Mary Masterilli

Artist Statement

"Junk is my medium". Vintage typewriters and cameras, broken VCRs and DVDs, creepy doll parts and other found objects. My steampunk-persuaded art brings together the discards and fragments of industrial society with natural elements such as wood and copper, interpreting the histories of forgotten things.

Whether functional art, casual furniture, or fine art sculpture, Apothic Art represents my ongoing attempt to recapture the feelings and memories of a free-range childhood spent playing in abandoned factories along Philadelphia's Manayunk Canal.

Manayunk Blues 13.5Wx13.5Hx2D Mahogany, Video Projector, Buttonholer, Button Hook, Camera, Barometer, Gears, Laser-Cut Cardboard, Solid State Timer, Vintage Scale, Lego, Pump and Engine Parts, Adding Machine, Typewriter, Clock, Misc Machine Parts	The Ring Master 6Wx11.5Hx4D Paper Mache, Typewriter, Clarinet, Spring, Novelty Bottle Stopper, Costume Jewelry
Luminiferous Ether 9Wx18Hx9D Vintage Precision Shunt, Industrial Casters, Typewriter, Clock, Armature Wire, Vacuum Tube, Lamp Harps, Brass Backplate	The Rotorgon 6Wx18Hx4.5D Vintage Wood Factory Mold, Grandfather Clock, German Aneroid Barometer
Kitchen Prayer #4 9Wx15Hx2D Pry Bar, Clock, Clarinet, Typewriter, Forks, Antique Soldering Iron, Electrical Resistors, Wrenches, Auto Parts	A Place to Rest Your Coffee Cup 17Wx27Hx13D Mahogany, Plexiglas, Cardboard, Plastic Toy, Terminator, Pneumatic Strut, Gears, Adding Machine, Torque Angle Gauge, Lego, Clock, Camera, Typewriter, Clarinet, Cork, Bullet, Rotary Switch
Mantel Clock 9x17.5x2.75 Mahogany, Italian Olive, with Quartz Clock Movements	Shifting Gears 6x17.5x6.5 Wood, Paper, Copper, Vintage Kodak Cavalcade Side Projector, Control Rod and Gasket
Letting Off Steam 5x10.5x3.25 Handmade Cigar Box, Humidity Meter, Copper Pipe, Steam Valve, Vent Cover, Tabbed Washers, Clock and Camera	Model 8 6x13.5x1.5 Wood, Terminal Fuse Strip, Resistors, Clock, Vintage Clamp, and Wire

Gallery 50

contemporary art & frame shop

Mary Masterilli

Manayunk Blues

13.5Wx13.5Hx2D Mahogany, Video Projector, Buttonholer, Button Hook, Camera, Barometer, Gears, Laser-Cut Cardboard, Solid State Timer, Vintage Scale, Lego, Pump and Engine Parts, Adding Machine, Typewriter, Clock, Misc Machine Parts

The Ring Master

6Wx11.5Hx4D Paper Mache, Typewriter, Clarinet, Spring, Novelty Bottle Stopper, Costume Jewelry

Luminiferous Ether

9Wx18Hx9D Vintage Precision Shunt, Industrial Casters, Typewriter, Clock, Armature Wire, Vacuum Tube, Lamp Harps, Brass Backplate

The Rotorgon

6Wx18Hx4.5D Vintage Wood Factory Mold, Grandfather Clock, German Aneroid Barometer

Kitchen Prayer #4

9Wx15Hx2D Pry Bar, Clock, Clarinet, Typewriter, Forks, Antique Soldering Iron, Electrical Resistors, Wrenches, Auto Parts

A Place to Rest Your Coffee Cup

17Wx27Hx13D Mahogany, Plexiglas, Cardboard, Plastic Toy, Terminator, Pneumatic Strut, Gears, Adding Machine, Torque Angle Gauge, Lego, Clock, Camera, Typewriter, Clarinet, Cork, Bullet, Rotary Switch

Mantel Clock

9x17.5x2.75 Mahogany, Italian Olive, with Quartz Clock Movements

Shifting Gears

6x17.5x6.5 Wood, Paper, Copper, Vintage Kodak Cavalcade Side Projector, Control Rod and Gasket

Letting Off Steam

5x10.5x3.25 Handmade Cigar Box, Humidity Meter, Copper Pipe, Steam Valve, Vent Cover, Tabbed Washers, Clock and Camera

Model 8

6x13.5x1.5 Wood, Terminal Fuse Strip, Resistors, Clock, Vintage Clamp, and Wire