Bevy of Quality Confections about the images of women on consumer packaging.

Bevy of Quality Confections explores the association of candy with the “sweet” appearance of women. Despite the archaic nature of the tins, the association they make between women and sweets is still common today in advertising. This wall piece is part of The Deceiver and The Deceived series, which investigates how media and advertising portray women.

Recycled tin cans and vintage steel dollhouses (1930s vintage tin, pink steel dollhouse, mid-20th century canister, snickers tin, Mackintosh Quality candy tin, Campus Queen Lunch box), aluminum rivets. Each frame is a fabricated from a different tin can. The corners are carefully mitered to fit which is the most challenging part about the fabrication process.

Dimensions: 11” H x 11” W x 2” D

Private Collection

The back of Bevy of Quality Confections has a "window" through which you can see the fan elements that are inserted into the center square. The back is green dollhouse roof, and interior from vintage 20th century steel dollhouse .

At the bottom of the frame (in the purple rectangle) the title, artist's name, date and hallmark are stamped into the metal to establish the provenance of the work.