Jennifer Sirey Sculpture

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Blood Sky Mend

Blood Sky Mend, 2025, glass, red wine mother of vinegar bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, painted plywood, 66” x 11" x 11"

Blood Sky Mend (Detail)

Makeup Massacre Mash

2025, glass, red wine mother of vinegar bacteria, wax, water, monofilament, painted OSB, paper-mâché, 18” x 6.5" x 6.5”

Still

2014, glass, blown glass object, bacteria, water, vinegar, sake, monofilament
 14" x 7.5" x 7"

PROCESS - Still

The safe probiotic bacteria Acetobacter grows on the surface of wine. It must be on the surface because it needs a lot of oxygen to grow...

Night

2025, glass, red wine mother of vinegar bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, ceramic object, 18” x 6.5" x 6.5”

Xanthe/o

2022, glass, jars, test tubes, bacteria, vinegar, water, monofilament, wood, paint, cement, felt, fabric, 61” x 18.75" x 18.75"

Sporacle Sigil

2022, glass, bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, cement, stained OSB, paper pulp, 63” x 13" x 13"

Sporacle Sigil (detail)

2022, glass, bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, cement, stained OSB, paper pulp, 63” x 13" x 13"

Butterfly Pea

2024, glass, wax, butterfly pea flower tea kombucha SCOBY, jars, test tubes, vinegar, monofilament, wood, 68” x 10" x 10"

Moon 6

2024, cast aluminum, slag, painted OSB, 33” x 15" x 15"

Porous Pinkie

2025, glass, red wine mother of vinegar bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, jars, test tubes, painted OSB, paper-mâché, watercolor...

Pretty on the Inside

2025, cast bronze, cast concrete, rocks from Roswell, New Mexico, 83” x 14" x 14"

Pretty on the Inside (detail)

2025, cast bronze, cast concrete, rocks from Roswell, New Mexico, 83” x 14" x 14"

Goddess 14

2023, glass, bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, test tubes, walnut wood, light, found wood box, 55” x 14" x 13.5"

Goddess 14 (detail)

2023, glass, bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, test tubes, walnut wood, light, found wood box, 55” x 14" x 13.5"

Goddess 14 (details)

2023, glass, bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, test tubes, walnut wood, light, found wood box, 55” x 14" x 13.5"

Hexey

2009 -2021, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, mahogany, 8.5” x 6.75" x 6.75"

Hex Cloud

2012, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, OSB, 19.5” x 6.5" x 6.5"

Double Hexey

2010–2022, glass, bacteria, vinegar, water, monofilament, wood scraps, wax, 13” x 6.5" x 6.5"

Stwil

2020, glass, wax, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, wood, tinted shellac, 68” x 9.5" x 9.5"

Sanguine35

2021, glass, bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, wood, cement, fabric and stuffing, 64” x 25" x 9"

Sanguine35 (detail)

2021, glass, bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, wood, cement, fabric and stuffing, 64” x 25" x 9"

Sanguine35 (detail),

2021, glass, bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, 15” x 5" x 15"

Three Holes

2013–2020, glass, bacteria, blown glass objects, water, vinegar, monofilament, painted wood, 66” x 8.5" x 8.5"

Swiile

2019, glass, blown glass object, slumped glass object, wax, bacteria, vinegar, water, monofilament, food coloring, painted MDF
 62.5" x 11"...

Swiile (detail)

2019, glass, blown glass object, slumped glass object, wax, bacteria, vinegar, water, monofilament, food coloring, 16” x...

Little Fluffy Clouds

2024, glass, sake mother of vinegar bacteria, wax, water, vinegar, monofilament, found object, eastern paper 16” x 5.5" x 5.5"

Being

2023, glass, bacteria, jars, blown glass tubes and sacs, vinegar, water, monofilament, wood, burlap, wax, 62” x 10" x 10"

Indian Pipe with Implant

2023, glass, bacteria, vinegar, water, monofilament, wax 70” x 6.5" x 6.5"

Stuffed

2022, glass, 14 jars, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, wood, fabric, 64” x 15" x 13"

Lygae

2011–2019, glass, bacteria, vinegar, algae, water, monofilament, wood, 54” x 9.5" x 9.5"

Lygae (detail)

Habitat

2015, glass, bacteria, jars, blown glass, monofilament, painted OSB, 22” x 16" x 20"

Umlaa

2019, glass, blown glass objects, jars, bacteria, vinegar, water, monofilament, wood scraps 61.5” x 11.5" x 11.5"

Umlaa (detail)

2019, glass, blown glass objects, jars, bacteria, vinegar, water, monofilament, wood scraps 61.5” x 11.5" x 11.5"

Untitled

2022, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, wood, 11” x 6" x 6"

Untitled

2022, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, wood, 11” x 6" x 6"

Mongk

2019, glass, bacteria, jars, blown glass, test tube, vinegar, water, monofilament, stained glass, plywood, paint, shellac, OSB
 63" x...

Mongk (detail)

2019, glass, bacteria, jars, blown glass, test tube, vinegar, water, monofilament, stained glass, plywood, paint, shellac, OSB, 
 63" x...

IT

2022, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, OSB, 58” x 11" x 7"

Indian Pipe

1997, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, 72” x 4.5" x 4.5"

Sanguine

2004, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament 68.25” x 7" x 3.5"

Smong

2006, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament 69.5” x 9.75" x 3.75"

Gill

2009, glass, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, OSB, 13” x 6.5" x 5.5"

Fisher Loves Eggs

2015, glass, blown glass object, bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, painted OSB, 16” x 9" x 5"

Sail

2014, glass, blown glass objects, bacteria, water, vinegar, sake, monofilament, 25” x 22" x 12"

3,6,12

2007, glass, bacteria, dried bacteria, water, vinegar, monofilament, OSB, shellac
, 24" x 24.5" x 12"