New York City Library Lion

Bronze, cast, 2018

Obverse: At 5th Avenue and 42nd st two marble lions, Fortitude and Patience, lay watch outside the famed library. This medal is based on a photograph taken by the artist from her very first glimpse of the library through spring blossoms as she approached from the street. In the following years, after several visits to the library, this very first view was never forgotten, etched in her brain. The lions, by sculptor Edward Clark Potter have capture hearts and imaginations since 1911.

Available for purchase, $300.

Osiris

Silver, struck, 2021

Obverse: Osiris. Egyptian god of the afterlife is depicted as a zombie-like being with crook and flail, wearing the Atif crown which is the crown of Upper Egypt combined with two Ostrich feathers. His name is written in a cartouche.

Reverse: Mummy. A fully wrapped mummy stands in front of a pyramid, flanked by canopic jars. In Egyptian burial customs the jars held the major organs, the stomach (Jackal jar), intestines (Falcon jar), lungs (Baboon jar), and liver (Human headed jar, all of which, it was believed, would be needed in the afterlife. There was no jar for the heart: the Egyptians believed it to be the seat of the soul, and so it was left inside the body. The brain was discarded.

Available for purchase, $100.