White hare carved from a piece of wood found on the streets of Barcelona.

Flying Philosopher’s Stone, poised to drop on viewer’s head. Stone is held aloft by the images of 56 philosophers.

The money-winged cages (Icarus $ and Icarus €) enjoyed a brief stint in a window display in an upscale Barcelona boutique* before I was asked to take them down. The idea of money flying away, carrying with it nothing but a cage, was too much. “Too heavy”.

Brief as it was, I got some reward by seeing how these flying money prisons caused mild confusion in the people who walked by, leading a few to stop and gaze a bit longer.

*see: http://wp.me/p3yscW-43