Melike Carr

My work is very much influenced by my father and my childhood. From the day I was born, my father veritably blanketed with nazars ("evil eyes" in Turkish) to bring me good luck. He was originally from Turkey and both the culture and eating well were important things he always instilled in me. My favorite foods have come to play in much of my work, as well as my father's staunch belief in saving and reusing as much as possible. I like to reuse materials in my works as well as my favorite food containers in my studio. Some of my favorite themes that I associate with being Turkish/Middle Eastern are nazars (of course!), pomegranates, the moon, cats and watermelons.