Player 001

14” x 7” x 7”
copper, stone, & wood

“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio.”

This sculpture captures an actor mid-performance, holding a skull before a seated audience. The moment, inspired by Hamlet, a copper figure stands poised on the edge of the stage with the skull raised gently as if in conversation. The seated figures below lean forward in still attention, caught between performance and contemplation. The work speaks to the reminder of memento mori, that to live fully we must remember life’s impermanence. The contrast of expressive gesture and quiet audience invites viewers to see themselves in both roles: the one who performs, and the one who watches.

The sculpture sits on a hand-finished, oil-rubbed walnut base with a custom copper stand. A small copper nameplate on the stand displays K Perrault and the year.

(beer for scale)