lauRa daviS born Holland, MI 1971
lives and works in Chicago, IL
BFA Metals and Enameling, The Cleveland Institute of Art, 1996
MFA, University of Chicago, 2004
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I attempt to reconfigure our emotional relationship with objects. When something once valued - such as jewelry or a pet - is no longer wanted and is discarded, it is transformed into something that appears dark or menacing. I am attracted to this kind of dirty. My objects are in limbo.