ABOUT MARIE & HER
SIGNS OF LIFE

My work is a spiritual archaeology—a process of digging through the rust of a previous life to build a sovereign future. Following a personal 'launch into space' that stripped away my traditional structures, I began a dedicated practice of reconstructing my world through the lens of the Alchemist’s Archive.

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I create because I am driven to find the 'Signs of Life' in the fragments. Whether I am hand-painting thousands of beans to form a 'Seed-Bearer' or engineering a 4.5-foot Goddess to stand on her own, my process is one of obsessive devotion. I utilize sequins, beads, pins, wire, twine, found objects, religious imagery, ancient geometry and pattern to map out a Celestial Blueprint—a way of navigating the transition from being bound to being free.

In my studio, the ordinary becomes sacred. I see the 'Red Thread' connecting a found heart on a sidewalk to the protective palm of a Zodiac Hamsa. Each piece I create is an altar to the idea that we are not defined by our collapses, but by the architecture we build from the ruins. My art is my evidence that even the most silent years can result in a powerful, standing wisdom.

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I don’t create symbols to worship them; I create them to remember who I am.​

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They are my Signs of Life, and maybe yours, too.