Portfolio > Boxes

Following the inspiration of Joseph Cornell, these pieces reside in old clock cases, diminutive cabinets and various and sundry old wooden boxes.

Michael Thompson Chicago Artist, sculpture, found object sculpture, folk art, folk art sculpture
Christmas Celebration
Mixed
18" x 8"
2023
Michael Thompson Chicago artist,assemblage, collage, found object sculpture, kinetic sculpture
Dog and Monkey Show
Mixed
16" x 8" x 7"
2019
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, assemblage, collage, found object sculpture, memory jug
Eve
Mixed
18" x 12" x 8"
2019
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, assemblage, collage, found object sculpture, memory jug
Crane
Mixed
8" x 9" x 5"
2019
Michael Michael Thompson Chicago artist, assemblage, collage, found object sculpture, memory jug
Dancer
Mixed
18" x 10" x 8"
2019
"Eden"
"Eden"
2013
Cornell box, erotic art, erotic sculpture
Lady In Waiting
Box
10" x 11" x 7"
2017
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, Cornell Box, Cornell Boxes, Art in Boxes, Ballerina art
Ballerina (Unfinished)
Wood, metal, mirror
9" x 18" x 5"
2019
2016
kinetic sculpture, early american dancing minstral jig doll, carved limberjack dancing figure
Dancing Man
Wooden box, folk art carving, erector set
21" x 15" x 8"
2013
Box sculpture, Cornell Box
Glass Ceiling
Wood, iron, glass
10" x 7" x 5"
2011
Joseph Cornell box, michael thompson chicago artist, found sculpture, assemblage, collage, Chinese
Clock Case & Chinese Antiquity (Reversed)
found wood, clock case, antique Chinese plate (reversed)
18" x 8" x 6"
2015
Paint Chips
Paint Chips
Mixed
9" x 5" x 4"
2019
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, found object sculpture, assemblage
Lure
Mixed
18" x 6" x 6"
2019
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, erector set sculpture, found object sculpture, box sculpture
Girl with One Arm
Found objects
16"x6"
2018
antique mannequin, prosthetics, artificial limbs, fake medical devices
Wages of War
Antique mannequin, erector set pieces
52" x 28" x 12"
2015
2016
Joseph Cornell box, found object sculpture, skeleton sculpture, Beheadings, Day of the Dead sculpture, michael thompson chicago artist,
Here's Your Hostage
wood, plastic, wire
8' x 5" x 4"
2013
Cornell box, sculpture, hunting themed sculpture
The Deer
Wood, plastic, wire
10" x10" x 6"
2011
Kinetic sculpture
Crane...
Plastic, paper mache, clay, metal
6" x 4" x 3"
2013
Cornell box, box sculpture
Marde Gras
found objects
2009
Cornell box, box sculpture
Feathering the Nest
Clockbox, birdnest, wooden eggs, lure
14" x 6" x 4"
2013
Kinetic sculpture
The Acrobat
wood, metal,
7" x 5" x 4'
2013
Cornell box, kinetic sculpture
The Acrobat
Metal, wood
7" x 5" x 4'
2013
Kinetic sculpture
The Acrobat
Wood, metal,
2013
Michael Thompson Chicago artist, erector set sculpture, found object sculpture, box sculpture
Girl in Clock Case
Found objects
3" x 4"
2016
2016
Cornell box, kinetic sculpture, Columbia College, Glass Curtain Gallery
Girl Behind Glass
Wood, Rubber, metal
19" x 6" x 5"
2013
Sculpture
Woman Behind Glass (Detail)
Wood, Rubber, metal
19" x 6" x 5"
2013
2014
Cornell box, kinetic sculpture
"The Mezmerizer" (Kinetic)
paper, wood, metal
24" x 24" x 5"
2012
2011
Cornell box, sculpture, skeletons
Farmer in Paddy
Wood, plastic, wire
5" x 8" x 3"
2013