of bamboo, East Valley Drive (Henrico, Virginia 2018)

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digital photomontage with original photograph of flowers + vintage VOGUE advertisement (Henrico VA 2022)

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digital photomontage with original photograph of flowers (Henrico VA 2022)

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digital photomontage with original photograph of flowers (Henrico VA 2022)

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digital montage (paraphotography and floral) 2023

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digital montage (paraphotography and original floral photograph) 2023

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Portugal on a rainy day

Bush with red and lavender flowers, Portugal [digital montage 2021]

St. Humberto Restaurant sign, Portugal [digital montage 2021]

White buildings along stone path, Portugal [digital montage 2021]

Portuguese architectural detail + my photograph of pressed leaves, digital montage