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callie j wilder

@wildercallie

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hanover college wbb alum ‘23 | ΦΜ

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allow me to introduce

🪾Willomena (aka Wailomena) Petrina

one of the seven “Gothic Garden” Garden Monsters on display now @newfieldstoday for Harvest Nights

the exhibit will be open all the time now through the first week of November in the gardens

if you do go visit, snap a pic with her & send me a message! I’d love to see :))

swipe to see her behind-the-sculpt ->

(artist statement)

Willomena Petrina, Lady of the Lost. Born from the many tears shed for a once-great civilization, she rose from its cracks to become a protector, guide, and living bridge between what has been and what is yet to come. She weeps for what once was, yet urges life onward.

Heavily inspired by Dark Romanticism and the Gothic Aesthetic, Willomena blends dramatic forms with whimsical, organic elements to celebrate nature’s duality. Both haunting and graceful, she stands as a guardian of fallen Gothic grandeur, long since reclaimed by the garden. Forever the weeping woman of ruin 🌀

made with wood, wire, fabric, foam, paint, found/given materials including mannequins, mirrors, jewelry/beads, gobs of belt from the floor of an abandoned warehouse, and lots and lots of @pal_tiya (and love)

3rd year doing this thing and I couldn’t love it more - even in the hardest and darkest moments. This sculpt challenged me not only physically (hours and hours of standing on ladders is not for the weak) but in ways I hadn’t yet faced so intensely in my art: unseen mental battles with insecurity, anxiety, and the feeling of not being good enough lingered throughout the entirety of this journey. Imposter syndrome was (is) through the roof on this one even still. But alas we persist.

“What is the best way to do it? How is it done? By doing it.” Mary Oliver

two months of blood, sweat, and tears summed up in just a few pictures ->

the humblest of beginnings ->

& the evolution of an idea

incredibly grateful for the opportunity and the journey on this one and especially grateful for the people in my life that made this happen 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 by @wildercallie

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22 days ago

i(slamorada) love this life 🌀 by @wildercallie

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4 months ago

beans in the trap #divas🆙 by @wildercallie

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a year ago

bon appétit !!
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(kept forgetting to send these into the universe my b)

photos by the amazing @hiveandhoneycreative
venue: @the.vv.showroom by @wildercallie

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a year ago

an ode to 2024 <3 by @wildercallie

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2 years ago

all the love for rks, for my friends, for nash, for the weekend, and for the bolo tie <3 by @wildercallie

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2 years ago

two much fun!! <3 by @wildercallie

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2 years ago

-fornia, views from yosemite (pt 2)

again w @campsnapcamera <3 by @wildercallie

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2 years ago

-fornia (pt 1)

taken w my @campsnapcamera 🫶🏼 by @wildercallie

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2 years ago

hello from boston! 🫖 by @wildercallie

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3 years ago

the weekend 🫧 by @wildercallie

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3 years ago

one year of me n u <3 by @wildercallie

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3 years ago