A bird's nest with two small eggs, found in 2022 in a boat slip in East Texas — scheduled for renovation, the parents long gone. Collected, preserved, and displayed on a 10" cake plate under a glass bell for viewing. If you look closely you'll see a red fishing line and a tiny moose foot — a trinket the mother collected while building her nest.
Carolina Wrens couple in lifelong monogamous pairs. The mother watches the nest while the father hunts and keeps watch nearby. When the babies hatch, both mother and father fly back and forth constantly bringing food. And if the mother decides to start again and build a new nest, the father takes full custody of the original chicks before they are grown.
In my own life, I am a mother of three — two of them twins. Though my husband has always been active alongside me, the birth of our twins thrust us into a kind of around-the-clock care that in the human world so often falls disproportionately on the mother.
Seeing these two little eggs breaks my heart. It breaks my heart for the degradation of our social systems and the lack of support families receive during their childbearing years. It breaks my heart for all of us mother’s who cared tirelessly for our babies almost in complete isolation.
We are not like Wrens. Mothers and fathers need constant care and support while tending to their babies — and this is something even the luckiest of us struggle to secure.
One of a kind.
SHIPPING NOTICE: Due to the delicate nature of this piece, it can not be shipped. It is available for local pick up/delivery in Dallas or at live events.
A bird's nest with two small eggs, found in 2022 in a boat slip in East Texas — scheduled for renovation, the parents long gone. Collected, preserved, and displayed on a 10" cake plate under a glass bell for viewing. If you look closely you'll see a red fishing line and a tiny moose foot — a trinket the mother collected while building her nest.
Carolina Wrens couple in lifelong monogamous pairs. The mother watches the nest while the father hunts and keeps watch nearby. When the babies hatch, both mother and father fly back and forth constantly bringing food. And if the mother decides to start again and build a new nest, the father takes full custody of the original chicks before they are grown.
In my own life, I am a mother of three — two of them twins. Though my husband has always been active alongside me, the birth of our twins thrust us into a kind of around-the-clock care that in the human world so often falls disproportionately on the mother.
Seeing these two little eggs breaks my heart. It breaks my heart for the degradation of our social systems and the lack of support families receive during their childbearing years. It breaks my heart for all of us mother’s who cared tirelessly for our babies almost in complete isolation.
We are not like Wrens. Mothers and fathers need constant care and support while tending to their babies — and this is something even the luckiest of us struggle to secure.
One of a kind.
SHIPPING NOTICE: Due to the delicate nature of this piece, it can not be shipped. It is available for local pick up/delivery in Dallas or at live events.
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