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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tiny vial with brass feather and rolled up paper “On Tuesday last a falcon was hawked at and killed”; hung on a red thread.