My name is Melissa Horvitz.
The book that I chose to do is True Tales of Buried
Treasure, by Edward Rowe Snow. This book tells fifty, supposedly true,
stories about finding buried treasure. It tells tales from all over the
county. Treasure found in the caverns to a common civilians back yard.
However the common trait in these stories is the wonder and delight that
the treasure finders feel when the treasure is finally theirs. I chose
to make a wax box. I covered a book in wax, because of the intrigue in a
book. Each book contains a thousand treasures inside, so I liked the
symbolism. I also feel that the wax adds intrigue. I feel
that it makes a viewer want to know what is inside. After removing the
cover, which is tied up to heighten the interest of what could be inside,
you will find a small box filled with dried flowers. In this is a clue,
which leads to the next box. In this box you will find another clue,
which leads to the buried treasre in the bottom. I chose to use the
dried flowers, button and marbles, because each of the stories in the
book tells of finding the treasure in a different random place. Places
that you would never think of finding it.
In the book, "I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou, the cage is indicative of the cages which
the author finds herself in throughout her life. On the underside of the lid there are
packages, books, and a bible to represent the roles played in her life by
travel, literature, and the church. The bars are irregular to symbolize
the everchanging constraints and challenges which she overcame. Inside
there is a white ceramic church representative of the peace and inner
spirituality that she has found within herself through her experiences.
The bird flying away on the top is indicating that the author has found a
way to escape her "cage" and the demons which accompany it.
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