Subconscious at Work I

A roll of wire mesh, a jar of Golden hard molding paste, a jar of paint, several paint tubes, a small black shadow box frame, a jar of brushes, and scraps of blue polymer clay are arranged on a table.

A close-up of blue and white striped polymer clay, layered and shaved into ribbon-like strips, showing a marbled pattern throughout.

A close-up of several marbled blue and white polymer clay balls strung along a wire, leading down toward a blurred blue and white swirling spiral in the background.

The finished mixed media piece, viewed straight on inside its black shadow box frame. A textured dark background surrounds a square painted panel with a swirling blue and white spiral. Marbled blue and white clay beads and two plain white beads run along the left and upper right edges, with a small metallic square shape near the top left.

The back of the framed piece, showing a wire mesh panel painted white and partially black, resting inside the black frame with hanging hardware visible on either side. Handwritten in marker across the panel is "Subconscious at Work, Thad Ferguson," a small metal loop at center, and "Thad '07" in the lower left corner.