12.5 x 26 x 6”

Hot-sculpted gold-leafed glass, bronze, wood and steel

Elodie Holmes and Enrico Embroli Collaboration in bronze and glass

As part of the Guardian Odyssey Series, this piece is loosely based on an Egyptian funerary boat- however, in this piece the glass figure represents precious life wrapped in gold, transforming to the higher self. The serpent head represents the earth and our physical manifestation; the bird head represents the higher self- essentially our tie to the heavens by our metaphysical identity. The crossed markings on the boat represent souls, and some of the other markings are like a hieroglyphic language.