Formica/Formica

dimensions: 0.5"x8"x6.25"

materials: clay, mica pigment, acrylic paint, wire, pen, resin, spice

date: 2022

"formīca" is the Latin for "ant."

I am privileged to stay at a friend's house on Cape Cod every summer. The kitchen was redone in the 70's, and the countertop is a cream formica with a pattern of small irregular dark spots. The first time I visited, I realized that one of the dots in the pattern was moving -then another and another: It turned out that the pattern on the formica was the same size and color as the sugar ants that would invade each summer! That kitchen countertop is like a magic-eye picture that comes alive depending on whether the ants have begun their summer onslaught.