This series primarily consists of jewelry objects which often reference archetypal literary and mythical characters including Miss Havisham, Venus, and Cupid.
"[6] This series, first exhibited at Gallery Sienna Patti in 2007, reflects on the increasing medicalization of American society by presenting plants typically used in pharmaceuticals in steel brooches that make visual reference to corsages.
Within this series, Sherman photographs the landscape as seen from inside of trains and cars, largely focusing on ordinary or mundane buildings, and then presents the images captured in jewelry objects.
[9] of this series, Sherman writes, "While ‘Upside Down in Paradise’ has a particular geographical reference, its subject is inherently universal- in the diversity of ethnicities and social histories which make up the culture of California, but also in the common experiences of (re)locating oneself in an unfamiliar place, or the perceptions developed while traveling through...
The vestigial glamour of the California idyll of the 1950’s and 60’s, palpable in the faded commercial signs, and architectural facades which punctuate the roadside with their gemstone-like shapes, and generous proportions, against the expansive blue sky inspire oversize jewelry with sun weathered surfaces.