THE LARNAX BENCH
A development of our earlier piece, THE THERA LARNAX, the bench maintains a coffinlike structure.
The surface is dappled with the grooves of the artist’s fingers. Scaly patterning weaves through the manual design—with reverence to the symbol of the snake, in primitive times said to be the guardian and communicant of the dead. Two handles, grip-formed, serve as subtle and distinct boundaries, socially sealing the participants into the structure. Finally, the blooming lily-like bench legs are sculpted in imitation of bovine skull features.