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mary mary...pretty maids all in a row

detail of larger assemblage art piece

mixed media: flower pot stand, grout, wood, dolls, doll's heads, doll's arms and legs, alligator feet, turkey leg, bones, false teeth, feathers, beads, jewels, glass birds, plaster figures, safety pins, acrylic paint, toys, plaster dental molds, shells, stone, pipe cleaners, plastic flies, wood birds, glass skulls, glitter paint, nails, bottlecaps, marbles, candles, matches, small skull beads, glass globules

55"H x 45"L x 32"D


assemblage art piece "mary mary........pretty maids all in a row"

i was at a flea market and found an old rusted outdoor plant stand. thought to myself...ah......clean it up, put plants in it, a nice summer treat! then i thought......NOT.......too "normal" ( lol), so decided to make an art piece instead. originally it was going to be an outdoor piece, which is why i grouted the original set of "doll's heads". grout can withstand the elements. i have several grouted doll's heads on poles in both my back and front yard (who knows what my neighbors must think!). but then i liked it so much i decided to keep it inside and expand the piece to have 3 side/front pieces.

since it had to do with "plants" the old nursery rhyme came to mind:" mary mary quite contrary. how does your garden grow. with silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row". well, obviously too long a title for an art piece so i shortened it to "mary mary...pretty maids all in a row".

once i finished it and placed it in my living room the cat decided that she also loved it and started "chewing" on the 3 side/front pieces. oh no. so i took those up to my studio and boxed them for safe keeping. the cat still likes the main standing piece but doesn't seem to chew on it as much. whew!

what is weird is that the doll's heads move......i go to bed at night and they are facing one way. in the morning they are looking in another direction! maybe they "play" at night?

"mary mary" has been in several art shows.


when i work i never know what i will create. i usually start with an idea of a color or found object or "form" like the plant stand for mary mary. then it all; seems to flow out. i am usually quite surprised by what i get in the end...and mostly pleased..though not always. i seem to create from some place inside me that takes over....if that makes sense.

exhibited at:

Glenn Allen Cultural Arts Center
Richmond, VA
12 Jan - 8 Mar 2003

Ellipse Arts Center
4350 N. Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA
23 Jul - 24 Aug 2002

jennifer beinhacker
jenniferbeinhacker.com
art outside the edge

... my daughter's friend's Mom asked me a few weeks ago. It's a good thing she only saw this part of the house :-)

Strobist: Sunpak 383 shot thru white umbrella straight down. I was holding the camera in one hand --- the lightstand with strobe and umbrella in the other. It's a miracle these pictures came out fairly sharp.