Billie Theide

Champaign, Illinois

 

 

Conflict Free

 

fabricated necklace, laminated photographic images, monofilament thread

 

 

My work is derived from a passion for collecting, an interest in hybridization and diverse relationships, and the human propensity for excess and ornamentation. The personal narrative of this object is subsumed in the cultural associations of domestic objects, history, and advances in technology.