Malcolm: SLEEP NO MORE

“Who are you?”

Mixed Media, 2024

Inside Lid: Malcolm’s typewriter

Inside lid Bottom: Ballroom symbol, for Malcolm’s investigations into the supernatural facets of the Hotel

    Bottles:

    1. Lisianthus for royalty, violet for seeing through lies. Lavender for mistrust, suspicion, being cautious with allies and enemies alike. Larkspur for devotion morphing into obsession. Tiger eye for single-mindedness and passion. Deer tongue for solving a mystery, vervain for protection from evil. Handwritten quote saying, “I thought I heard a voice cry out…” Sealed with black wax and thistle stamp, gold ink.
    2. Clothes-pinned photos on a red thread, for the strings of photos in the back of the detective agency. Sealed with black wax and ballroom symbol stamp, gold ink.
    3. Dust (ash from Hecate’s boat), a feather from Duncan’s bed, and two tiny eggs. Sealed with black wax and key stamp, gold ink.
    4. Ripped up king card for the Speakeasy card game scene and for Duncan. Fluorite for the endless pursuit of knowledge. Sealed with black wax, bird stamp, gold ink.
    5. Tiny vial with brass feather and rolled up paper “On Tuesday last a falcon was hawked at and killed”; hung on a red thread.