Assemblage “Nesting Memory” by Kharris Brill featuring bark, bird’s nest with acorn, and textured floral background.
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Assemblage “Nesting Memory” by Kharris Brill featuring bark, bird’s nest with acorn, and textured floral background.
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Nesting Memory

$425.00

20” x 9” x 5”

On display at Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick, ME (open Tues - Fri, 10 - 4; Sunday 10 - 11:30)

Nesting Memory creates a meditation on shelter and remembrance. Bark and nest encircle a wooden “egg,” symbolizing renewal and continuity, while the textured backdrop recalls fading images of the past. A quiet homage to the endurance of memory, this assemblage blends natural forms with layered history.

20” x 9” x 5”

On display at Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick, ME (open Tues - Fri, 10 - 4; Sunday 10 - 11:30)

Nesting Memory creates a meditation on shelter and remembrance. Bark and nest encircle a wooden “egg,” symbolizing renewal and continuity, while the textured backdrop recalls fading images of the past. A quiet homage to the endurance of memory, this assemblage blends natural forms with layered history.

Materials List

  • Tree bark

  • Bird’s nest (natural fibers)

  • Wooden ball

  • Panel covered in tissue paper, then sanded

  • Mixed media textures

Nesting Memory layers bark, nest, and acorn against a textured background that evokes aged floral patterns and the passage of time. The piece holds both fragility and resilience, echoing how memory shelters the traces of life within protective forms.