Meagan Shein

Light illuminates white flowers hanging upside down in a dark space. Flowers have stems and leaves.
Sien Collective, Requiem for (our) Mother Natures

, installation view, repurposed plastic and thread, 32’x32’x12’, 2021

Light shines through windows of a gallery filled with transparent flowers hanging by threads suspended from the ceiling.

Sien Collective,  Requiem for (our) Mother Natures, installation view, repurposed plastic and thread, 32’ x 32’ x 12’, 2021

A transparent poppy sewn from plastic dangles upside down from a red thread in a dark gallery. Light shines on flower, highlighting white and transparency.

Sien Collective, Detail of Requiem for our Mother Natures, Poppy, repurposed plastic and thread,32’x32’x12’ (this flower is 12” x”12” ‘12"), 2021

Sien Collective, Requiem for (our) Mother Natures, installation view, repurposed plastic and thread, 32’ x 32’ x 12’, 2021

Sien Collective, Requiem for (our) Mother Natures, installation view, repurposed plastic and thread, 32’x32’x12’, 2021

Close up of a peony blossom created from transparent plastic with golden sewn stamens hangs by thread in a gallery.

Sien Collective, Vanitas, installation view, cyanotype from hand drawn paper negative, plastic and thread, 20.5’ x 14’ x 12’, 2019

Two vibrant blue cyanotypes , one of leaping legs and one of a still life in white frames hang on grey wall. In front is a white plinth with plastic peony suspended by thread.

Sien Collective, Vanitas, installation view, cyanotype from hand drawn paper negative, plastic and thread, 20.5’ x 14’ x 12’, 2019

Spores, paper with beeswax, encaustic and thread, dimensions vary, here: 36”x 190”x 96”, 2002.

Many transparent skin colored teardrop shapes hang from
Niobiad, 

paper with beeswax, encaustic, bones and thread, dimensions vary, here:  174" x 72" x 45", 2000 

Transparent and shiny teardrops hang from thread, shadows of shapes are visible inside teardrop shapes.

Niobiad (Detail), 

paper with beeswax, encaustic, bones and thread, dimensions vary, here: 174" x 72" x 45", 2000 

Pink transparent shapes hang from thread in alternating pattern against wall with shadows of shapes behind.

Lachrymal Wall II (Detail) paper with beeswax, encaustic, bones and thread, dimensions vary, here: 132" x 72" x 2", 2000

Three pink transparent drop-shaped forms with stitching and shadows of shapes inside hang suspended by thread.

Lachrymal Wall II (Detail) paper with beeswax, encaustic, bones and thread, dimensions vary, here: 132" x 72" x 2", 2000

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