Installations/sculpture > One Less for Tea, 2011

One Less for Tea, full view.
Broken tea cups, spoons, thread, hot plates, teabags.
2011
One Less for Tea, detail.
Broken tea cups, spoons, thread, hot plates, teabags.
2011

A constant ritual at my aunts' house was having tea when I visited. We shared one tea bag between the three cups. The ritual continued even when they moved from their home of 50+ years into senior care. This installation recalls the ritual between the three of us that is now lost with the passing of my Aunt Julie in May 2010.

(photos by Anita Gangi Balkun, A. Balkun Studio, West Hartford CT).