5. The symbols also tell a little about where she is from. Exotic Leaves=Miami House=Western U.S.
6. She often uses wire in addition to the clay forms, which often times unifies the piece.
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9. Federighi believes that “we all have personal symbols or images that we consciously or unconsciously use for any variety of reasons.”
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Hinweis der Redaktion
House: "Mystics have always traditionally considered the feminine aspect of the universe as a chest, a house or a wall, as well as an enclosed garden. Another symbolic association is that which equates the house (and the above, related forms) with the repository of all wisdom, that is tradition itself.
The figures become the water or growth pushing up from the house. The figures layered with leaves are images of growth.